Common Ground Editorial: June 2022
Into great bleakness, right in the middle of one of the darkest parts of the prophet Isaiah, come these words of God to his people: In...
Into great bleakness, right in the middle of one of the darkest parts of the prophet Isaiah, come these words of God to his people: In...
Fitter, healthier, more productive “Just say that again?” My interest had been piqued. At ease on the couch at the university chaplaincy, my colleague from the...
Welcome to part two of our new series of conversations with women and men who are seeking to follow Christ in the whole of life....
The prophet Jeremiah has been on my mind recently. To say he lived in tumultuous times is, well, an understatement, so he is comforting company...
First published in May 2020, we’ve returned in recent days to this article about the practice of intercession. As we’ve watched events unfold at home...
“I wish it need not have happened in my time.” Frodo’s remark feels more than a little contemporary. The happenings of his time are bad,...
I. It wasn’t my best work. Loosely stacked in three-line stanzas, any punctuation replaced by large toothless gaps between the clauses, the poem was as awkward...
In the past couple of years, I’ve found myself writing prayer poems. Typically unadorned, they stand awkwardly in the corner of the page; but as...
In the past year, many of us will have spent more time at home than in any other context. With the impact of lockdowns and...
Hannah Chapman is an Adjunct Teaching Fellow for Venn, focussed on integrating te aō Māori through the educational contexts and helping to foster Venn’s engagement...