Common Ground Editorial: September 2021
At a cursory glance, Jesus’s wisdom when it comes to worry and anxiety seems contemporary, if conventional. Look at the birds, look at the flowers—you’ll...
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Sep
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Sep
Look at the Birds of the Air
“Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.” (Job 12:7) My office window overlooks a green lawn, which runs for perhaps ten metres...
23
Sep
Return to Wonder
Mark Compton is an artist and builder, starting his career as a screen printer, working for 12 years with a company that specialised in fine-art...
23
Sep
Field Notes: Emma Sage
Emma Sage is the founder and editor of Sage Journal, an online magazine devoted to landscape design and home gardening. She’s an alumna of the...
23
Sep
Radio Vaccine
This feels like date night. Or, as the case may be, date late afternoon—lockdown edition. With an eagerness that belies the nature of our trip,...
23
Sep
From the Tradition: The Blackbird of Loch Laig
From the Tradition is a new regular column in Common Ground. Here, we’ll consider an element drawn from the witness of the Church through time...
23
Sep
Monthly Practice: Look, Reflect, Give Thanks
I was five when Mount Ruapehu erupted in 1996. It let fly with a series of spectacular gas explosions, heaving hot ash into the sky...
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Aug
Common Ground Editorial: August 2021
“Who are the friends you’re with as you’re learning?” my Professor friend asked me. I paused, mumbled a few names of close friends, then trailed...
20
Aug
Encountering Reality: Learning to Read the Christian Tradition
Some years ago I sought a group of young people who lived almost a century ago. One intrigued me in particular, and I tracked him...
20
Aug
Monthly Practice: The Generous Reader
Rev. Sonya Lewthwaite is a Priest in the Diocese of Wellington and currently serves as Associate Chaplain at Victoria University. She holds degrees in Politics...