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The licence of prayer

The licence of prayer

John Wimber wrote a book called, “Everyone gets to play”. He was more interested in his relationship with Jesus and how it impacted his life and others, than religion..

  • Trusting in chariots, horses and pieces of papers

    Honestly speaking, my three-year university degree that is supposed to state how qualified, educated and ready I am, sometimes just feels like an expensive piece of paper.

  • Offense and goodness

    I don’t know about you but does anyone else get annoyed when someone sends you a message at an inconvenient time asking you to do something or asking you for something? What about when someone from work messages you on your day off?

  • Faith over feelings

    It seems apparent to me as if the world we live in encourages us to be led by emotion and feelings.

  • Why Living Biblically is not actually about living biblically

    There’s a new US sitcom out in New Zealand and as soon as I saw it, I cringed – it’s called ‘Living Biblically’ and follows the main character’s experiment to better his life by obeying every single law in the bible for one year.

  • The Amazing Game of Two Halves

    It was half-time during a professional rugby league game. A player broke down and told the club chaplain that his life is in shambles

  • Disconnected

    The aroma of freshly ground coffee filled the café as the morning crowd rolled in. I sat at my favourite corner table; “people watching”.

  • No is equally as good as yes

  • Can I be bothered?

    When I was younger I can remember reading the book in the Bible known as James and thinking, ‘I’m going to try and ignore James for as long as possible.’ I’ve lived that thought. Well I’ve tried really hard to live that thought, but sometimes the things you try and ignore just keep getting in your way. James is often in my way.

  • 85,000 kids to get the Bible story of Jesus this Christmas

    This Christmas Bible Society New Zealand, through the generosity of its supporters, is giving away 85,000 copies of The Well Good News of Christmas, a fun and colourful booklet for parents and grandparents to help them pass on the Bible story of Christmas.

  • Myth-making and abortion

    The more something is repeated, the more it comes to be regarded as fact. Social media is one of the best ways of manufacturing myths and repeating them.

  • Embracing the other

    I was privileged to attend a fantastic primary school growing up as a child. There were a lot of things that I loved about this school, but none more so than our kapa haka group.