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new zealand / pioneer

a table, a kettle and a curtain

scottie reeve (who i visited when in new zealand) has written a lovely piece suggesting that all a church needs is a table, a kettle and a curtain. this is…

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July 4, 2023
mission / new zealand

the blog post i never wrote and still haven’t written

this is the eleventh of a series celebrating twenty years at cms seeĀ  1. gold | 2. emerging church | 3. blah | 4. new forms | 5. worship tricks…

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December 5, 2022
alternative worship / new zealand

mike riddell

i was so sorry to hear of mike riddell's death this weekend. it was a long time since i had seen him of course as we live on other sides…

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March 27, 2022
mission / new zealand

musings from the other side of the world 5: this is my whakapapa for good or ill

[see part 1 kiwi and proud | part 2 am i in england? | part 3 smug statues and street art saints | part 4 when church collapses] every story is…

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April 26, 2020
mission / new zealand / pioneer

musings from the other side of the world 4: when church collapses

[see part 1 kiwi and proud | part 2 am i in england? | part 3 smug statues and street art saints] i loved this piece of street art of…

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April 3, 2020
migration / mission / new zealand

musings from the other side of the word 3: smug statues and street art saints

[see part 1 kiwi and proud and part 2 am i in england?] getting stuck in christchurch in new zealand longer than planned meant i had time to wander the…

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March 29, 2020
migration / mission / new zealand

musings from the other side of the world 2: am i in england?!

[see part 1: kiwi and proud which ended i hadn't expected to be confronted with england...] in lent, the community i am part of grace is encouraging practices of soil,…

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March 23, 2020
new zealand

musings from the other side of the world 1: kiwi and proud

this is the first in a series of blog posts which i have called musings from the other side of the world. i have spent a couple of weeks in…

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March 20, 2020
art / new zealand

i always knew you would come back

i am currently on a couple of months extended leave from work which is a wonderful thing to be able to do. it's fairly common in other colleges teaching theology…

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March 18, 2020
new zealand / poetry

if you are in wellington or anywhere else nearby in new zealand…

... harry is coming your way and performing next week on feb 3 and 4. sadly i won't be there myself!

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January 28, 2016
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