Welcome to this blog where I explore connections between the life of faith I seek to live, and the life of our secular world.
In May 2023 I stepped down as Vicar of St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland, New Zealand and hope I might now have time to return to writing in this space.
I spoke today to the Justice Select Committee on the Conversion Practices Bill. You can read St Matthew’s submission here You can watch the Committee at work here and feel for the MPs listening to endless 10 minute slots of people speaking all day on Zoom – they had a 10 minute break at lunchtime … More What is religious freedom?
Time to call our church leaders to account and to not accept unscientific hogwash dressed up as preaching. I am perplexed and worried by the number of church “leaders” who discourage their congregations from getting a covid vaccination and who participate in crazy conspiracy theories. Once upon a time clergy were seen as leaders by … More Churches and Conspiracy Theories
Sunday (23 May 2021) was Pentecost, which for Christians is an important celebration, up there with Easter and Christmas. It remembers the day when the Holy Spirit came to the first Christians and began their new life as a community. You can read the description of the strange events of that day in the Book … More Jerusalem
Spirited Edge 