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Common GroundAugust 2023 Edtn
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Editorial: A Reissue Special
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.
A Reissue Special
August 2023 Edtn
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Common GroundAugust 2023 Edtn
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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
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Common GroundAugust 2023 Edtn
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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
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Common GroundAugust 2023 Edtn
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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
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Common GroundAugust 2023 Edtn
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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
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Common GroundAugust 2023 Edtn
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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
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Common GroundAugust 2023 Edtn
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Field Notes: Alistair Reese
Jannah Dennison
Alistair Reese is a farmer, historian, and public theologian. He and his wife Jeannie live near Te Puke in the district of Tapuika/Waitaha. Here, Alistair talks to Jannah about some of the significant life experiences that have shaped his understanding of grief, loss, and Christian hope.
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