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Dying Re-imagined

I have a dying story.
I was on exercise in Central Queensland.  I was part of the Orange forces, arrayed against the Blue forces.  It was evening – a beautiful tropical evening.  Flying was done for the day, our aircraft secured and camouflaged, and a group of us were … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy16th Feb 2023Posted inBlogsTags:death, dying, imagine, immortality, Tuck Everlasting1 Comment on Dying Re-imagined

Waitangi Reflection

A reflection expressing the effort required to face and move past some long held but incorrect beliefs about New Zealand history following the Treaty of Waitangi … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy5th Feb 20239th Feb 2023Posted inReflectionsTags:karakia, Maori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Treaty, Treaty of Waitangi, waka

Limit to Free Speech

Jacinda’s sudden exit from the PM-ship has upset me.  Not the exit itself but the underlying stink of the hate mail she’d drawn … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy31st Jan 2023Posted inBlogsTags:bill of rights, free speech, hate speech, Jacinda Ardern, rights1 Comment on Limit to Free Speech

What’s Your Ministry?

So, Jesus left Nazareth, where he grew up but was not accepted, even by members of his own family, and went to Capernaum by the Sea of Tiberius in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, to fulfil the prophesy spoken by the prophet Isaiah … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy22nd Jan 202323rd Jan 2023Posted inReflectionsTags:Calling, discipleship, ministry, repent

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