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The Gospel reading in Catholic Masses this Sunday contains the one single line in all the Gospels that I find the hardest to reconcile in my own life; "This I…
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Isn't it amazing how the old adage that 'twenty four hours is a long time in politics' is proven to be true time and time again in this country. The…
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In the Gospel passage read at Catholic Masses yesterday, Jesus presents his discourse on the vine and the branches. He refers to Himself as the vine and us as the…
- The Shepherd who gives all for His sheep
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In the reading for this Sunday at Catholic Masses, I love how Jesus explains his love for us by comparing his relationship with us to that of a shepherd and…
- Gospel! Gospel! Gospel!
- Gospel! Gospel! Gospel!Posted 27 days ago
Spread the Gospel. Share the Gospel. Read the Gospel. Embrace the Gospel. Discuss the Gospel. Be thankful for the Gospel.
How many times have you heard these or other statements that…
- Getting Real, Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls – Book Review
- Getting Real, Challenging the Sexualisation o…Posted 33 days ago
I recently finished reading Getting Real, Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls, a collection of essays on the issue of media and corporate sexualisation of children that was edited by Australian…
- Opposition to Easter trading is not about religion
- Opposition to Easter trading is not about rel…Posted 39 days ago
Last weekend's obligatory headlines about the tiny minority of retailers who broke New Zealand's Easter trading laws to open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday were all so sadly predictable…
- They nailed me here this Friday beside a Nazarene
- They nailed me here this Friday beside a Naza…Posted 49 days ago
I am not going to write a gospel reflection this Sunday or next. I don't believe that there are really any words I could use that could adequately describe how…
- My child with spina bifida has taught me how to love more deeply
- My child with spina bifida has taught me how …Posted 52 days ago
The following guest post is written by Kiwi mum Adele. It explores the insights she and her husband Paul have gained as they raise a child with spina bifida, and…
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In the last week or so I have been working my way through my DVD collection of M. Night Shyamalan films, and in doing so I was reminded of what…
The Gospel reading in Catholic Masses this Sunday contains the one single line in all the Gospels that I find the hardest to reconcile in my own life; “This I command you: love one another.”
When Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest, He responded that the first greatest [...]
Isn’t it amazing how the old adage that ‘twenty four hours is a long time in politics’ is proven to be true time and time again in this country. The latest victim of this truism was ACT Party Leader John Banks, whose bouts of amnesia about campaign donations and helicopter rides from [...]
In the Gospel passage read at Catholic Masses yesterday, Jesus presents his discourse on the vine and the branches. He refers to Himself as the vine and us as the branches. He expects us to “bear fruit” in our lives lest we be be thrown out and burned. It seems that every [...]
In the reading for this Sunday at Catholic Masses, I love how Jesus explains his love for us by comparing his relationship with us to that of a shepherd and his sheep. Within the first 2 lines He refers to a good shepherd and then defines the term as one who “lays [...]
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Spread the Gospel. Share the Gospel. Read the Gospel. Embrace the Gospel. Discuss the Gospel. Be thankful for the Gospel.
How many times have you heard these or other statements that include the word “Gospel”. It must be at least a million for me. All kinds of people from the [...]
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I recently finished reading Getting Real, Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls, a collection of essays on the issue of media and corporate sexualisation of children that was edited by Australian feminist author and speaker Melinda Tankard Reist.
Despite it’s particularly challenging subject matter it’s a book that I am now [...]
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Last weekend’s obligatory headlines about the tiny minority of retailers who broke New Zealand’s Easter trading laws to open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday were all so sadly predictable really.
The Oderings chain of garden shops even shamelessly did their best to try and spin their desire for [...]
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I am not going to write a gospel reflection this Sunday or next. I don’t believe that there are really any words I could use that could adequately describe how important Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was or what it did for human kind. The radical event of (as explained in Philippians) [...]
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The following guest post is written by Kiwi mum Adele. It explores the insights she and her husband Paul have gained as they raise a child with spina bifida, and what those insights mean to her in light of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, which will be remembered next week during [...]
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In the last week or so I have been working my way through my DVD collection of M. Night Shyamalan films, and in doing so I was reminded of what a truly gifted and important filmmaker he is, in fact I would go as far as to say that Shyamalan is a [...]
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