Bishop Steve running 100km to raise money for Bishopdale College earlier this month reminded me of another bishop in our diocese who took up a huge journey nearly two decades ago...
Carol is one of the founders of Winning with Words – an affordable after-school literacy programme taught by volunteer teachers, held every week in the parish centre at St Thomas, Motueka.
In the steepled house, down town on Commercial street, we congregate, lost sheep with no shepherd, waiting expectantly for the promise to come.
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"God teaches his greatest lessons when you step outside your routines."
"Literacy is such an important basic skill for life."
I don’t think I’d ever heard cheering during the reading of Anglican liturgy before then.
I’d had this Christian upbringing, and suddenly realised I didn't know what to make of it.
From all places to this town they have come, the feast of Pentecost has drawn each one.
Ignorance carries an unexpected gift.
There is an innate part of us that aspires to what we were originally created for.
When God is present, emptiness never has the final say.
The big changes in my life have grown out of small, ordinary moments – not grand gestures.
We are called to be ambassadors of reconciliation.
"People in our community are already asking questions about meaning and spirituality."
We lead out of who we are more than what we say.
