Recently Maker Extraordinaire Jared Diprose (jareddiprose.co.nz) built a timber-framed teahouse clad in newspaper, inside Crave Cafe in Morningside, Auckland. I served tea. Over 400 cups, over 4 days for up to 7 hours a day. As an introvert it was exhausting, but so much fun meeting friends and strangers and introducing them to tea-making and…
solvitur ambulando: it is solved by walking
This is a longer-than-usual post for anyone interested in how we put together our Holy Week interactive, art-installation based stations events. solvitur ambulando: it is solved by walking has ended. Over the eight days of Holy Week we opened our spaces to the public for seven 3 hour sessions and two 4 hour sessions (29 hours…
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…
Is that God I see in my chocolate milkshake and Mighty Angus?
Blog post 15 January 2025 I love a road trip, especially in summer. Even the very slow, traffic-jammed rush out of Auckland didn’t dampen my enthusiasm today. I was getting out of the city and heading to the mighty Waikato to work on the site for Festival One. My happy place. I am particularly partial…
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…
DID YOU OBSERVE THAT?
This promotion from a Kiwi church at the start of Advent disturbed me. Jumping straight into Christmas without going through Advent sells their congregation short. It is like licking the icing off rather than biting into the cake – nice sugar rush for a while, but no substance or ongoing benefit. (Yeah I know the…
“You will know the Truthiness, and it will set you Free-ish”.
We’re in the midst of overlapping pandemics – the first an actual virus, the second a metaphorical but no less-real virus-like spread of anxiety, stress and uncertainty. It worries me that so few churches seem to be acting out of truth. In particular when it comes to worship events.
Advent: what are you waiting for? A resourcing seminar.
In the last 15 years there has been a rise in interest by non-traditional denominations in what is known as the Christian Year.
Triple Whammy!
Triple Whammy!