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Welcome to 'Conversations' ... Inspiration from Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Brought to you by Silvia Purdie A Blessing ...
As you are known and loved by Jesus Christ, so you are called. As you are called by God so you are empowered by his Spirit. As you are empowered so you are sent, to love and to call others in his name. Go in the peace of God, this day and the whole year through. |
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New resource: The Rubbish Challenge
We all know that we make too much rubbish. Too much goes in the red bin, off to landfill. Too much stuff is only made for one use before getting chucked. Too much recycling gets contaminated and dumped. Not enough stuff gets composted.
This is not just a problem for our city councils. It is a problem for God’s creation, and so it is a problem for God and God’s people. We all add to landfill waste and so we all get to share in solving the problem. Could this even be a way of serving God? Could it be a face of mission in 2021?
How? By taking small steps.
To cut down on our rubbish, we think about what we use and where it goes. We make choices, about what to buy and how to dispose of what we don’t want any more.
The Rubbish Challenge is a series of little actions, one each month. Together they add up to a big impact.
The Rubbish Challenge is a resource for churches, groups, families and individuals. Each month there’ll be thought, a verse, a prayer, and a practical task to do. Plus links to more material.
10 Steps to Less Waste over 10 Months!
We all know that we make too much rubbish. Too much goes in the red bin, off to landfill. Too much stuff is only made for one use before getting chucked. Too much recycling gets contaminated and dumped. Not enough stuff gets composted.
This is not just a problem for our city councils. It is a problem for God’s creation, and so it is a problem for God and God’s people. We all add to landfill waste and so we all get to share in solving the problem. Could this even be a way of serving God? Could it be a face of mission in 2021?
How? By taking small steps.
To cut down on our rubbish, we think about what we use and where it goes. We make choices, about what to buy and how to dispose of what we don’t want any more.
The Rubbish Challenge is a series of little actions, one each month. Together they add up to a big impact.
The Rubbish Challenge is a resource for churches, groups, families and individuals. Each month there’ll be thought, a verse, a prayer, and a practical task to do. Plus links to more material.
10 Steps to Less Waste over 10 Months!
"Relationship Repair Kit"
offering eight practical and profoundly important tools for strengthening your marriage.
- in the Counselling section.
offering eight practical and profoundly important tools for strengthening your marriage.
- in the Counselling section.
New News!!
I am setting up in private practice offering counselling and supervision.
I would be delighted to hear from anyone would like to be make a time to talk ... either in person in Selwyn or online.
I am setting up in private practice offering counselling and supervision.
I would be delighted to hear from anyone would like to be make a time to talk ... either in person in Selwyn or online.
... and more new news, and a new website ...!
Introducing 'Place', a consultancy and resource for community sector groups to develop policy and practice for environmental sustainability.
Introducing 'Place', a consultancy and resource for community sector groups to develop policy and practice for environmental sustainability.
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Kenepuru Psalm
I watched and watched until the light got white and my bum got numb as the sun rose over Kenepuru Sound while a shag fished a stingray cruised bellbirds chattered and the air hung gentle over the water. I hardly dared to breathe with the beauty of the Lord in every moving reflection in these ripples - ever constant, ever changing - in these rocks and trees and tides. O my eyes, look, notice O my ears, open to hear O my heart, receive this drink it deep into your bones and hold the knowledge that at every moment of every day for every millenia, somewhere in the world the sun rises dancing across the water!! |
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Life, the Universe, and God
Six Big Ideas about Creation DOWNLOAD HERE A six-part study on God’s Creation in Christian Theology: • an overview of leading writers in eco-theology • a range of perspectives • questions and suggestions for discussion and prayer • issues raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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Photo and painting by Jessica Ramage
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"Letters about plastic"
I'm writing to businesses that I personally use to challenge them on their plastic packaging. Many companies in NZ are actively working hard to reduce plastic, and as consumers we need to be congratulating them on achievements and pushing them to do more.
Look me up on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lettersaboutplastic
I'm posting on the Facebook page the letters I write and the responses I receive.
Join me - post your own letters there.
I'm writing to businesses that I personally use to challenge them on their plastic packaging. Many companies in NZ are actively working hard to reduce plastic, and as consumers we need to be congratulating them on achievements and pushing them to do more.
Look me up on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/lettersaboutplastic
I'm posting on the Facebook page the letters I write and the responses I receive.
Join me - post your own letters there.
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The Psalms in a fresh voice for kids, families and worship
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In 'Conversations.net.nz' you will find:
GOD ... resources for worship, especially 'Calls to worship' and confession - prayers and home-grown 'psalms' - sermons - Communion liturgies - all-age worship ideas & reflections for children's ministry PSALMS ... reflections on Biblical Psalms interpreted and reworked for prayer and for use in worship LOVE ... poetry, discussions on marriage & intimacy and dramatic explorations of Biblical love stories ... reflections on grief and death SONG ... original music, for worship and for kids ... and lots of lovely photos! 
Because I believe ... that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true! that growing to maturity in Christ takes work that courageous honesty of heart and soul is required that worship is wonderful that each person is a taonga, a treasure, no matter the age, assets or abilities that the local church is the hope of the world. |
In conversation ...
... chatting with friends over coffee ... finding words for the moments and movements of mind & body, my spirit alive with God-Spirit ... getting to know Jesus Christ, ever curious as to what he would say and do ... bringing every fibre and phrase into the eternal conversation of Father Spirit Son ... conversations with children and elders, with church as it is and as it might be ... with my people in my place and offered to everyplace ... with pain and with celebration, with beauty and with scars, with the sacred and the ordinary, with scripture, song and silence. All material here is copy-right free; you are free to copy and paste to your heart's content. I just ask that you acknowledge the source and help promote my website.
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