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Anglican Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand. Gospel first. Cricket, Rugby, Politics (NZ, UK, US, Oz, etc), Philosophy, global church interests: all second equal. Views my own but said with episcopal care.

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This is definitely going to be a heist film plot, right?

20.10.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cook cover: A Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic: Reading Jabez in Context. By Samasoni Moleli Alama. Biblical Interpretation Series, volume 234. Brill. 2025.

Cook cover: A Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic: Reading Jabez in Context. By Samasoni Moleli Alama. Biblical Interpretation Series, volume 234. Brill. 2025.

Out now! πŸ“š Moleli Alama’s Holistic Reading of Chronicles with a Samoan Hermeneutic 🌏 This strikingly original work discusses themes of land tenure, sovereignty & the divine, engaging with Chronicles while firmly grounded in the Pacific context.

πŸ“œRead more:πŸ”— brill.com/display/ti...
#AcRel #Samoa

20.10.2025 07:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That would be when the Lions toured NZ … and didn’t win the series?!

19.10.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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King and Pope to make history with prayers together at Vatican King Charles and Pope Leo to make history with prayers together at Vatican

King Charles and Pope Leo to make history with prayers together at Vatican ⬇️

17.10.2025 11:23 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous Don’t mistake a revolution for a revival.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

β€œAmerica is closer to a religious revolution, and the difference between revolution and revival is immensely important for the health of our country β€” and of the Christian church in America,” our columnist David French writes.

17.10.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.

One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.

25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.

This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.

16.10.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 2885 πŸ” 1283 πŸ’¬ 173 πŸ“Œ 92

The best backlash would be zero use of AI by us ordinary internet denizens.

16.10.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pope Leo Declares Whose Side He’s Onβ€”and It’s Not JD Vance’s Leo XIV’s first apostolic exhortation focuses on loving the poor. Conservative American Catholics are sure to lose their minds over it.

Me @newrepublic.com on Pope Leo, Liberation Theology, and the future of American Catholicism: newrepublic.com/article/2016...

14.10.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Palestine and its global supporters secured this ceasefire, not Trump DONALD TRUMP, the self-aggrandising showman, has no need of a praise-giver. He is his own PR machine and seizes every opportunity for boasting without the slightest sense of the ridiculous.But if to t...

Interesting take on things:

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pale...

Not quite credible, IMHO, that Trump is immaterial to ceasefire ...

13.10.2025 18:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is Leo faithful to Jesus? That is the only question, not whether he is (too/not) conservative or (too/not) liberal. As far as I can see, there is an affirmative answer to the only question that matters.

09.10.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A canny politician and, as always, to the point

08.10.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon. Caption says β€œThose who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it.”

Cartoon. Caption says β€œThose who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it.”

Happening right now - to a country near you

06.10.2025 07:10 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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New book calls for a politics that mirrors Jesus' Beatitudes InΒ Why Christians Should Be Leftists, Phil Christman argues that Jesus' teachings "[lay] out an ethic that would make it next to impossible for any human being to successfully hang onto power forever....

Becoming A Christian Leftist!!
flip.it/I_wgiJ

04.10.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The wellbeing app that asks nothing of you Christchurch couple Reuben and Rebecca Bijl have created Jasmine, a digital photography art gallery in the form of a free app to encourage mindfulness.

Jasmine

www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

05.10.2025 20:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œβ€˜I’m leaving,’ Trump said. β€˜There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse

A good a story, well told, as you are likely to read this weekend ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

04.10.2025 11:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With +Sarah Mullally being chosen, we can confirm there was no clear frontrunner. +Sarah was mentioned but the 2 "more mentioned" women bishops were +Rachel and +Guli. Male bishops were also proposed in media reports. Ultimately there was no frontrunner. Full marks for confidentiality in t'process.

03.10.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If only drones and military jets weren't criss-crossing the skies of Europe, while ships on European seas do strange things, this might be fair comment ...

02.10.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Am very interested in who will be the next Archbishop of Canterbury. No one seems to know (aside from those who do know because they are the appointers). No clear front runner has emerged (which could, of course, be a sign that that person will not be the ABC).

02.10.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Finally, a somewhat comprehensible explanation of NZ’s debt situation (and the scale of the problem) The New Zealand Government has over $175 billion in debt. Stuff explains what this means, and what could happen if it was called in.

Is this comforting?

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

02.10.2025 19:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0