What’s Changed
Mike Bain New Zealand is a first-class country run by second-rate people. Harsh? Perhaps. Wrong? Take a look around. After weeks of election promises, slogans and carefully scripted announcements, one…
WHAT LENS ARE YOU LOOKING THROUGH?
Why two people can see the same facts and arrive at completely different conclusions One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Nobody really knows who first said it, but…
WAITING FOR A SAVIOUR. AGAIN.
Election campaigns promise a brighter future, a better government and solutions to the nation’s problems. But beneath the slogans lies an ancient temptation: the belief that humanity can build heaven…
The opportunity passing 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…