Monthly Practice: Look, Reflect, Give Thanks
I was five when Mount Ruapehu erupted in 1996. It let fly with a series of spectacular gas explosions, heaving hot ash into the sky...
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Sep
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May
The Fall, Toil, and the Tower of Babel
The world of high-performance sport is marked by dreams and hopes, and by hard work, putting your body through intense, painful, and relentless exercise. It...
20
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...
21
Aug
Understanding Ordinary Time
This piece on Ordinary Time was first published in Venn’s print publication The Common, Winter 2019. We are republishing it here to help us understand...
19
Jun
Monthly Practice: The Grace of Sunday Morning
I grew up in a pentecostal church in Palmerston North. This was both similar and dissimilar to what people might imagine when they hear the...
24
Apr
Learning From Bonhoeffer
Life Together is a Christian classic that has challenged and guided people’s lives of faith for many decades. But re-reading it in the middle of...
17
Apr
Staff Note – Olivia Burne: Our Resurrection Hope
“Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand...