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It seems that war and the rumours of war are never too far away. I remember the first-time watching war as the first gulf war kicked off following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.…

As we draw nearer to spring we may be looking forward to digging in the garden or going out for a walk or sitting out in the sunshine, chatting with a friend or walking the…

Recently at the special assembly held in Christchurch and Online, the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand agreed to a number of measures regarding the environment and our care for creation. Some of those decisions…

My two-year-old son Theodore loves water. Little surprise as an infant I would often hold him as I watered the garden. It became an evening ritual for us. These days he is less likely to…

Christmas Message December 2021 At the moment in New Zealand there is much talk about traffic lights. I’m referring not to the scarcity of them in Central Otago, (though I was a little surprised when…

“IN HIM WAS LIFE, AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF ALL MANKIND. THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, AND THE DARKNESS HAS NOT OVERCOME IT” (JOHN 1:4-5)  Since Rosalie and I began dating, each…