Read Article Common Ground August 2023 Edtn 2 min read Editorial: A Reissue Special John Dennison Common Ground emerged out of a desire to encourage our readers in the call to live faithfully and wisely, with joy and well-formed intention, to God’s glory.
Read Article Common Ground August 2023 Edtn 16 min read How to Vote Responsibly Nathan McLellan Election season is upon us, and once again we’re faced with the issue of how to vote. It is a vexed issue for individual Christians and for the Christian community in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Many of us feel the tension and dissonance of voting when no single party clearly aligns with all our beliefs, values, and policy judgements. Creation, Society, Culture Lead Articles
Read Article Common Ground August 2023 Edtn 33 min read What Really Matters: Politics and the Martyrs' Witness Luke Fenwick Ernst Lohmeyer had worked for months toward a single goal. By turns he had hurdled, skirted, and flirted with the range of obstacles before him, and if he was to see the fruition of his labour, he had to take his responsibilities seriously, with two hands and whatever else besides. Living Well
Read Article Common Ground August 2023 Edtn 7 min read The Generous Reader Sonya Lewthwaite There is a posture we can take toward writings from the past that opens us to being changed by what we encounter and, simultaneously, keeps us radically realistic about the ways in which what we read will fall short of the mark. Living Well
Read Article Common Ground August 2023 Edtn 2 min read Wifi Hug Saskia Rook Some friendships have been strengthened over flimsy, invisible strands of wifi, fibrous with the realisation that friendship is precious and old friendships are treasures: hard-won and worth protecting. Arts, Photography, Music
Read Article Common Ground August 2023 Edtn 6 min read Monthly Practice: The Daily Examen Katrina Belcher One way I have endeavoured to integrate my life more deeply with Christ is to regularly spend time before him acknowledging my sin and failings. It’s an old practice called the Daily Examen. Living Well