Some Thoughts on Success
Glynn Cardy 5/12/2021 Today is a day for whakawhetai – thanksgiving – gratitude. Particularly those of us who are able, on this day we give
Hope
Advent Sunday 2021 Glynn Cardy Today, the first day of the Christian year, we wait in anticipation. Not so much for the celebrations around a
Rule with Justice
Fa’amanu Akeripa, 21 November 2021 I imagine that our journey to this point has been somewhat an unusual experience. I reflect in the two years
Faith and Beauty
Glynn Cardy 14th November 2021 Some moments are beautiful. They reach out and touch us, break pleasure upon us, put a smile in our body.
Doing it Differently: Dreams and Schemes of Resistance
Glynn Cardy, 7th November 2021Aotearoa in the second half of the 19th century was a place of war. Much land was taken from Māoriby new
Seek Love First
Fa’amanu Akeripa, 31 October 2021 The ability to give love knowing that your children had no food, I feel that Mother Teresa inthis experience was
In the Half-Heard Stillness
Glynn Cardy 24th October 2021The book of Job does not pretend to be history. Job, the character, didn’t literally exist. Rather it is a literary
Around the Bend
Glynn Cardy 17th October 2021 This Sunday, the closest to St Luke’s Day (18th October), we usually come together to celebrate thelife of our community.
Lotu Tamaiti
Fa’amanu Akeripa, 10 October 2021 This week I was reminded of white patterned shirts and ‘ie faitaga (formal wrap around cloth for men), reminiscing a
St Francis: Defiant Kindness
Glynn Cardy, 3rd October 2021 I first met a Franciscan friar sometime in the late 1970s. His name was Bruce-Paul (Franciscans forfeit their surnames), and
