Hello everyone Lynne and I are back from the parallel universe which was GA 2018.  We’ll be talking about it on Sunday.  As a prelude, however, let’s background two major items. One was the Church’s response to the End of Life Choice Bill.  This is an emotive subject,...

Hello everyone, I’m writing from  General Assembly 2018.  St Andrew’s College, where we are staying, has lots of new buildings including the hostels so life is comfortable.  The weather has been good – a little cold standing out in the powhiri last night but a lovely...

Hello everyone, At the SATRS AGM tonight, I’m making an attempt to assess where religion and society have wandered on their merry way from 1984 to the present.  It’s been fascinating to research and re-live those 34 years. It brought home to me (thanks to...

Hello everyone This week has seen the 125th anniversary of the granting of the vote to New Zealand women.  There are interesting differences across the world in the degree to which women were extended political rights:  below is an edited summary of the suffrage...

Hello everyone, The Progressive Christianity Conference last weekend, which many of you attended, was a great success.  The Evaluation forms read pretty happily and we didn’t have too many hiccoughs in the programme.  We were fortunate to get a generous slice of time...

Hello everyone, The culmination of months of planning is happening this weekend with the 2018 Progressive Christianity Conference.  I am grateful to the hardworking committee who debated menus and arrangements, speakers and workshops, parking and bookstalls.  Now, as...