Palm Sunday and beyond…

The last few days have seen our “solvitur ambulando: it is solved by walking” reflective spaces taking shape in the Holy Trinity Cathedral Undercroft in Parnell, Auckland. The main entry corridor has been painted in black and white chessboard-like squares, and the circular table for serving silent tea-based reflections has been installed. Another solid day…

Hanging Around in Holy Week?

Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday (13 April) to Easter Sunday (20 April) roughly. Most days Rhythms of Grace Church will be curating open-ended art-installation based stations for reflection in the Holy Trinity Cathedral Undercroft (through the carpark and right around the back of the Cathedral. Parking is free for these events despite the signs…

Chalk It Up

A new year begins for us tomorrow and on Sunday Rhythms of Grace starts a new year of of gathering and sustaining its community in following Christ in their worlds. We haven’t usually met in January and doing so offers some new possibilities. “Chalking It Up” (also known as “chalking the door”) is one of…

Nauseating… Being and Doing.

I write in order to clarify my thinking. I develop ideas and projects, invitations to stations for worship events, journal entries, liturgy, and until recently, most weeks a sermon/talk/reflection/homily. I mostly write to and for myself, even my sermons. A lot of what I write stays caged in zeroes and ones in my laptop. Most…