By NEIL BROOM Most of us will have indulged in that slightly obsessive bathroom activity of struggling to squeeze that very last vestige of toothpaste from its tube. I have re-imagined this as a crude, but apt, metaphor for a commonly held view of life. It is one declaring that this life is all there is! From birth to a person’s eventual death, it is the sum total of each human’s existence, there is nothing more! The practical implications arising from this existential belief system are pretty obvious – we need … Read More about A metaphor for life
Opinion
Living with the beauty of creation
By NEIL VANEY Beauty in ... Read More about Living with the beauty of creation
A radical response to NZ’s religious and cultural diversity
by Dr CHRISTOPHER LONGHURST The idea of banning ... Read More about A radical response to NZ’s religious and cultural diversity
Public office and private lives
In recent weeks there have been various memes ... Read More about Public office and private lives
by NEIL VANEY A serious critique of Christianity – a critique that began in the 1960s – was that it was largely responsible for the ecological degradation of our planet. The argument ran like this: because earth is portrayed as just a waiting room for entrance to heaven, how to … Read More about Understanding nature is knowing God
As Covid-19 continues its seemingly-inexorable march through many nations, New Zealand wants to be able to continue to be “Covid-free”, with cases being caught and contained at the borders. This desire is situated in a land that has prided itself since the 1980s on being “nuclear free”. It is not … Read More about Nuclear-free and Covid-free
In recent days, I have been gratified to receive positive feedback and recollections prompted by the article in the previous issue about my grandfather, Walter Otto. As mentioned in the article, Walter was raised as an Anglican, and he was received into the Catholic Church after he met and fell … Read More about Many turning points can lead to Jesus
by Bernard Moran Here is the untold story of how an elite group of New Zealand abortion-rights advocates collaborated with their Australian counterparts to promote abortion on demand here, modelled on the successful campaign in Victoria in 2008. The result was the Abortion Legislation Act, passed by 68 to 51 … Read More about The Australian connection to NZ’s radical abortion law
July 12: Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Readings: 1. Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm: 65; 2. Romans 8:18-23; Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23. Although Matthew has much to say to us this Sunday, it is really in conjunction with Isaiah and Paul that we understand fully the overarching point he is making. It … Read More about A poignant reminder that we are called to carry the Word
Pentecost Sunday this year marked an anniversary in my family and, in a sense, in my Auckland church community. It was 30 years to the day since my grandfather, Walter Otto, died at St Joseph’s Home in Ponsonby, aged 79. He had just attended morning Mass and had received Holy Communion. Shortly afterwards, he died sitting … Read More about My grandfather’s service to Church remembered
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