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February 2022 Edtn
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Finding Higher Ground

John Fox

Most of the time, we get away with not asking ourselves what we really believe. New Zealand is safe, relatively prosperous, and basically cohesive. Our standard of living is good, our people lulled into irreligion and vague worship of the beach and the bach, and crises are far away in other continents or on time scales which make them seem so.

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June 2020 Edtn
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The Open Door: A Short Story

John Fox

A note from John: Yes, I am an Anglican priest. None of these people are in my parish, the Minister isn’t me, and this isn’t it. I’m deeply attached to Church, which is why I gave my life to her wholeness and sanctity, and also why I get to have a little affectionate fun at the expense of our common littleness. “Let both grow together until the harvest” (Matt 13:30).

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April 2020 Edtn
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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

John Fox

It’s Holy Week, the week before Easter. And what a strange one it is. Instead of organising services, and preparing water for foot washing, and trying not to swipe the Vicar with a nikau palm leaf.

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