Eyes on eternity Some years ago my wife and I were involved with some maintenance to our house which was tenanted at the time while we were living in another region. In particular, the bathroom and toilet needed work. It turned out that underneath the vinyl, the floor was not well fitted around the baseContinue reading “Sunday News 10 August 2025”
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Sunday News 3 August 2025
A staying. Some years ago my weekday routine involved a commute from my home on the Kapiti Coast to my work in Wellington City. I tried several different types of transport – train, bus, car-pooling and my own car. This was in the days before the new highway made car travel more reliable between WellingtonContinue reading “Sunday News 3 August 2025”
Sunday News 27 July 2025
Time belongs to God. Someone once said to me, ‘Timing is everything, and it belongs to God.’ I don’t remember where the saying came from – I think it is not from the Bible. I have a kind of petty annoyance with such sayings, and I think subconsciously I seek to disprove them. However, thisContinue reading “Sunday News 27 July 2025”
Sunday News 20 July 2025
Thoughts on blessing. Books have been written and teaching series dedicated to the subject of blessing in the Christian context, and I have no argument with that. To be blessed is such an all-encompassing state of wellbeing that it is difficult to think of any other subject of greater importance so far as our personalContinue reading “Sunday News 20 July 2025”
Sunday News 13 July 2025
In the paths of righteousness The world has appropriated many Biblical sayings, some along the lines of what appears to be intended in scripture, others variously misapplied or even taken to mean the opposite of what, from a viewpoint of faith, appears to be intended. An example might be the phrase, ‘a fall from grace’.Continue reading “Sunday News 13 July 2025”
Sunday News 6 July 2025
The wind, the chaff, and the tree. A friend asked me this week, ‘What kind of thoughts are good to think?’ My friend is not a believer in the sense that I am, so our conversations are wide ranging and often touch on spiritual subjects from quite different angles than might be expected in aContinue reading “Sunday News 6 July 2025”
Sunday News 29 June 2025
Hearing is doing When is not a good time to hear from Jesus? When we are not ready to listen. That is how it seems from Jesus’ own account of some places he visited in his earthly ministry. ‘Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because theyContinue reading “Sunday News 29 June 2025”
Sunday News 22 June 2025
A view from the other side. Keeping it topical – I read this morning that Israelis were ‘stunned’ by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s description of a ‘personal cost’ of war to his family – that his son’s wedding has been postponed now for the second time. Disclaimer – I read it in the Guardian. My phone’sContinue reading “Sunday News 22 June 2025”
Sunday News 15 June 2025
If the light that is in thee be darkness Following last week’s article in which I explored the origins and meaning of ‘light’ and ‘darkness’ in our lives, this week I want to look at one way in which darkness can persist in our understanding, which I believe the Bible shows us. And just asContinue reading “Sunday News 15 June 2025”
Sunday News 8 June 2025
Kingdom of light Again I begin this article with something of a disclaimer. Because, having begun to attend yet another new church, I have been looking through statements of faith and church histories, mostly in Wikipedia, and I am reminded that many of the things I write about have been studied, and debated, and areContinue reading “Sunday News 8 June 2025”
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