God doesn’t want creation to be his work alone – God wants to partner with his created people, the ones who bear his image, in the work of creation.
The Rest Home Volunteer Chaplains are an interdenominational group, trained by the Nelson Diocese to serve the entire rest home community. Eight new rest home chaplains graduated yesterday afternoon.
For me, internships are one of the best formational vehicles we have in the Church. I know this firsthand.
What began as a few friends jamming has become Home Sweet Homies, a six-piece band based in Nelson. I had the honour of asking the band a few questions about their music, faith and future.
Torrential rain, power cuts and road closures threatened to derail this year’s Spring Camp, but the weather broke just in time.
I grew up in a loving Christian home where service was greatly encouraged. I loved being able to serve and help those around me. It drew me close to my servant saviour. However, it also led to an unhealthy desire to be needed.
We are to be a people bound to particular communities, to bear one another’s burdens. Our lives are meant to support and be supported, to be intertwined – that kind of mahi is both beautiful and hard.
Three things stood out to me in particular from examining the Patmos World Attitudes Bible Survey – what can we learn from them?
"Often it’s hard to find the right language for mental health and wellbeing. But this is the language of art, which is universal."
A team from All Saints in Nelson showed "what a community can achieve when it gets behind something" in the highlands of Papua New Guinea to support Mission Aviation Fellowship workers gathering for a staff conference.
The impact this one little girl and her small Māori translation of the Gospel of Luke had on New Zealand is great and will not be soon forgotten.
I want to create spaces where women – regardless of theological persuasion – can find support, training, and companions to walk alongside them through the seasons of leadership.
Something remarkable has been happening in the Awatere: groups of RSE (Recognised Seasonal Employer) workers gathering around the Bible – in two languages.
William Tyndale’s work provided millions of people across the world with the Bible in their own language. It also cost him his life.
Francis’ joy and love for God was so infectious that it wasn’t long before others came to join him, each renouncing everything they had and giving it to the poor.
Hello everyone! This week I started my role in the Nelson Diocese as ministry coordinator for older persons services.
Here are three ideas that I, along with two other Nelson-based parishioners, have said “yes” to in the last month – ideas that take little time or money to run but care for the holistic wellbeing of people, including ourselves.
Day one back as diocesan manager – and straight into the diocesan synod. What a welcome!
I caught up with Hana about how she's found her Bishopdale internship this year. Read this if you might be interested in an internship yourself – scholarships close next week!
While strategies and plans are vital, they are not enough. For the revitalisation road ahead, we need fresh fire. I believe God is inviting us to a deeper work: to cultivate hearts that burn.
It was a gift for me to have members of my church family come into my workplace at Restorative Justice a few weeks ago to pray for the work, the people and the space we meet and operate in.
Artists and art appreciators gathered to "Make Sense of Making" in the Makery in a two-day course led by Venn Foundation's Centre for the Arts.
This week, we celebrate 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week). So why is it important for us, as Tikanga Pākehā, to learn and speak te reo?
What matters most for someone in their first months of faith? I spoke with Rev Mark Johnson, who shared some inspiring stories and offered practical insights on the art of welcoming fledgling believers.
Nurses from the Nelson-based not-for-profit Whanake Youth travelled to Apia in Samoa, seeing over 200 children and connecting with the local school.
