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24 Jun

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...

17 Dec

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...

18 Jun

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...

16 Apr

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...

19 Mar

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,...

17 Sep

This poem was occasioned by banter with Venn colleague Luke Fenwick. At some point in a boisterous exchange, he challenged me in an off-hand way...