Kia ora e te whanau I was shocked to hear of the death of Rev Siosifa Pole. He died peacefully on Sunday morning. Siosifa, as one of the Mission Resourcing Directors of the Methodist Church, faithfully represented the Church on the UCANZ Standing Committee until his term concluded at the Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau Earning the right I’ve reflected from time to time on the importance of Church leaders loving the people they’ve been called to serve. As I was coming into ‘ministry’ I’d often hear of the importance of being ‘prophetic’ – the priority of calling people to Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau I’ve been musing about the issue of leadership. The tradition I come out of hasn’t been strong on it – it’s almost as if we have to discover how to do it as we go along. And it’s just possible that it’s not our strong Read more…
Kia ora e te whanau Once again I’m going to start with an article I wrote for the Methodist Monthly Touchstone: Maybe we got it wrong “Mission is what the church does when it is dying”. Attributed to Deitrich Bonhoeffer, this is an uncomortable challenge. We don’t want to believe it/him. Read more…