Common Ground Editorial: November 2020
The Church's new year is just around the corner! Advent marks the beginning of the Church's liturgical calendar and will begin on Advent Sunday, 29...
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Nov
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Nov
Alumni Interview: Helen Murdoch
Helen Murdoch and her husband Jude completed the Vocational Programme Wellington in 2018. Since then, they have welcomed a daughter, Kezia, into the world, and...
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Nov
Venn Christmas Cards: Available Now
Weird—renaissance baby Jesus. Cursive text declaring Peace or Joy or Merry Christmas. Glitter. Soft focus trees, candles, and wreaths. More glitter. Cute animals wearing red...
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Nov
The Advent Proclamation: Christ Has and Will Come
"God had seen the misery of the world and had come personally to help. Now God was there, not as a powerful God, but concealed...
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Nov
How to Make an Advent Wreath
Background: The triumph of light over dark is a common theme in the Advent season. Christ, our true light, has come into the darkness of the...
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Nov
Waiting in Silence
In the time of Herod king of Judah there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth...
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Nov
A Weekly Advent Devotional
Advent is the beginning of the Christian year. While much of the world falls into flurry and fuss preparing for the year’s end, the Church...
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Oct
Common Ground Editorial: October 2020
Welcome to the October edition of Common Ground; and to the long weekend. We hope the weekend provides you with an opportunity for rest and...
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Oct
There and Back Again: How Reading Tolkien Can Restore the World to Us
This essay is an edited version of a talk Andrew Shamy delivered in Auckland on 14 October 2020. In 1997, the British public voted The Lord...
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Oct
Reverence and Astonishment
Isaiah renders a scene that often occupies my imagination. The holy council assembles in the temple before the massive glory (kabod) of the Lord. The...