Nov 12, 2021 | Weekly e-news
Currently the Justice select committee is hearing oral submissions on the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill. Our Parish council submitted, and I spoke about the harm I experienced from these kinds of practices when I was a teenager. Back then (late 90s) the focus...
Nov 5, 2021 | Weekly e-news
Thank you to those who were kind enough to give us some feed-back about last Sundays service, when Catriona and I had a conversation about our experiences of grief. I think, for many of us, it brought back memories of people we have grieved for. That isn’t a bad...
Oct 29, 2021 | Weekly e-news
Sunday is “Hallowe’en” – shortened form of All Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve – the evening before All Saints Day. It has its inevitable “Trick or Treat” theme which we imported from the United States. I am not sure I understand the meaning behind “Trick or Treat! I...
Oct 22, 2021 | Weekly e-news
Hello everyone, Spring is well on the way in Upper Hutt. The kowhai along my road are in full bloom now and this morning I saw (and heard!) no less than four tui squabbling over a blossom laden branch on a tree just outside my house. As if there aren’t dozens of other...
Oct 15, 2021 | Weekly e-news
Last Sunday I did the first of two sermons on “The Bible”. I made the following points: The Bible is not A book – it is 66 books There is a variety of literature – myth, story, poetry, prophetic utterance, short story, This literature was written over a period of 1200...
