Articles
Articles, Reflections, Essays etc.
The Christian Imperative to Honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Something is broken. The breaches are not artefacts of history, rather they evolved into subterranean systemic currents that will continually undermine Te Tiriti if not acknowledged and addressed. By its very nature, a treaty is intended to bring a solid resolution often between conflicting parties and by their very nature they are binding in perpetuity.
Spiritual Practices
Ideas for spiritual practices – where ‘spiritual’ is anything that acknowledges that there’s a part of us that can’t be cured or encouraged or nurtured through aerobic exercise, a gluten-free diet, not drinking too much caffeine, blah blahh blaaaahhhh and ‘practices’ indicates intentionality.
Submission to Baptist working party on same sex relationships
Cityside Baptist Church submission to Working Party on issues of Same Sex Marriage and Local Church Autonomy.
—Cityside leadership team, 2014
'Participating in God' by Paul Fiddes, a book overview
Brenda Rockell, Trinity Sunday 2012
The Lost Dimension in Religion
Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt. ….It is the state of being concerned about one's own being and being universally.
The Depth of Existence
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things God.
Futurechurch Conference - Musings for Citysiders
Reflections on the Futurechurch Conference 12-15 Oct, 2005
The Big Here and the Long Now
It was 1978. I was new to New York. A rich acquaintance had invited me to a housewarming party, and, as my cabdriver wound his way down increasingly potholed and dingy streets, I began wondering whether he’d got the address right. Finally he stopped at the doorway of a gloomy, unwelcoming industrial building. Two winos were crumpled on the steps, oblivious. There was no other sign of life in the whole street.