Anglican Diocese of Christchurch St Luke’s Chaplain to the Inner City “Touching the sacred / serving the city”. Have you a creative spirit with a zest for life, want a new challenge and a sense of adventure? Have you a heart for inner city ministry and would be excited at the possibility of engaging with […]
The Need to Rediscover “we”
Letter published in The Press 29 June 2021 There is something deeply systemically wrong in New Zealand. On the one hand we have the heartfelt outpouring of support after March 15, student armies who mobilise to help farmers, and people donating to buy the new regional park Te Ahu Pātiki. This is us. On the […]
Autumn Equinox Celebration + other things from Braided
One thing that was clear at our Braided Hui last year is that those who are no longer connected to the Christian Tradition feel there is very few places for them to connect with the Sacred as a group. On the whole the Churches seem uninterested in connecting with the “80%”, many of who used […]
Braided – what happened on the day…
On 28 November 2020 after 3 Covid postponements about 70 met at Aldersgate to uncover and weave some conversations about spiritual health in Ōtautahi Christchurch. In kicking off the day-long hui, Braided: Te Awa Whiria – Conversation on Spirituality, Deirdre Carroll (Ngāi Tahu from Ngāi Tūāhiriri Marae) asked, while we know where to go to […]
Spirituality’s Relevance to Sustainability
Readers of this 2022 Version of this essay will realize that I am a believer, though neither a theologian nor a reverend, or a right-wing conservative or a fundamentalist. Others more qualified about matters spiritual, however, have critiqued this essay. Marilyn Yurjevich (a garden snail variety lay Catholic passionately concerned about Planet Earth) Scroll down […]