"The psalms are not a theoretical talk about God, rather a direct line of communication with him. Maybe that’s why many find it helpful to pray the psalms, because they give expression to what’s hidden deep inside us."
He’s a gentle souled creative, and time spent with him revealed a nuggety depth to his person.
She recalls with a chuckle that, as a seven-year-old, she pictured God like a big blue balloon stretched over the earth. Diana wondered in her young mind if she could scale a ladder sufficient in height to pop him with a fork!
Jane explains the concept of “permanent agriculture” as a way of life following some important principles.
Sit down with Evan Hunt to hear about how he survived a near miss with a train, rescued a sheep from the meat works and overcame the troubles of life with the help of God.
It doesn’t take long when chatting with Maureen to discover there are not many folk in the local surrounds she doesn’t know. Her generous heart finds her checking in on this one or that, to offer a word of advice or encouragement.
Sit down for a brew with the marathon runner, green-thumbed gardener, te Reo student, vicar's husband, and – as many of us recognise him – bishop of the Nelson Anglican Diocese.
There are things formed in the harsh, hidden places of my being, built up around a central piece, something I’ve held tightly to. Things that lie deep, concealed from public view, and buried in the mudstone of my past.
As Juulian ponders his life, a series of jobs he hasn’t particularly enjoyed, and some unexpected hardships, he muses, “Lots of stuff doesn’t make sense, and I have questions for God when I get there.”
The beautiful West Coast love story of Neville and Janice Bellis, strengthened as they’ve traversed hardship and learned to lean on God and each other.
Learn what Chinese heritage, Eurasian owls and a Kermit the Frog figurine mean to Michelle Urban.
I wrestle with God. "Lord, I didn’t sign up for this!" Gently, he whispers, "Oh, but my child, you did sign up for this. You signed up to love no matter what."
"Convergence" means a junction, a merging, different things joining and flowing together as a new whole - and that’s pretty much what happened.
