How we respond as our faith is potentially accused and even attacked is very important. There must be no defensiveness - as the Royal Commission is a good thing. The attitude must be that wrong...
This summary regarding reconciliation around The Treaty / Te Tiriti explains how I understand sovereignty, what I suggest was guaranteed and why - and what the end-goal and journey ahead therefore are....
Is it by the fact that we meet - or are friendly? Is it that we can stand together - looking united? Or might be through our ability to work together when it counts -...
We are blessed in this nation to have people producing data for the Church - in this case the Bible Society. The wider deficit is leadership - to apply logical applications that might spring from...
When a people are cut off from their history - they are easily manipulated. For a fact - NZers are cut off from their history! Those who tell the history write the future. That makes...
So often we do what we do because it's what we've always done. Were we released to think differently, I believe these THREE prayer ideas would soon be a priority across our nation....
If you want unity to go to a new level, consider the CLEAR VISION in this 'wero', which highlights three ACHIEVABLE things churches could achieve together in and for their cities and towns through PARTNERSHIP....
With wisdom from helping to united churches in 1500 separate areas of the UK, Roy can bring wisdom to unity leaders - and in this article and interview - following a visit to NZ -...
What if we were to engage more wisely and pro-actively as united churches around FAMILY / PARENTING / MARRIAGE? This is one of our strengths - and a gateway for the hope we carry. To...
With a vision to engage more widely in the community, Ps Keith Harrington of Invercargill Central Baptist proposed a day given to serving the community in practical hands-on ways - on a Sunday. Now engaged...
If we are concerned as Christians, the challenge isn't merely policy. It is worldview. WHAT is the actual challenge - and HOW might we engage. Read to hear three unexpected courses of action I propose...
Our democratic freedoms and wider societal well-being only exist because of the Christian faith. But if we don't understand this we won't protect and history evidences that we will then lose it! So here's...
This is about a systemic problem in which church leaders with POSITION meet, while leaders fulfilling the FUNCTION are not in the room. The key stakeholders aren't heard. But what if God called them to...
My sensing from global news is that we're reaching a tipping point in public culture in the West. Mistrust in power - and a reawakening of spiritual interest, are all part of it. Here's 12...
A 'gap' in NZ outreach currently is connection around supporting marriages and parenting. How could we change this? What is needed? Here's an approach any church could apply....
If Māori outcomes are below non-Māori, is honouring Te Tiriti the solution - or something else? What if race has nothing to do with it - because it's about values? How can we help -...
If we're losing young adults for a lack of 'reasons' given for faith, a one-time programme won't fix the problem. Leadership HABITS are needed. So, what HABITS might be 'fit for purpose'?...
Why the caution? Why the offence? Are we fearful of discouraging someone? Or might an admission of our guilt and weakness be the necessary path to a different future? This is profoundly important! ...
In this 'comedy with a point' I tell about how amazing I am as a husband and father, as the the spiritual leader of our house! But this parable has offended some. Please laugh (then...
Large united gospel efforts are challenging - but many have discovered via Hope Project in recent years that, IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE, large city-wide efforts can actually be easy! What are the conditions?...