A sermon given at St Michael’s Kelburn, Sunday, 8 March 2020 Texts: Psalm 69; Isaiah 24:4–13; John 3:1–17 Kia ora koutou Tim the vicar has asked me to address the theme of ‘climate lament’ this morning. …

Sermon for St Michael’s Kelburn, 24 March 2019 Psalm 24:1–6 Luke 11:33–44 2 Peter 1:3–11 Today’s theme is ‘Holy Living on Temptation Island’. The Rev Dr Tim came up with that title. I admit I had to look up exactly what Temptation Island is. I knew it was a reality…

A sermon for all ages worship at St Michael’s Kelburn Pentecost Sunday, 20 May 2018 Texts: Ezekiel 37:1–14 & Acts 2:1–21 Good morning everyone. I want to talk mostly about the Ezekiel 37 reading today and briefly touch on Acts at the end. I love this Ezekiel passage. …

A paper by the late Charles C Adams, then Dean of the Natural Sciences at Dordt College, Iowa, given at the Christian Scholarship and Technology session at the 2001 conference ‘Christian Scholarship . . . for What?’. Reproduced without permission. ABSTRACT Two characteristic presuppositions of Christian scholarship are the unity and…

A sermon for St Michael’s Kelburn, 25 June 2017 Texts: Romans 6:1b–11, Matthew 10:24–39 Kia ora koutou! Jesus explosion I like how in Anglican-land we’re compelled by the liturgy to say “Thanks be to God” and “Praise to Christ, the Word” after the Bible readings every Sunday. …

At St Michael’s Anglican Church, Kelburn, Wellington, we read and discussed Pope Francis’ latest encyclical as part of our Lenten journey together. Wellington Institute of Theology asked me to reflect on the theology of Laudato Si’, and the difference it might make in our approach to our environmental situation. …

Recently I’ve been having a lovely time using Loomio as a meeting-support tool. Here’s roughly what I do: A few days before the meeting, I start a thread with a title like: User Support Coordination Meeting, 1pm, Wednesday 10 February. I note the venue, and if I’m expecting remote participants…

Delivered at Eco-Justice II seminar, Victoria University Anglican Chaplaincy, 2005 The previous two weeks’ seminars on Peak Oil and Global Warming suggest to me that business as usual may be an insufficient response to the ecological crises of our time. That economics (for instance) as it is practiced now does…

Enspiral’s submission to the Ministry for the Environment on setting New Zealand’s post-2020 climate change target Who is Enspiral?