Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 11 September 2022
This week Brent, Catherine and I attended the Ministers’ cluster in Geraldine where Rev. Johanna Warren from Hakatere parish led us through a lectio divina reading Matthew’s account of the feeding of the 5,000. It’s a familiar story. The crowd follows Jesus into the wilderness and at the end of the day, Jesus instructs his disciples to […]
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Thought For The Week 4 September 2022
There’s a lovely verse from the Song of Songs; “See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land” (2:11-12). As we enter September we enter the season of spring and farewell the winter- […]
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Thought For The Week 28 August 2022
Every now and then we have a Sunday service that leaves me feeling especially encouraged and blessed. Last Sunday was one of those and I’m still buzzing about it. There were many factors that made it enjoyable for me. Bringing both congregations together in one place always adds something special and reminds us of our […]
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Thought for The Week 21 August 2022
Thought for the week: This week we reflect on an excerpt from the Moderator’s message on the season of Creation. You can read the whole thing here: https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/moderators-message-season-of-creation-2022 In this Season of Creation, individuals and communities are invited to spring into action through prayer, sustainability projects and advocacy: Prayer: Host an ecumenical prayer gathering that […]
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Thought For The Week 15 August 2022
Poem together we walk the green path between earth and sky always have draw deeper now engage creatively recover hopeful words not hateful Attend what animates us who motivates us why what is promised is ahead of us yet unbroken Martin Stewart (houhanga rongo – reconciliation)
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Thought For The Week 07.08.2022
Peace Sunday, 7 August Where are the peacemakers, these blessed people that Jesus calls the children of God? Around 5,000 will gather in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the end of the month for the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The rallying call and theme for the Assembly is, ‘Christ’s love moves the […]
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Thought For The Week 31 July 2022
When a place receives 4 months of rain in a couple of days it makes you question what is going on with the weather! And when the temperature in the UK pushes beyond 40 degrees you have to think global warming is no longer theoretical! I’ve heard people say ‘don’t worry about climate change because […]
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Thought For The Week 25 July 2022
One of my favourite passages of scripture is Psalm 121: I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Such beautiful words. I wonder if you’ve ever noticed the inscription at the beginning of […]
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Thought For The Week 12 July 2022
Are you a Mary or a Martha? In Luke 10:38-42 we see Jesus invited to Martha’s house but there is tension between Martha and her sister Mary because Mary has opted to ‘sit at the feet of Jesus’ instead of helping her sister with the numerous tasks associated with providing hospitality. But Jesus sides with Mary, […]
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Thought For The Week 10 July 2022
Yesterday Brent and I celebrated All Ministers’ Birthday (TM). Another year to celebrate, another milestone to reflect on. With birthdays, Matariki, the end of one financial year and the beginning of another, I’ve been thinking a lot about milestones recently. I found this really helpful blog post by Jean Wise about the spiritual significance of […]
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