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Jun 24, 2020

Tārore of Waharoa

A sermon for ‘Penal reform Sunday’, 20 October 2013 St Michael’s Anglican Church, Kelburn, Wellington Isaiah 65:17–20; 23–25; 2 Timothy 1:8–12; Luke 17:11–19 I have been asked to consider penal reform in the light of the story of Tārore & Ngākuku, and our texts for today. My background In exploring this episode…

Penal Reform

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Mar 9, 2020

Climate Change: Lament, Repentance, Renewal, Action

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. …

Climate Change

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Climate Change: Lament, Repentance, Renewal, Action
Climate Change: Lament, Repentance, Renewal, Action

Mar 24, 2019

Holy Living on Temptation Island

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…

Christianity

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Holy living on Temptation Island
Holy living on Temptation Island

May 20, 2018

Wairua Tapu in you

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. …

Christianity

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Wairua Tapu in you
Wairua Tapu in you

Dec 8, 2017

The Unity in Creation and the Bi-directional Character of Technological Artifacts

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…

Philosophy

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Jun 25, 2017

That sword though

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. …

Christianity

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That sword though
That sword though

Apr 25, 2016

Environmentalism, Pope Francis-style

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. …

Pope Francis

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Environmentalism, Pope Francis-style
Environmentalism, Pope Francis-style

Published in Enspiral Tales

·Mar 10, 2016

Sharpen up your in-person meetings with Loomio

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…

Best Practice

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Sharpen up your in-person meetings with Loomio
Sharpen up your in-person meetings with Loomio

Feb 11, 2016

Church as Icon of the Future

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…

Religion

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Published in Enspiral Tales

·Jun 4, 2015

Climate Change: Time To Step Up, Kiwis!

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

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Climate Change: Time To Step Up, Kiwis!
Climate Change: Time To Step Up, Kiwis!
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