Common Ground Editorial: September 2021
At a cursory glance, Jesus’s wisdom when it comes to worry and anxiety seems contemporary, if conventional. Look at the birds, look at the flowers—you’ll...
At a cursory glance, Jesus’s wisdom when it comes to worry and anxiety seems contemporary, if conventional. Look at the birds, look at the flowers—you’ll...
From the Tradition is a new regular column in Common Ground. Here, we’ll consider an element drawn from the witness of the Church through time...
“Who are the friends you’re with as you’re learning?” my Professor friend asked me. I paused, mumbled a few names of close friends, then trailed...
Sarah Askey is a Conservator for the National Library, specialising in books and paper. She works at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington. Sarah attended...
What is good work, really? Is my 9-5 job of interest to God, or is it just a way to support mission and put something...
Introduction In 1817, Percy Shelley penned his poem, “Ozymandias,” a meditation on the greatness of human work that is as pointed as it is brief. The...
‘How’s work going?’ The question sounds innocuous, on a par with ‘how’s the weekend?’, ‘how’s the family?’. But, breezy answers aside, any consideration of the...
Over a year ago, as New Zealand went into the first lockdown, Venn launched Common Ground. As the impact of COVID-19 unfolded, we found ourselves...
In tumultous times, we often come to a moment when we pause and look around. Over the past year, familiar landmarks, whether political or social,...
Holy Week is marked by many practices that enable us to remember and have our lives shaped by its events, from fasting to foot washing...