I need to weed my shelves again. The ephemeral stuff needs to go and that which is tested remain. There are many books that deserve…
Posted: 28 June 2020
Categories: Poetry
Author: weka
Posted: 28 June 2020
Categories: Lectionary, music
The collect for this Sunday talks about adversaries, and the texts deal with an advesary to true prophets. We do have such. There are those…
Posted: 27 June 2020
Categories: Black Swan, COVID 19, New Zealand, The Decline, Theology, Wokeness
Well, what a week. The COVID has returned to my nation, with pushback and people being put under the bus. The mood on the street…
Posted: 27 June 2020
Categories: Lectionary
One of the problems in times of crisis is that we will look for ways to get out of it. All of us: it is…
Posted: 26 June 2020
If you don’t think Crossfit is cultic, consider that it only took one tweet and one snarky article about Greg Glassman to take half the…
Posted: 26 June 2020
Categories: Lectionary
Both these texts follow directly from yesterday’s post and the commentary there applies. Gpd will not be mocked: what a man sows he shall reap….
Posted: 25 June 2020
Categories: COVID 19
We are told not to trust princes. We definitely should not rely on their ministers. David Clark is showing his inner political weasel, and disavowing…
Posted: 25 June 2020
Categories: Christianity, Theology
Since I am a Calvinist, it is ironic that half the people I quote are hard core Catholics. There are reasons: both are the end…
Posted: 25 June 2020
Categories: Lectionary
We are here to preach the truth. We may not be listened to . We certainly won’t be popular. We won’t get the honours or…
Posted: 24 June 2020
Categories: COVID 19, New Zealand, Poetry
Prevarication and delay breeds cynicism. I have known half this poem most of my life, but managed to find the full version. Why now and…