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Seeing Truly

To follow Jesus is to learn to see again, to allow God’s light to touch our illusions and revolutionise them. The light that healed one man still moves through the world, challenging us to live as people who refuse to look away … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy15th Mar 202621st Mar 2026Posted inReflectionsTags:blindness, Lent, lightLeave a comment on Seeing Truly

Stand Firm

We begin the season of Lent by reminding ourselves that we are dust, and to dust we shall return. But it is a cross-shaped reminder, done with conviction that when we bind ourselves to Jesus, we bind ourselves not just to his death, but also to his resurrection … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy22nd Feb 202613th Mar 2026Posted inReflectionsTags:Ash Wednesday, Lent, sin, struggle, temptation

Divorce and Oaths – a Reflection

Jesus said whoever divorces his wife except on grounds of unfaithfulness is making her an adulteress.
This sounds harsh, but makes me question how often my behaviour follows my cultural norm rather than Jesus’s direct teaching … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy15th Feb 202618th Feb 2026Posted inReflectionsTags:divorce, oaths

Blessed Attitudes

God’s blessings, the things he says will bring us happiness, are found in character, not in possessions. Every one of the Beatitudes deals with something that is internal, not external; something you are, not something you have … [To read more, click on title]

Posted bySt Francis Webguy1st Feb 20268th Feb 2026Posted inReflectionsTags:Beatitudes, Blessed are those, blessings, Mt Maunganui

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