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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

E-news Friday  8thOctober 2021 Another week has slipped by quickly and so much has been happening.  Covid is not only still with us but making itself felt.  One of the statements made during the week is significant: only 3% of people in hospital with covid had been...