Today's gospel deals with the story of Thomas - known more commonly to us as 'doubting Thomas'. However, we do well to remember that Thomas came through his doubts and…
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! However, our culture has Easter mixed up with a whole host of other stuff - eating chocolate, Easter bunny, Easter eggs - what…
This week's podcast is a reflection on John 3:14 - 21 which includes the most famous verse in the Bible - John 3:16. Yet even this well-known verse is misinterpreted…
The sermon this week looks at the core of Jewish law - the ten commandments. Jesus comments on some of these and expands them in the Sermon on the Mount…
This week we consider the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Baptism signifies the beginning of a believer's walk with God and is a significant moment in the spiritual…
In today's Gospel reading Jesus heals a man with leprosy but there are several puzzling elements in this passage. This Youtube clip gives a short visual story of this incident.…
Today, rather than commenting directly on the Gospel passage, I want to explore the Christian connection with the Treaty of Waitangi, which is a story not told when we celebrate…
Last week we looked at God's call to be a disciple. This week we consider that following Jesus means obeying what He tells us to do. The Youtube clip is…
In this early part of the Gospel of Mark Jesus calls the first four disciples to follow Him. They respond immediately to this call and drop what they are doing…
This miracle where Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding feast is the first miracle recorded in John's gospel. It is also notable that it is only recorded in…