Hello everyone, I’m at the stage where some of my mentors and heroes are dying.  On occasion I’ve been caught out not having made time to tell them how much their life, work and support meant.  Other times I have managed to express my gratitude in time for them to...

Hello everyone, Recently the organising secretary for a PCANZ church committee on which I serve stated that the national church’s policy was to conduct its business in as paper-free way as possible.  This meant using email and expecting participants to read...

Hello everyone It’s a cold grey day- what better day to consider sin?!  (Bad joke).  When I had ME I wrote a poem naming the blank, grey, low energy feeling I had as an ME sufferer as being as bad as the traditional hell of crackling fires!   Maybe...

Hello everyone, It disturbs me to hear a well-paid footballer stating he is being sacked for following the Word of God. When talking about scripture, thoughtful Christians are careful to say that the scripture contains the Word of God, not that it IS the Word of...

Hello everyone, “Oh, the comfort— The inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, Having neither to weigh thoughts, Nor measure words—but pouring them All right out—just as they are— Chaff and grain together— Certain that a faithful hand will Take and sift...

Hello everyone, Last week I wrote about depression.  One antidote to depression which can be built into our lives permanently is spiritual practice. If we are people who began the journey of faith in conservative circles, we may have been trained in...