April
2020

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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Common Ground
April 2020 Edtn

12 min read

Lohmeyer and Philippians

Luke Fenwick

Ernst Lohmeyer had worked for months toward a single goal. By turns Lohmeyer 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.

Christian Year Scripture & Theology

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Common Ground
April 2020 Edtn

5 min read

Give us this Day our Daily Bread

Melody Cooper

Until he passed, my Uncle Graham had a notebook in the drawer beside his bed filled with the names of people he was praying for.

Living Well

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Common Ground
April 2020 Edtn

3 min read

The Psalms of Hallel

Michelle Young

Today I sat in the garden at Cape Horn thumbing the pages of my Bible, my mind preoccupied by this strange time that we find ourselves in.

Scripture & Theology

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Common Ground
April 2020 Edtn

1 min read

Songs and Hymns for Easter

Donald Goodhall

Venn’s Residential Fellowship Director, worship leader, and musician, Donald Goodhall, has prepared a playlist of hymns and songs to help guide us through these days of the Holy Triduum. You’ll find the full playlist on Spotify. Search for Venn Foundation, Songs and Hymns for Easter or follow this link.

Arts, Photography, Music

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Common Ground
April 2020 Edtn

5 min read

Interview with Ashlea Davies

Olivia Witney

My life doesn’t look all that different during lockdown. I am one of the many people that live with chronic illness, mine being Classical Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

Interviews

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Common Ground
April 2020 Edtn

2 min read

Part Four: Easter Sunday

John Dennison

Self-made, perhaps; definitely wealthy,
with a seat on the council, and a plot set aside on the hill;
but when it came to it, Joseph of Arimathea

Arts, Photography, Music Christian Year

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Common Ground
April 2020 Edtn

2 min read

Part Three: Holy Saturday

John Dennison

So much is known, and is beyond us still:
leave we must, beloved, until
we are gone from here, and the tree hangs
its empty nests for longer than it takes

Arts, Photography, Music Christian Year