When an opportunity passes you by
If you travel by car on the road between Whenuakite and Cooks Beach in February, you miss what is often referred to as the sound of silence. During my summers…
Will My Grandchildren Inherit Transformers or Genesis?
We spend much of our lives battling the problems inherited from yesterday while giving little thought to the future promised for tomorrow. As AI and technology transform the world around…
The Orphan Called Responsibility
There is a foul smell hanging over Wellington. No, I’m not talking about the sewage. I’m talking about the stench of responsibility abandoned. The latest chapter in the Moa Point…
When Charity Status Becomes a Battleground
There was a time when charitable status for a church, ministry, or Christian organisation was largely taken for granted. It was an acknowledgement that whatever one’s theological convictions, these groups…
Discovering Childhood Has An Expiry Date
I’ve discovered one of my spiritual gifts is people‑watching. Not voyeurism — just the noble art of observing humanity doing what humanity does best: being mildly ridiculous in public. Parks,…
THE THEOLOGY OF SILENCE
Dietrich Bonhoeffer understood something that modern Christianity often forgets: evil does not require our approval — only our silence. In the shadow of the Third Reich, he watched churches retreat…
The One Thing We Keep Running From
Let’s stop lying to ourselves. Responsibility isn’t the elephant in the room — it’s the stampede flattening our nation while we stand around pretending, we don’t hear the thunder. We’ve…
If Larry the Cat Is Your Most Stable Leader, You Might Need Jesus
If last week’s attempted political coup in New Zealand taught us anything, it’s that even political theatre can flop — loudly — while still revealing the simmering frustration underneath. The…
“If preaching the Word was a crime, would you be convicted?”
Editorial: Mike Bain Forty years ago, my first radio boss asked me a question that stripped me bare: “If being a personality was a crime, would you be convicted?” It…