February
2022

I had not expected to be told the world was ending. The advertisement pinned to the hessian noticeboard in the dorm common room alongside posters for open mic nights, African drum circles (this was 1999), and a one-woman play at the local student theatre had mentioned only a summer job opportunity in Boston.

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Common Ground
February 2022 Edtn

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Editorial: We have this Hope as an Anchor

John Dennison

“I wish it need not have happened in my time.” Frodo’s remark feels more than a little contemporary. The happenings of his time are bad, and he frets at the way the path of his life is taking a sudden turn. “So do I,” sympathises Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

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Common Ground
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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Common Ground
February 2022 Edtn

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Picking up the Pieces

Rachel Kitchens

Every day—every single moment—can be an invitation to prayer. Prayer happens as we come aside to be with God in a quiet place, but it can also be intertwined in the minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour daily rhythms: making morning coffee, washing the breakfast dishes, filling out tax forms, picking children up from school, or meeting with a client.

Living Well

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Common Ground
February 2022 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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