Today’s guest writer is Mark Beale who is priest in charge at St Alban the Martyr, Balmoral, Auckland. Prior to this he was minister of St Elizabeth’s Anglican Church, Clendon, a South Auckland church which he planted 28 years earlier. Mark was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 for Read More
From a Christian worldview we could easily think we are being marginalised by some powerful social voices which appear to be taking away free speech and religious freedom. It is easy to focus on what we perceive we have lost. Sadly, in most of the contentious issues the horse seems to have bolted, but what Read More
Today’s guest writer is Phil Strong, Senior Leader at ZION, a church community in Te Awamutu. Phil is also a published author and speaker whose aim is “Helping you to live a life of purpose on purpose.” Today he shares with us this thought-provoking message. Why is it when there’s a spiritual need in the Read More
Lockdown produces some interesting by-products, one that I have witnessed is that fathers appear to have more time to interact with their children. It started me thinking about my own father who died a couple of years ago. I largely have very positive memories of my father. He was a man who was brought up Read More
Years ago as a young Dad I took a sales team to Hong Kong as part of a sales incentive package. Those were the days when you could have overseas conferences that weren’t conferences but pure fun incentive package junkets. However, I should say that the team had achieved a great 12-month sales result, so Read More
Over the past five or so years one of the topics I have spoken about at PK events has been the “Third Age” where we look at preparing for and moving into retirement from work. The encouragement reflected in these seminars has been largely based on my journey to and into this season and watching Read More
by Geoff Wiklund – We have all heard the stories of people who knew that their grandparents or parents prayed for them. I am a result of one of those prayers. My dad went forward on an altar call and prayed with the preacher that his youngest son would become a preacher. Five years later, Read More
When I was a young Dad, I had this burning desire to buy a particular type of boat. It was a 24ft Pelin Empress. The day I bought it, I looked at it on my front lawn – my car could barely tow it. I asked myself the question why had I bought it? As Read More
In the holiday season there will be events that become stories to be retold for many years ahead. While many of these situations may not be funny at the time, they do become legacy events marking family holidays. For most of my life, family holidays have included activities associated with a boat. Is there a Read More
We as men have an opportunity to use the time we have been given with our families in a really positive way. Our society is fast paced and often quite individual; we have our own devices, our own music selections. It is easy to isolate. We don’t tend to use our time to communicate with Read More