Writing
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You will not have to travel far to appreciate the multi-cultural character of Auckland and much else of New Zealand. The diversity of cultures is obvious at work places, parks, beaches, more»
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A spacecraft millions of kilometres from earth, ten years after launch, being brought out of induced hibernation by mission control. The signals took something like forty five minutes to travel the distance one way. more»
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It's a warm day. A day to do nothing except think or not think. more»
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Invisibility is a challenge. The study of climate change has been a prophetic science. It has served to indicate destructive changes that simply had not been apparent. Prophets of disaster are rarely welcome. more»
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Get ready for the triennial dose of popularist politicking, facile rhetoric and expedient policy pronouncements. General election year has come round again. more»
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Each Sunday, a living relic of an era now passed continues to exhibit life signs. Around the country there are gatherings of Christians of all sorts of theological persuasion. Such gatherings continue to fall under the public classification of Church.
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The myths that come from inherited memories are well worth holding with care. Care to serve the realities of lives deserving memorial and care to offer minds yet to come the scope to understand the complex depth of history's tradition on which we stand. more»
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We are part of a tradition that stretches back through the centuries...outwards to all the world's peoples and which touches us within... more»
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The hallowing of memory is restorative. It encourages us to bring to birth in our hearts and lives, goodness, justice and peace out of bloody holocausts. more»
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Who are the ones whose names, faces and stories live in your heart...who have loved you for you, stood alongside you, shaped you, nudged you into exploration and new understanding, challenged you to grow, shown you how to live in love? more»
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Those before me knew
how to stroke the steep sodden hills of Wales
just enough to yield a little milk each day
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Isn't it time though to break up the holy huddles that can exist in our faiths and churches and cast aside the religious internal obsessions which have little or no relevance to the rest of society and the world? Only then do we have the hope of finding a way forward. more»
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Thus far, none of our women Bishop's were born, or brought up in New Zealand, Aotearoa, or Polynesia. It raises questions for us as women in theological education and mentoring. For instance, why are our own women consistently overlooked? more»
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It is just before dawn as I begin to write. Outside my bedroom window, a yellow-eyed blackbird sings in the fading of the night. Another blackbird sings on the soundtrack of a song written by Paul McCartney, in response to the struggle of African American people for their civil rights, some 45 years ago, more»
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As we walk the earth for a short time of belonging, windswept and untamed environments bring us deeper, through imagination, into the mystery of why we are here and the memory of time. more»
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Redemption will come about when the spirituality of political, economic, religious and cultural institutions, their interests, pathologies and fears are confronted, so that the total entity is transformed.
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At a time in my life when I was deeply sorrowful, it was the ocean and the seashore, which became the places and source of my healing. A journey with Hilary, Columba and Maui along Cloudy Bay. more»
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You simply notice one sweet day that you are at peace ... more»
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Forget angels! It's honeybees, around for at least 150 million years, that were sometimes thought of as the messengers between heaven and earth. more»
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Marriage equality provides the Anglican church with an advantageous place in public discourse as it is no longer burdened with being a moral guardian of difference based on gender. more»
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As dawn breaks on Easter Day, the clarion call of the cockerel on the Otago Peninsula will reconnect us to the heart of Being. more»
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There was a dandelion clock in our garden on Sunday. Only one. A delicate timepiece. Hints of a dancing theology? more»