Te Awamutu Presbyterian Church Christmas is about celebrating – having a party! Rejoicing in the fact that God sent his Son into this world; that God became human and dwelt among us. And why did…
Te Awamutu Presbyterian Church Christmas is about celebrating – having a party! Rejoicing in the fact that God sent his Son into this world; that God became human and dwelt among us. And why did…
Senior Pastors, Reach Church We both love the absence of despair in the Christmas story. It’s the most treasured Bible story we know. We see so many passages – the nastiness of King Herod, the…
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church When humans soar into space to conquer the stars, millions of dollars and years of preparation are required to make complicated, precision-performing high tech machines to ensure safe blast-offs and re-entries….
St John’s Anglican Church For many people Christmas is not the happiest time of the year. It is hard to avoid being influenced by the increasingly hyped-up expectations that stockings will be full, the table…
As the rest of us settle into a quiet January, Cambridge’s Holly Christina will be at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She won’t be playing, nor will she be ball girl as she often has…
It’s been an interesting fortnight since my last offering to this august journal. The first week involved working the full four days at Fieldays and the following week involved a nervous wait for, and execution,…
Merry Christmas! This will be my last column for the year as we head into holiday season. While there are many safety messages that apply at this time of year, it’s timely for my annual…
Once again, a New Zealand Government Agency has given us a good example of how policy should not be made. This time it is Waka Kotahi/NZ Transport Agency. They are developing a plan that will…
I was asked to visit a young man in hospital. Days before, he’d been seriously injured in a weekend sporting accident. I went to the spinal unit where doctors had offered a devastating outlook. Being…
You would have to live off the grid to not have seen the escalation of crime around the country and sadly, Cambridge is not immune. Our township is lathered in graffiti, vandalism costing the ratepayers…
