By Rachel Mackintosh.
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Rachel Mackintosh © 24 May 2015
Rachel is Director of Organising for the EPMU, New Zealand’s largest private sector union.
The Battle for God
By Rev. Clay Nelson.
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Clay Nelson © 17 May 2015
Last week a former colleague of mine, another progressive Christian, posted an encounter on his Facebook page. He told of a sweet looking elderly lady coming to see him in his office. Continue reading The Battle for God
Living in the Age of Precarious
By Rev. Clay Nelson.
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Clay Nelson © 10 May 2015
In January I attended a weekend summer school offered by a trust focused on raising awareness on social justice, environmental, Treaty, and economic issues. One of the workshops taught me a new word: The Precariat. Continue reading Living in the Age of Precarious
Honouring those who have fought for peace
By Rev. Clay Nelson.
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Clay Nelson © 26 April 2015
It was December 1, 1969. A day I remember well. It was during my third year of university. My roommates and I were gathered around the radio as was every American male born between 1946 and 1950. It was the first draft lottery. Continue reading Honouring those who have fought for peace
Creating Our Own Future
Rev. Clay Nelson and Management Committee Chair Jonathan Mason
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Rev. Clay Nelson and Management Committee Chair Jonathan Mason kick off the church’s 2015 annual Canvass with talks on using imagination and vision to imagine where the church will be in the future.
The End of the Oil Age Needs a Resilient Community
Is New Zealand a Christian nation?
Should it be?
Auckland UUs Clay Nelson argues this issue with Bishop Brian Tamaki on Maori Television’s Media Take. Tune in Tuesday 7/4 at 10:20 pm for a very interesting show on religion in the media, repeated 2.00pm Sunday 12/4. Also viewable on the Maori Television website at www.maoritelevision.com/tv/shows/media-take.
Easter? Bah Humbug!
By Rev. Clay Nelson.
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Clay Nelson © 5 April 2015
Last year, in my former life, I would have greeted you this morning with the ancient Easter Acclamation: “Alleluia. Christ is risen.” My Anglican congregation would have responded enthusiastically, “He is risen indeed. Alleluia” Continue reading Easter? Bah Humbug!
Inequality and the New Dark Ages
By Rev. Clay Nelson.
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Clay Nelson © 29 March 2015
It wasn’t so until modern times, but a lot can change in a lifetime. Certainly it has in mine. Some of it has been fascinating and life enhancing but in one aspect the change we have experienced has been anything but. Where it is concerned I feel as I imagine a Roman citizen felt after the fall of their empire. Life was stable one day. Pax Romana with its infrastructure and commerce was benefitting most citizens. The next day the Visigoths came to town leaving chaos in their wake. Continue reading Inequality and the New Dark Ages
Rumi-nations on Being Broken
By Rev. Clay Nelson.
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Clay Nelson © 22 March 2015
So, as is my practice, I was very busy procrastinating a few weeks ago. I was going to start writing my sermon just after I visited every website on the Internet when I came across a poem by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi or just Rumi to his friends. It sounded familiar. It began: “Come, come, whoever you are, wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. Ours is no caravan of despair.” But then came an unexpected line, Continue reading Rumi-nations on Being Broken