A reflection for Ash Wednesday Have you ever used the expression, “What is he/she like?”  Or perhaps someone has used it of you?  This...

The other day I was listening to the radio and the presenter of the show decided to read out a letter that they had written to Santa. It...

A reflection on confronting rumour from a lesser-known feature of the Easter story Our world has coined a number of different phrases...

A Good Friday reflection Good Friday is a day when we particularly recall the sufferings of Jesus. There were different dimensions to...

A message of encouragement from the story of the Annunciation The recent disruptions through Covid mean that we’ve all done less...

A Lenten reflection on how we find hope in our experiences of weakness Experience of weakness is common to everyone. Whether we are...

How do we find encouragement when upheavals disrupt our lives and close doors? An ancient title for Jesus points the way to hope. Over...

This is the second of two blogs aiming to provide a clear biblical perspective on the on-going Covid crisis, particularly as it impacts...

Here in Auckland where I live, we have been living through another lockdown because the Delta variant of Covid arrived for the first time...

Some personal reflections on a big question I have never quite cast myself in the role of a Christian apologist before, but in more...

A personal reflection Two different sources form the origin of this blog. One is a recent conversation with someone who expressed an...

An Easter tale for children (which adults might like, too!) Little Sparrow loved Joseph’s garden. It was a fine garden with beautiful...

A Good Friday reflection We like to think of God as a God who mends the broken. It’s somehow comforting for us to believe that God is in...

Reflections on the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth from Luke 1 This blog is a re-working of my Advent Sunday talk on the story of...

Here in Auckland where I live, we have been living through a partial lockdown for the last month due to a local outbreak of Covid-19....

How can we reflect God’s big heart of welcome to others? I have just preached on Luke’s version of the story where Jesus and His...

I have recently been doing quite a bit of reading about the non-Christian ancient texts which mention Jesus. I read about these quite a...

At a time when churches are restricted in their activities, here’s 8 things we can be and do Across the world, the physical doors of...

The current Covid-19 global pandemic is daily redefining our world and, quite understandably, an increase in fear has been one of its...

How groups can avoid one type of bad decision-making Have you ever made a decision, having been firmly convinced at the time that your...