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A Fresh Look at Religious Icons

A Fresh Look at Religious Icons

Recently I had the privilege of a pilgrimage in Greece and Turkey where I got up close and personal with some incredible Eastern Orthodox art..

  • I don't have a choice

    "What can I do?" "There's nothing that I can do in this situation." "I don't have control over what's happening."

  • What about our rights?

    How many times have we heard that question in our Covid 19 world? Often, it’s used in the context of personal freedom – individuals wanting to be free to not wear a mask, not be vaccinated, go where they choose, associate with whom they want to. It’s all in the name of human rights.

  • Why I didn’t get vaccinated

    We live in polarising times and the topic of this article is proving to be polarising in the general community of Aotearoa New Zealand, and in the local church that I serve as lead pastor of.

  • No one cares what you believe; they care how you believe it

    The day we Aucklanders entered our seventh week of Covid-induced lockdown, I sat by a lake to nurse a coffee and my tired thoughts under the pretty Spring sky.

  • What do you stand for?

    The debate over New Zealand\'s flag has been heating up recently, as over the course of the next year, a two-stage referendum will be implemented to decide whether we keep our old flag, or choose a new one from a set range of designs submitted by the public.

  • Hardships

    I haven’t sat here and written this while I’m happy. I haven’t begun, written and concluded this piece through a time of joy, nor over a week an easy nature.

  • Nothing to fear

    All over the world we are currently dealing with the virus Covid 19 in some way or another. Whether it be through lockdowns, testing, immunizations or simply just from what we are seeing in the media. We are all becoming familiar with new protocols of hand washing and face masks as well.

  • Brokenness

    All of us want to be like God or have His characteristic attributes and not being broken at all, right? To be the most powerful and intelligent person who is also excellent at multitasking. So, we could live in the world as the most successful person.

  • Truth, transparency and troubles

    It used to always baffle me when flying overseas, watching the safety video and hearing them say ‘please help yourself before helping others’. The thought of me putting my oxygen mask on first while I watch another struggle seems bizarre.

  • Illiterate Christians

    Late 15th century Renaissance polymath Nicolaus Copernicus once said that “To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”

  • Emotions.

    A tornado of emotions...