Go Deeper
“Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Luke 5:4 This is an instruction Jesus gave to the fisherman, Simon-Peter...
Overcome Evil with Good
On 15 March 2019, our beautiful city of Ōtautahi, Christchurch, was rocked once more, but this time, by man-made terror. There’s more...
Happy 'Not Last' Year!
‘Happy New Year!’ The cynic finds it all too cliché: ‘We’ve heard that before’. The skeptic finds it all too risk-filled: ‘Happy? The...
Gay. Straight. Heaven. Hell
I was sad to hear a big blow up in the news recently regarding a Christian rugby star saying gays are going to hell. The truth is, gays...
What we Feed, Grows; What we Starve, Dies
At our church, we celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day enthusiastically. Today in our Father’s Day service we encouraged our Dad’s and...
Seeing in the Dark
Apparently, cats can see using one sixth the amount of light needed by humans to see. This would explain why our family cat has been...
The Truth About Lies - 'Yeah, nah!'
YOU are the light of the world, the salt of the earth, an ambassador of heaven, an agent of change, a powerhouse of transformation, the...
Results, Reward the Relentless
If I prayed and asked God to do something, can I rightfully claim that He isn’t good, or isn’t able or it's not His will if He doesn’t do...
Perspective: Same Eyes - New View
I’ve conducted a number of funerals as a Pastor. Occasionally I must bite my tongue (so to speak) when I hear people comfort themselves...
Grace that Redeems Death
Only minutes after I posted the previous blog about Kate’s deteriorating situation, Kate died - New Year’s Eve, 31 December, 2016. I...
