Nov 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
As long as humanity has been telling stories, the theme of facing risk on either side has been a theme. Expressions such as “between the devil and the deep blue sea”, and “between a rock and a hard place” have long shaped our narratives. They bring to mind impossible...
Nov 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
What Would Jesus Protest? Why, as a Christian, I will not be supporting “Jesus for NZ” and may even stand against it Next week the “Jesus for NZ” protest is coming to town. To the steps of Parliament, to be exact. If you’re moving in Christian circles, chances...
Nov 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Click here for "God in the Dark" “For a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you” Isaiah 54:8. The dark night of the soul is the phrase running through my mind – the sense of the Light having left. An...
Oct 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Grief doesn’t know it is grief. It doesn’t know what it’s producing…it just IS. You’re trying with all your might to get out of it, to get away from it…but it’s not like that–it’s in your story now. So, you must find ways to not have...
Oct 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Editor's note: While not all Clarion authors agree on the subject of same-sex marriage, I've posted Matt Hyam's paper because it is an attempt in good faith to present a serious response for those churches and denominations struggling to move beyond...
Oct 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Is the claim "We were not in existence on this earth when Jesus finished the work on the tree" substantiated by scripture or tradition? One of the lynchpins of this theological reasoning is that Christ was the ‘lamb slain from the foundation of the world’,...
