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Monday, April 7, 2025

Filling the whole house of the world with the aroma of Christ

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Yesterday's gospel reading, John 12:1-8 , is amazing/interesting on a number of levels. Level 1: John 12:1-8 is arguably the strongest e...
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Monday, March 31, 2025

New Blog on the Block, and a couple of other thoughts for the week

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Mark Murphy, commenter here, has developed his own blog, Tumbling Ages . Welcome, Mark! His "About" page is here and his initial,...
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Monday, March 24, 2025

I have tried telling you so

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Something I am often saying is that we (Western Christians in respect of living Christianly in the Western world) are in a very difficult pl...
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Monday, March 17, 2025

New Sights to See in John's Gospel

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This past weekend I have been at a retreat for bishops and spouses - something we managed two years ago and then again this year. Hopefully ...
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Monday, March 10, 2025

The critical importance of theology in the world today (according to Jesus himself)

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Yesterday's gospel reading, Luke 4:1-14, The Temptation of Jesus, is pertinent for the world today in which Christians in some places ar...
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Monday, March 3, 2025

Two of my favourite prayers (with NZPB postscript)

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Two of my favourite prayers were prayed in yesterday morning's 8.30 am Holy Communion service at St. John's, Highfield, where I pres...
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Sunday, February 23, 2025

When in doubt or difficulty, Pray! If possible, Pray Common Prayers :)

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I am a great believer in maximising common ground between otherwise disparate people. We may not reach unity but we can give it a very good ...
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