Kia ora e te whanau Once again I’m going to start with an article I wrote for the Methodist Monthly Touchstone: Maybe we got it wrong “Mission is what the church does when it is dying”. Attributed to Deitrich Bonhoeffer, this is an uncomortable challenge. We don’t want to believe it/him. Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau I sit looking out the window at the unfolding results of the promised weather-bomb. It continues to affirm my conviction that the most depressing month of winter is invariably the last one. My supervisor trained as a psychiatrist. I visited with him late last week. Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau How quickly the world changes. An attempted assassination attempt on a former US president, and within days the current president announces he won’t be seeking re-election. Why does it matter? It affects all of us. The result of the upcoming election will significantly affect either Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau This weekend was with the Lower North Island Synod / Central Presbytery UPOG sponsored meeting at Rongotea, where we were royally hosted by the local people – thank you, thank you! UPOG stands for ‘Uniting Parishes Oversight Group’ – a creation of the Synod and Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau A week away with siblings and partners, and we’re still friends! Northland turned on it’s best for us, and we’re grateful. Grateful to have been able to visit and enjoy the hospitality of this beautiful part of our country. Because of road works we were Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau Lynne and I are about to head out for a week away touring Northland. None of my siblings have been there, so four of us (including my youngest brother – out from the UK), with spouses – seven all up, are hitting the road together. Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau I’m sitting at a dining table deep in the King Country. After a rich Friday with the Waikato-Waiariki Methodist Synod at Camp Epworth, I’ve been privileged catching up with groups and individuals from a Parish that is charting new ways forward. Having come from a Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau I’m about to hit the road – the end of this week will find me passing through Auckland, into the Waikato, and down into the King Country. Then returning home to Lincoln late next Tuesday. I hope to have another Newsletter ready for you – Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau Again because it has a limited distribution, what follows is my latest offering to the Methodist Monthly publication ‘Touchstone’. In Christ Born in 1884. E.Stanley Jones was an American Methodist Missionary to India where he served 50+ years. Jones abhorred racism and worked tirelessly in Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau Personal and Leadership Resources This week, a few articles I’ve found useful Starting with the occasional article where one feels like one is looking in a mirror. Is Your Leadership Style Unintentionally Aggressive? I was in a couple of meetings last week and came away Read more…