Reflection 16 February – Rev. Luke Blackbeard

Text: Luke 6:17-26 One of the first things we’ve noticed about Christchurch is that it is flat! I’ve spent much of my life around hills and even in the shadow of mountains.  Whether it’s the rolling hills of Southland, the bush-clad flanks of Mount Cargill, or...

Reflection 2 February – Rev. Luke Blackbeard

Our reading from Luke is part 2 of Jesus’s Nazareth address, his first sermon, if you will, that Luke the Gospel writer records. It starts off well and then gets a bit spicy, with the people of Nazareth trying to do away with Jesus. As I was sitting with the reading...

Reflection 8 December – Rev. David Coster

Malachi 3:1-4 & Luke 3:1-6 God’s Messenger I am not too sure how many weddings I have officiated at during my ministry but it must be in the hundreds.  One of the things I have noticed with weddings is the inordinate amount of time spent by many people in making...