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What are you like?
A reflection for Ash Wednesday Have you ever used the expression, “What is he/she like?” Or perhaps someone has used it of you? This...
Martyn Day
Feb 14, 20248 min read
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Christmas: When God had a Word with the World
The other day I was listening to the radio and the presenter of the show decided to read out a letter that they had written to Santa. It...
Martyn Day
Dec 19, 20229 min read
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When bad news cuts across your good news
A reflection on confronting rumour from a lesser-known feature of the Easter story Our world has coined a number of different phrases...
Martyn Day
Apr 24, 20227 min read
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The Greatest Trust of All
A Good Friday reflection Good Friday is a day when we particularly recall the sufferings of Jesus. There were different dimensions to...
Martyn Day
Apr 15, 20226 min read
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God's Creative Newness
A message of encouragement from the story of the Annunciation The recent disruptions through Covid mean that we’ve all done less...
Martyn Day
Mar 25, 20227 min read
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The Power of Weakness
A Lenten reflection on how we find hope in our experiences of weakness Experience of weakness is common to everyone. Whether we are...
Martyn Day
Mar 2, 20227 min read
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The One who holds the Key
How do we find encouragement when upheavals disrupt our lives and close doors? An ancient title for Jesus points the way to hope. Over...
Martyn Day
Nov 29, 202111 min read
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Standing on truth, living in hope
This is the second of two blogs aiming to provide a clear biblical perspective on the on-going Covid crisis, particularly as it impacts...
Martyn Day
Oct 10, 202115 min read
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When the Pale Horse rides no more
Here in Auckland where I live, we have been living through another lockdown because the Delta variant of Covid arrived for the first time...
Martyn Day
Oct 3, 202112 min read
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Why I'll never be a deist
Some personal reflections on a big question I have never quite cast myself in the role of a Christian apologist before, but in more...
Martyn Day
Sep 25, 20218 min read
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Why I believe Jesus is real
A personal reflection Two different sources form the origin of this blog. One is a recent conversation with someone who expressed an...
Martyn Day
Sep 9, 202111 min read
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Before the Dawn
An Easter tale for children (which adults might like, too!) Little Sparrow loved Joseph’s garden. It was a fine garden with beautiful...
Martyn Day
Apr 4, 20218 min read
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One thing God won't mend
A Good Friday reflection We like to think of God as a God who mends the broken. It’s somehow comforting for us to believe that God is in...
Martyn Day
Apr 2, 20214 min read
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Advent: Life and light in our times of waiting and longing
Reflections on the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth from Luke 1 This blog is a re-working of my Advent Sunday talk on the story of...
Martyn Day
Nov 29, 202011 min read
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Life within limits
Here in Auckland where I live, we have been living through a partial lockdown for the last month due to a local outbreak of Covid-19....
Martyn Day
Sep 12, 20208 min read
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Plenty of room at the table
How can we reflect God’s big heart of welcome to others? I have just preached on Luke’s version of the story where Jesus and His...
Martyn Day
Aug 3, 202011 min read
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Is there non-Christian evidence for a historical Jesus?
I have recently been doing quite a bit of reading about the non-Christian ancient texts which mention Jesus. I read about these quite a...
Martyn Day
Jun 10, 20208 min read
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Lockdown Church
At a time when churches are restricted in their activities, here’s 8 things we can be and do Across the world, the physical doors of...
Martyn Day
Mar 28, 20207 min read
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Facing into fear
The current Covid-19 global pandemic is daily redefining our world and, quite understandably, an increase in fear has been one of its...
Martyn Day
Mar 24, 20205 min read
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Getting out of groupthink
How groups can avoid one type of bad decision-making Have you ever made a decision, having been firmly convinced at the time that your...
Martyn Day
Mar 9, 20207 min read
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