Monthly Practice: Picking up the Pieces
Every day—every single moment—can be an invitation to prayer. Prayer happens as we come aside to be with God in a quiet place, but it...
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Feb
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Feb
Field Notes: Alistair Reese
Tell us about your family and upbringing? I was raised in Hamilton. My father was a plumber, and he also had his own business. My parents...
17
Dec
Common Ground Editorial: December 2021
“How are you?” “Weary.” It’s an all too common response when I have asked people this question during the last month or so. Yet, it’s unsurprising too....
17
Dec
Where Love Rejoices
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...
17
Dec
A Night to remember
One of the marks of Christian celebration is an exuberant naming of why we rejoice. Celebration is a meaningful and just thing to do, even...
17
Dec
From the Tradition: Ring those Christmas Bells
There is a tradition in Dunedin, where I live, where church bells are rung whenever the first albatross of the season returns to nest at...
17
Dec
A Burst of Celebration
As I reflected on the theme of celebration, collage felt fitting as a medium. Collage enables an exploration of the potential of what already exists....
17
Dec
Monthly Practice: Simple Acts of Celebration
The celebration God calls us to never comes cheaply. In times of struggle, celebration can seem frivolous, wasteful, and disconnected, but, as has been explored...
17
Dec
Field Notes: Tim Fenwick
Tim Fenwick is deeply passionate about food and hospitality. He participated in Venn's Summer Conference (2019) and is married to Ashlea, a Residential Fellowship alumna...
16
Dec
A Sketch: Residential fellowship Reflection – Amy Wright
Dr Amy Wright and her husband Chris live in Te Whanganui-a-tara, Wellington. Amy works as a Medical Registrar at Wellington Regional Hospital and she is...