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  Spacious Spirituality

  The Rev. John Fairbrother 10 February 2014

   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»
  Reflection, Meditation, Church, Marginalisation, Multiculturalism, Diversity
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  Breaking bread

  The Rev. Gayanne Frater 7 February 2014

  Here and now I hold my bread
  Alone at table,
  I gazed with delight at
  freshly baked bread. more»
  Poetry, Breaking Bread, Communion
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  The wake-up call to beat them all

  The Rev. John Fairbrother 3 February 2014

  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»
  Reflection, Meditation, Imagination, Miracle, Beauty
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  A Salty Reverie

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 1 February 2014

  It's a warm day. A day to do nothing except think or not think. more»
  Reflection, Meditation, Summer, Book of Hours, Contemplation

• Beyond a Prophetic Science

  The Rev. John Fairbrother 31 January 2014

  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»
  Meditation, Reflection, Climate Change
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  Morning, Pluscarden

  The Rev. Dr. Paul McKeown 23 January 2014

  The day began without me;
  dozing 'til the prayer bell summoned us from sleep.
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  Poetry, Living the Hours, Pluscarden Abbey, Prayers

• Bedrock of a Democracy

  The Rev. John Fairbrother 21 January 2014

  Get ready for the triennial dose of popularist politicking, facile rhetoric and expedient policy pronouncements. General election year has come round again. more»
  Meditation, Reflection, Democracy

• The risky path of engendering conversations

  The Rev. John Fairbrother 14 January 2014

  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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  Meditation, Reflection, Sunday, Church

• Advent

  Margaret Lyall 25 December 2013

  Minds cannot comprehend;
  Truth is veiled in paradox.
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  Poetry, Advent, Faith, Truth, Love

• Memorials and Myths

  The Rev. John Fairbrother 17 December 2013

  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»
  Meditation, Reflection, Christmas, Memorials
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  "If you have faith..."

  Susan Smith 26 November 2013

  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»
  Reflection, Meditation, Travel, St. Paul, Faith, Tradition
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  Armistice

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 20 November 2013

  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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  Memoria

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 2 November 2013

  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»

• Tom Vaughan's Legacy

  The Rev. Canon Mark Pryce 26 October 2013

  Those before me knew
  how to stroke the steep sodden hills of Wales
  just enough to yield a little milk each day
  and sufficient mutton for stewing. more»
  Poetry
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  Ruffling Feathers

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 1 October 2013

  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»

• And Then There Were Two! Another Woman on our Bench of Bishops

  The Rev. Erice Fairbrother 26 September 2013

  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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  Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 28 August 2013

  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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  Encounters of embodiment

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 24 July 2013

  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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  The heavens are telling the glory of God

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 22 June 2013

  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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  Song of the sea

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 7 June 2013

  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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  Unexpected Gift

  The Rev. Gayanne Frater 26 May 2013

  You simply notice one sweet day that you are at peace ... more»
  Poetry
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  The canticle of the bees

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 10 May 2013

  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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  An advantageous place

  The Rev. John Fairbrother 2 May 2013

  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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  Paradise

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 8 April 2013

  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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  The Gifting of Gossamer

  The Rev. Dr. Hilary Oxford Smith 6 March 2013

  There was a dandelion clock in our garden on Sunday. Only one. A delicate timepiece. Hints of a dancing theology? more»
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