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March 2015: Religion in Church Schools

• EDITORIAL: Times are a-changing - Jose Reader
• ESSAY: Religion in Schools – a Presbyterian privilege - Sharon Ross Ensor, Auckland Presbytery
• ESSAY: Experiences of a Church School Chaplain - David Jackson, Wellington Presbytery
• COLUMN: When a system is capable of evil - Andrew Norton, Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• COLUMN: People of Influence - Wayne Matheson, Assembly Executive Secretary
• REVIEW: Adventure of Ascent: Field Notes from a Lifelong Journey - Reviewed by Mike Crowl, Southern Presbytery
• REVIEW: Finding the Forgotten God: Credible Faith for a Secular Age - Reviewed by Rob Yule, Central Presbytery

November 2014: Preaching and Leadership

• EDITORIAL: Variety and Change - Bob Eyles (Editor), Presbytery Central
• ARTICLE: Church in Massive Change - Rory Grant, Southern Presbytery
• ARTICLE: Preaching and Leadership - Kevin Ward, Southern Presbytery
• ARTICLE: How My Approach to Preaching Has Changed - Allan Little, Presbytery Central
• ARTICLE: Preaching and Leadership Inspired by Ezekiel - Geoff New, Northern Presbytery
• ARTICLE: Preaching to the (Chinese) Choir - Stuart Vogel, Northern Presbytery
• REVIEW: Catherine Keller, Face of the Deep: A Theology of Becoming - Reviewed by Jason Goroncy, Southern Presbytery
• REVIEW: Peter Matheson, Argula von Grumbach (1492–1554/7): A Woman Before Her Time - Reviewed by Mike Crowl, Southern Presbytery
• COLUMN: Never Trust a Kicking Horse or a Praying Man - Andrew Norton, Moderator, Presbyterian Church Aotearoa New Zealand
• REVIEW: Have a Very Messy Christmas - Wayne Matheson, Assembly Executive Secretary

September 2014: The Role and Function of Presbyteries

• EDITORIAL:Collegiality - Ray Coster, Moderator, Presbyterian Church Aotearoa New Zealand
• ARTICLE: Presbyteries in Reformed and Presbyterian Churches - John Roxborough, Southern Presbytery
• ARTICLE: Presbyteries Today: Challenges and Questions - Kevin Ward, Southern Presbytery
• ARTICLE:Forming/Shaping a Mega-Presbytery - Steve Jourdain and Gene Lawrence, Presbytery Central
• ARTICLE: Presbytery Reform – the Southern Experience - Anne Thomson, Southern Presbytery
• ARTICLE: A Presbyterian Take on Episcopacy - Graham Redding, Southern Presbytery
• COLUMN: The Special Nature of Call - Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary
• REVIEW: Hallowed By Thy Name. The Sanctification of all in the Soteriology of P T Forsyth - Reviewed by Andre Muller, Southern Presbytery

July 2014: Bicultural Church

• EDITORIAL: ‘Whāia te iti kahurangi. Ki te tūohu koe, me he maunga teitei’ - Stuart Vogel
• ARTICLES:
• Mahitahi – Biculturalism, Then and Now - Wayne Te Kaawa, Moderator, Te Aka Puaho
• Being Cross-Cultural in our Bicultural Setting - Ray Coster, Moderator, PCANZ
• A Bicultural Church - An Amorangi Perspective - Hone Te Rire
• Presbyterian worship as viewed through a bicultural lens - Graham Redding
• Tuhoe and Presbyterians (a reflective note) - Margaret Martin
• COLUMN: ‘The Blessings of Being Here - Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary
• REVIEWS:
• John Chryssavgis (ed), Dialogue of Love: Breaking the Silence of Centuries - reviewed by Graeme Ferguson
• Kate Malcolm, Pastorale: being part of the life of James Begg as reconstructed by Kate Malcolm: A Novel - reviewed by John Stenhouse
• Jason Goroncy (ed), Tikkun Olam - To Mend the World: A Confluence of Theology and the Arts - reviewed by Alistair McBride

May 2014: Social Justice

• ARTICLE: Social Justice – Integral to the Gospel, or Something We Can Opt In or Out Of? - Ray Coster, Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• ARTICLE: The Civilly Disobedient Jesus - John Dear S.J
• ARTICLE: Eucharistic Justice - Graham and Jordan Redding
• ARTICLE: A Ministry of Song - Gaynor McCartney
• ARTICLE: Hearing the Cry - Jono Ryan
• REVIEW: Pope Francis: Untying the Knots - Reviewed by Mike Crowl
• REVIEW: John Calvin: Christian Humanist and Evangelical Reformer - Reviewed by Jason Garoncy
• REVIEW: Are We Part of the Problem? - Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary

March 2014: Spirituality

• EDITORIAL: Marg Schrader
• ARTICLE: Meeting Jesus - Clare Lind
• ARTICLE: Spiritual Care of Clergy - John Franklin
• ARTICLE: Spiritual Practices - Sharon Ross Ensor
• ARTICLE: Words Out of Silence - Bruce Hamill
• ARTICLE: Postlude - Bruce Hamill
• ARTICLE: The Use of Prayer in Stressful Situations - Geoff New
• ARTICLE: Science and Spirituality- Nicola Hoggard Creegan
• REVIEW: Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer - Reviewed by Andrew Dunn
• REVIEW: God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay ‘On the Trinity’ - Reviewed by Graham Millar
• REVIEW: Faithful Marriages - Tayyaba Khan
• COLUMN: If Anyone is in Christ, the New Creation Has Come - Ray Coster, Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• COLUMN: You’ve Got to Serve Someone - Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary

November 2013: Theology of Marriage

• EDITORIAL: On Marriage – Ray Coster, Moderator Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• ARTICLE: Challenges to the Church from the Marriage Equality Act – Graeme Ferguson
• ARTICLE: Peter’s Marriage – Silvia Purdie
• ARTICLE: A “Biblical” View of Marriage – Mark Keown
• ARTICLE: Married New Zealand Citizen, Presbyterian and Lesbian – Margaret Mayman
• REVIEW: Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told us about Surviving and Thriving - Reviewed by Kevin Ward
• REVIEW: Living with Ambiguity: Religious Naturalism and the Menace of Evil - Reviewed by Alan Goss
• REVIEW: Missional God, Missional Church: Hope for Re-evangelizing the West - Reviewed by Kevin Ward
• COLUMN: David, Bathsheba, Len and Bevan – Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary

September 2013: Cross-cultural Church

• EDITORIAL: Cross-culturalism: 20/20 and 80/80 Vision – Stuart Vogel
• ARTICLE: Finding Ways to Build a Multicultural Church – Sun Mi Lee
• ARTICLE: The Church in a Land of Immigrants – Kevin Ward
• ARTICLE: Cross-cultural Ministry – Michelle Shin
• ARTICLE: Ministry in a Multicultural Context – Anne Thompson
• COLUMN: Conversations and Interpretations – Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary

July 2013: Ecological Christianity

• EDITORIAL: Ecological Christianity – Bob Eyles
• ARTICLE: Witnessing Christ in the Care of Creation – Selwyn Yeoman
• ARTICLE: Climate Change – Our Greatest Moral Challenge? – Kevin Tate
• LITURGY: A Creation Liturgy – Graham Redding
• COLUMN: Ecological Christianity: A Biblical and Theological Perspective – Graham Redding, Principal Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership
• COLUMN: Church in Recession – Ray Coster, Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• COLUMN: What Are You Afraid of? – Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary
• REVIEW: The Theological Education of the Ministry: Soundings in the British Reformed and Dissenting Traditions – Reviewed by Graeme Ferguson
• REVIEW: The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World – Reviewed by Bruce Hamill

May 2013: Mission and the three-fold Office of Jesus Christ

• EDITORIAL: Our Mission and the Mission of Christ – Selwyn Yeoman
• ARTICLE: The Prophetic Office of Christ – Diane Gilliam-Weeks
• ARTICLE: Mission and the Priesthood of the Christ – Jason Goroncy
• ARTICLE: Sharing in the Work of Christ the King – Jono Ryan
• COLUMN: Mission and the Threefold Office of Jesus Christ – Graham Redding, Principal Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership
• COLUMN: Mission and the Threefold Office of Jesus Christ – Ray Coster, Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• COLUMN: Our Pacific Neighbours – Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary
• COLUMN: The Balance of our Family Life in Ministry – Amber Parry
• LETTER: Peter Dunn
• REVIEW: Ethics in the Presence of Christ – Reviewed by Jason Goroncy

March 2013: Being of One Heart and Mind: Discernment and Decision-making in Assembly

• EDITORIAL: Being of one heart and mind - Pamela Tankersley
• ARTICLE: A nice knock-down argument - Stuart Vogel
• ARTICLE: Discernment in Assembly - Kerry Enright
• ARTICLE: Good decision making - John Howell
• COLUMN: Diversity within unity - Ray Coster, Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
• COLUMN: Committing to the ways of discernment in an adversarial system - Graham Redding, Principal, Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership
• COLUMN: How's the water? - Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary
• LETTER: - Alan Goss

November 2012: Turn around churches: stories and reflections from churches that turned around death and decline

• Editorial: Turn-around Churches - Kevin Ward
• Article: A Never-ending Journey - Nancy Parker
• Article: The Clevedon Story - Mark Chapman
• Article: Turning Six Into One - Mary-Jane Konings
• Article: St Andrew's Church rebuild - Nyalle Paris
• Column: "Turn-around churches". Really? You've got to be kidding me! - Graham Redding, Principal Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership
• Column: Faithfulness - a parable - Ray Coster, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church Aotearoa New Zealand
• Column: Triumphs, Jet Planes and Empty Tombs - Martin Baker, Assembly Executive Secretary
• Book Review: Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt - Richard Holloway (reviewed by Hilary Smith)

September 2012: Kupu Whakapono - two years on. How are parishes using it to confess the faith?

• Editorial: Confessing the faith in Aotearoa - Mary-Jane Konings
• Article: Using Kupu Whakapono to explore and deepen faith - Allister Lane
• Article: My Kupu Whakapono - Fei Taule'ausumai Davis
• Article: We are not alone - Sarah Mitchell
• Column: From 'Jesus Christ is Lord' to Kupu Whakapono - Graham Redding
• Column: Disciple-making - Peter Cheyne
  
• Column: What were you expecting? - Martin Baker
  
• Book Review: "Coming Out in the Anglican Church" - Andre Muller

July 2012: The Art of Welcoming

• Editorial – Stuart Vogel
• Article: Whoever Welcomes One Such Child - Jill Kayser
• Article: A Culture of Welcome - Martin Macaulay
• Article: Running the Gauntlet - Ross Scott
• Article: Belonging - Bob Eyles
• Column: Whose Hospitality- Graham Redding
• Column: Is Membership Meaningless? - Peter Cheyne
• Column: I Walk to The Assembly Office Most Days – Martin Baker
• Book Review: Singing the Sacred, Volume 1 William Wallace - Sheena Dickson

May 2012: One holy, catholic and apostolic

• Editorial – Anne Thomson
• Discipleship Series:  “Come and see” evangelism – Peter Cheyne
• Column: What does Christian unity in New Zealand look like? – Peter Cheyne
• Column: Ecumenism: Dormant or Dead?– Graham Redding
• Article: The Practice of Catholicity - Kerry Enright
• Article: We believe in [belong to] the “one, holy, catholic, apostolic church”. Yeah     right! - Kevin Ward
• Article: Ecumenism through the eyes of a CV - Peter
• Book Review: “Heroes of the church” stories great for young readers - Jason Garoncy
• Book on human sexuality unconvincing - Mike Crowl
• AES column: Today’s missionaries – Martin Baker

March 2012: Ordination

• Editorial – Allister Lane
• Column: The Mission Sequence – Peter Cheyne
• Column: A Hands-On Approach – Graham Redding
• Some Threads Come Together – Geoffrey Skilton
• My Journey to Ordination – Ryhan Prasad
• Understanding Ordination – Anne Thomson
• Book Review: Going Deep – Peter Cheyne
• Book Review: Trust God, Keep the Faith: The Story of Guido de Bres – Thomas Mitchell
• Book Review: Challenge and Change: An Account of Theological Education and Ministry Training at Knox College, Dunedin, 1976–2010 – Geoff New
• AES column – Martin Baker

November 2011: Finding the DNA of a Parish

• Guest editorial: Peter Cheyne
• Designer genes from the Presbyterian pool: participatory leadership, responsibility and the power of knowledge - John Roxborogh
• Organisational assessment - Peter MacKenzie
• Of fish and water - Bruce Frazer
• Finding the DNA of a congregation: appreciative enquiry - Geoff New
• AES column - Martin Baker

October 2011: Downward Mobility

• Church growth rhetoric: is bigger always better? - Kevin Ward
• Some simplistic observations on our common heritage in its twilight years from a would-be neo-monastic - Bruce Hamill
• Living simply vs consumerism: our society in light of the Gospel - Stuart Simpson
• Reviews 
• Recollections and Reflections by Skoki Coe – Reviewed by Stuart Vogel
• The Wisdom of the Seasons: how the Church year helps us understand our congregational stories by Charles M. Olsen – Reviewed by Graeme Ferguson
• AES column - Martin Baker

September 2011: Preacher and Poet

• Guest Editorial - Howard Carter
• Letter: response to last month's guest editorial - Richard Dawson
• Is preaching poetry or poetry? - Susan Jones
• The enduring power of metaphors - Mary-Jane Konings
• Preaching needs the ambiguity of poetry - Malcolm Gordon
• The lilt of the imagination - Hilary Smith
• AES column - Martin Baker

August 2011: Ministering in more than one congregation

• Guest editorial: Lloyd Geering
• Reflections on ministering in a multi-congregational setting - Phyll Harris
• Multi-what? - John Turton
• Book review - Alan Goss
• AES column - Martin Baker

July 2011: Ministry in multicultural New Zealand

• Guest editorial - Howard Carter 
• Asian ministries and the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand - Stuart Vogel 
• God’s ministry, the people’s church - Hone Te Rire 
• Diversity and Unity: Ministry with multicultural congregations - Chong Woo Kim 
• Multi-cross-cultural churches - Margaret Martin 
• Greetings in a dozen tongues - Glenn Jetta Barclay 
• Tips for multicultural speaking  - Gillian Woodward 
• AES column - Martin Baker 

June 2011: Funerals

• Ministers and their grief - Rose Luxford
• The funeral: "the service of witness to the resurrection" vs "this is your life" - Allister Lane
• Funerals in a rural parish - Stephanie Wells
• Funerals: issues and reflections for ministers - Martin Fey
• Reflections of a rest home chaplain - Jan Gough
• AES column - Martin Baker

May 2011: Global Mission and Partnership

• Joining together in mission - Pamela Tankersley
• Some things we can say together about mission - Chris Nichol
• Everyone has something to give and something to receive - Angela Norton
• Taking off the rose-tinted glasses - Kirstin Harray
• Review: Hope is Our Song (CD) - Martin Macaulay
• AES column - Martin Baker

April 2011: Discipleship

• Direct training - Peter Cheyne
• Take it personally - discipleship as personal interaction rather than programme - Martin Macaulay
• AES column - Martin Baker

March 2011: What exactly is the Church called to be in our world

• How do we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? On being the Church after Christendom - Kevin Ward
• What, or who, are we called to be? - Keith Nisbet
• What exactly is the Church called to be in our world? On living post-Christendom - Bruce Hamill
• One Step Ahead Preaching - Nathan Parry
• AES column - Martin Baker

February 2011: Christian spiritual disciples

• Up close and personal - for all to hear - Geoff New
• Including contemplative prayer in ministry formation - Diane Gilliam-Weeks
• Gifts from the monastery: the sabbath and fasting - Lynne Baab
• Making time for discipline - Marg Shrader
• Running the race - Silvia Purdie
• Spiritual direction - Andrew Dunn
• Living in the Rules - Selwyn Yeoman
• AES column - Martin Baker

November 2010: New ways of being church

• Cooperation needs to be about mission, not unity - Peter MacKenzie
• What is Fresh Expressions? - Mark Johnston
• Starting from scratch: Context and church planting - Howard Carter
• A messy expression of church - Sue Fenton
• Changing the conversation - Mary-Jane Konings

October 2010: The public face of Christianity

• What does the ‘comeback’ of religion mean for us? - Andrew Bradstock
• What is our public face? - Susan Jones
• Public perception of faith and Church in our www.world - Howard Carter
• Songs and poems for peace/justice/creation - John Thornley
• Until Kingdom come! - John Murray

September 2010: Prioritising resources

• Mission and attitude for budget priorities - Mark Chapman
• Prioritising abundant resources - David Galt
• The place of the offering - Rhys Pearson
• Prioritising resources for young people - Carlton Johnstone

August 2010: Volunteer or paid?

• Volunteer or paid staff? - Kevyn Harris
• One team! - Wayne Matheson
• Volunteers' contribution vital - Lisa Wells
• Staff, volunteers and ministers - Simon McLeay
• Valued volunteers? Priceless paid? - Cheryl Harray
• Learning from the United States experience - Gordon Fitch
• Captain of the team - Doug Ferens

July 2010: Growth or death?

• Would the last person turn out the lights? - Kevin Ward
• What really has been happening to our parishes?- Margaret Galt
• A grass-roots view - Rosie Staite
• A theological reflection - Malcolm Gordon
• Admitting the illness is terminal - Susan Jones
• Facing the fear in small corners - Silvia Purdie
• Our life has its seasons - Rachel Judge
• An overview of a mission journey - Nyalle Paris
• A parish reviewer’s experience - Neil Skene
• Timaru Presbyterians together - Evan Stenlake
• We are alive! - Mary Petersen
• Never be suprised by what can grow from the germ of an idea - Heather Kennedy
• ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me’ - Rhys Pearson

June 2010: How do our structures serve mission?

• How do our structures serve mission? - Barry Ayers
• Making the most of our Presbyterian structures - Martin Stewart
• Reshaping leadership - Alan Judge
• Structuring session for mission - Phil King
• Passing on the baton - Paul Prestidge
• The 'misseo dei' and life in the valley - Richard Dawson

May 2010: How do we communicate?

• Electronic communication and congregations - Lynne Baab
• The power of a story - Jill Kayser
• Face to face and Facebook to Facebook - Howard Carter
• Communication: Another perspective - Dennis Flett
• Communicating with the media - Angela Singer
• Communicating across presbytery - Emily Wotton

April 2010: Have we lost the next generation?

• Lost and found - Margaret Galt
• Another missing generation? - Howard Carter
• Next generation leaders - Keith Nisbet
• Some were lost and more were stolen - Stan Stewart
• 'To the adolescent I became like an adolescent for the sake of the Gospel' - Carlton Johnstone
• You city folk have never had it so good - Chris Konings
• Have we lost the next generation? - Ryan Prasad
• Are we losing the next generation? - Matt Chapman

March 2010: Small groups

• Being a church of little communities - Ian Pimm
• Nurturing GEL groups - Helen Harray
• The purpose of preaching - Susan Jones

February 2010: Is preaching dead?

• The New Testament and preaching - Mark Keow
• Is preaching dead? - Kevin War
• Not dead: Alive and kicking! - Diane Gilliam-Weeks
• The centrality of the sermon - Ben Dykman
• Is preaching really dead? - Steve Millwar

November 2009: Statements of belief

• Why a new confession today? - Richard Dawson
• Creeds, confessions and faith - Stuart Langet
• Retain the Westminster Confession - Kim Francis
• Who me? No way! - Kevin Finlay
• The wonderfilled world of 'TR' - Scott Thomson

October 2009: Calvin's influence

• Calvin rediscovered - Graham Redding
• Calvin on the authority of Scripture - Murray Rae
• John Calvin: Servant of the Word - Jason Goroncy

September 2009: Ministry paradigms and hats

• Rediscovering a prophetic ministry - Howard Carter
• Rural parishes mean multiple hats - Stephanie Wells
• How not to run a meeting - Brett Johnstone
• Our elders need more attention - Ray Coster
• What we need to understand about elders - Bruce Fraser
• Evangelism in the local community - David Balchin
• To those growing older and soon to part - Jim Battersby

August 2009: Interaction with contemporary culture

• Interacting with society through film - Kevin Ward
• Interaction with film via movie nights - Jim Wallace
  • You can download some of Jim's movie study sheets:
    Juno, The Bucket List, The Kite Runner, Twilight
• Ministers in contemporary culture - Martin Stewart
• Considering popular culture and religion - Carlton Johnstone
• Making friends with the media - Martin Baker
• Exploring the Twitter phenomenon - Reuben Hardie
• Finding God in comic books - Stephen Garner

July 2009: Collaboration and ecumenism

• Ecumenism's rise, fall and resurgence - Peter Matheson
• United we stand, divided we fall? - Margaret Galt
• An ecumenical journey - Helen Bichan
• The story of Mangapapa Church - Stewart Patrick
• A ministry of reconciliation - Bert Schoneveld
• L'Arche Kapiti: An ecumenical community - Marg Schrader
• Anglicans and Methodists sign Covenant - Terry Wall
• New ways of partnering - Peter MacKenzie
• Working together for a more just society - Trevor McGlinchey

June 2009: Being youthful

• Passing faith to the next generation - Carlton Johnstone
• Building a church that welcomes youth - Dennis Flett
• Tongues of Christians and tongues of mortals - Tim Muller
• Something on youth ministry - Mary-Jane Konings
• Starting something new: Church planting - Howard Carter
• Young people are old people with fewer years! - Steph Brook
• Taking a journey towards something new - Ryhan Prasad
• Youth participation stinks? - Ross Davis

May 2009: Technology and cybercommunity

• Making contact with new technology - Lynne Baab
• Keeping up with essential technology - Colin Marshall
• Multimedia as a servant to preaching - Douglas Bradley
• Facing up to Twitter - John Roxborogh
• PowerPoint and the art of preaching - Howard Carter
• Some basic technology tips - Reg Weeks
• How can we approach mission online? - Roy Pearson

April 2009: Wealth and recession

• Are we heading back to the 1930s? - Margaret Galt and John Kernohan
• Economic inequality: A theological issue? - Andrew Bradstock
• What economic model offers enough? - Bruce Hamill
• Who saw it coming? An American view - Tom Haupert
• Credit crunch: A perspective from Britain - Ray Galvin
• A new economic order? - Eric Dodd
• Koinonia in a time of recession - Jono Ryan
• Being asset-rich in in a time of hardship - Kerry Enright

March 2009: Science and Christianity

• Reading nature and Scripture today - Don Nield
• How can we inform bioethics decisions? - Helen Bichan
• From a backyard point of view - Bob Eyles
• Science and Christianity face an identical foe - Dr John Kernohan
• Intelligent Design: The way forward? - Don Nield
• What kind of justice? - Douglas Mansill

February 2009: Christian prophetic voice

• Prophecy: Yesterday and today - Rob Yule
• Christian community and the prophetic - Geoff Stevens
• 'What's good news in these hard times?' - Mua Stickson-Pua
• The place for public prophecy - Malcolm Gordon
• How strong is our prophetic voice? - Pamela Tankersley
• Mixing prophecy, politics and publicity - Angela Singer
• Spiritual Direction by Sue Pickering - Reviewed by Andrew Dunn

November 2008: General Assembly 2008

• Nothing alarming at General Assembly - Allister Lane
• Maybe the tide is coming in? - Paul Prestidge
• Reflections on GA08 - Phyllis Harris
• Assembly revisited (then and now) - Reg Weeks
• GA08: Enjoyable and positive - Jon Parkes
• People you meet during Assembly - Mark Farmer
• A Word in Season by Richard Randerson - Reviewed by John Murray

October 2008: Forming Partnerships

• Being part of something bigger - Ray Coster
• Finding partnership experiences - Emily Wotton
• "Partnership without marriage" - Noel Butler
• The challenge of mission together - Colin Marshall
• Nordy by Mary Logan - Reviewed by Alan Quigley
• Lest we forget - Niki Francis

September 2008: Children's Ministry

• Children's ministry dreams - Jill Kayser
• What we've learnt along the way - Phil King
• Little kids and big ideas - Silvia Purdie
• Preschoolers and their parents - Reuben Hardie
• No more small corners - Cheryl Harray
• Children and our Church's future - Kevin Ward
• Bringing children to your church - Margaret Anne Low
• Violence in the lives of our children - Eric Dodd

August 2008: Pathways to God

• Undone by the e-mail
• Creating gates into the community
• The pastoral pathway to God
• Individuals connect in different ways

July 2008: What is a Christian society

• A vision for our society
• Are we like The Village people?
• What would a Christian society look like?
• Making a good impression
• Musings and mumblings on worship
• How does hymnody influence worship?

June 2008: Worship

• Experimenting with emerging worship - Martin Macaulay
• Contemporary and emerging worship - Mary-Jane Konings
• Is God bored with our worship? - Darryl Tempero
• Worshipping with aliens, widows and orphans - Diane Gilliam-Weeks
• Navigating contemporary music - Peter Bristow
• The shape of our worship - Denzil Brown
• Worship: What, how and why? - Roy Pearson

May 2008: Small Churches

• Being missional as a small congregation - Miriam Taylor
• Rural congregations face challenges - Laurie Ennor
• Breaking bread in the community - Nancy Parker
• Using limited musical resources - Alison Fields
• Transitioning small congregations - Cameron and Jacqueline Sinclair
• Children's ministry in small congregations - Jill Kayser
• Using limited musical resources - Alison Fields
• A tribute to small congregations - Pamela Tankersley
• Youth ministry in small congregations - Steve Millward
• Rural conference encourages small churches - Chris Bedford
• Remembering Frank Nichol - Maurice Andrew

April 2008: Growing Leaders

• Emotional self-care as leadership growth - John Turton
• Making sense of ministry reviews - Susan Jones
• Tell me a story - Andrew Scott
• Ministry roles in the Pastoral Epistles - Gene Lawrence
• Atheist priests and other performative oxymorons - Bruce Hamill
• A theological fragment - Maurice Andrew
• John Dominic Crossan, God and Empire - Reviewed by Donald Feist
• Karen Armstrong, On The Bible - Reviewed by Alan Goss

March 2008: Prayer and spiritual disciplines

• Jesus the Intercessor - Graham Redding
• A discipline in public prayer - David Grant
• The sound of silence - David Clark
• Experiencing an Ignatian retreat - Geoff New
• Examining secondary disciplines - Clare Lind
• For heaven's sake, stop praying! - Graham Millar
• When you pray, things happen - Neil Churcher
• Blokes: Ride easy, stranger - Scott Thomson
• Identity in an ecumenical context - Peter MacKenzie
• Wahine Day: A personal reflection - Barry Doig

February 2008: What does it mean to be Presbyterian?

• On being a Presbyterian - Alan Herron
• Irritating labels and the Presbyterian brand - John Roxborogh
• Becoming Presbyterian - Kevin Ward
• What does it mean to be Presbyterian? - Jim Wallace
• Reflections from a far-flown Kiwi - Shirley Barker-Kirby
• What is a Presbyterian school? - Vivian Coleman
• What's in a name? - Reg Weeks
• Lloyd Geering Wrestling with God - Reviewed by Graeme Ferguson
• AES column - Martin Baker

November 2007: Doing ministry differently

• The Greymouth model - Lyn Heine
• Multiple congregations for reaching out - Garry Marquand
• The Massey model: Six part-time staff - Stuart Lange
• Local shared ministry at the grassroots - Chris Bedford
• 'LMT Lite': An alternative solution - John Roxborogh
• Variations on the ministry theme - Robyn McPhail
• A Southland perspective - Alastair Taylor
• Being 'church' in a new age - Alan Goss
• Men, God and the church - Chris Bedford

October 2007: Men and Church

• Blokes and church: A question of identity - Chris Purdie
• "Why men hate Church" - Howard Carter
• Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris - Juliette Bowater
• AES column - Martin Baker

September 2007: Faith and Hope in a climate of fear

• When fear comes calling - Geoff King
• Freedom from fear? - Rachel Tallon
• A theology of risk and adventure - Simon McLeay
• Young adults and Presbyterian futures - Ken Williams
• The enemy of hope that dances to death’s tune - Martin Stewart
• Lessons from living in a climate of fear - Glenn Jetta Barclay
• Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris - Reviewed by Alan Goss

August 2007: Planning for mission

• St Andrews blueprint for mission - Ian Pimm
• Beyond strategic planning - Andrew Norton
• Ministry and mission without the bell - Howard Carter
• Running retreats for mission - Ken Williams
• The Mountain of the lord - Wayne Te Kaawa

June/July 2007: Critical times in ministry 2007

• Times of crisis and opportunity - Susan Werstein
• Hello? Hello? Can you hear me? - Chris Konings
• Abbotsford: A critical time in ministry - Ian Robertson
• Leading change in congregations - Kevin Ward
• Global challenges affecting theological education - Graham Redding

May 2007: Rites of passage 2007

• Thoughts on and experiences of baptism - Howard Carter
• Rites of passage or rights of passage? - Geoff King
• The Chapel on the Hill: Our changing mission - Viv Coleman
• Gin, tonic and Swedish drinking songs - Mark Chapman
• Let's talk about youth - Stephanie Redhead
• Marking youth milestones - Mo Morgan
• New rites for last rites - Rodney Routledge

April 2007: Failure: How do we cope with it?

• Applying work psychology to failure - Peter MacKenzie
• Failure: How do we cope with it? - Beryl Anderson
• Did you ever fail, Lord? - Norm Habel
• We don't want to talk about it - Mary-Jane Konings
• Ongoing failure - A reflection - Kevin Finlay
• Succeeding and failing - Glenn Livingstone
• Eating with publicans and sinners - Maurice Andrew

February 2007: Religion and Politics 2007

• Religion and politics: A healthy mix - Kevin Ward
• Should Christians be involved in politics? - George Bryant
• Religion and politics don't mix? - John Murray
• "A prophet of God's justice" - Nathan Parry

November 2006: Services and Worship 2006

• Preparing the shape of Sunday - Pauline Stewart
• Broadening the definition of worship - Richard Dawson
• A contemporary music journey - Rose Nisbet
• Turning murmurs into conversations - Robyn McPhail
• Let the children come: Inclusive worship - Jill Kayser
• When there is no ordained minister - Marion Partridge

October 2006: General Assembly 2006

• GA06: A positive experience? - Anne Thomson
• A mike-runner's reflections - Chris Purdie
• A personal reflection on GA06 - Wayne Matheson
• GA06: Money, sex and power - Margaret Mayman
• Communicating the intensity of GA06 - Amanda Wells
• To change or not to change? - Martin Macaulay
• Expressing anger: An immediate reaction - Geoff King
• The search for the mythical Jesus - Scott Thomson

September 2006: The Missing Generation: 25-45

• How can we bring them back? - Nathan Parry
• Opportunistic cake-eaters? - Emily Wotton
• The approach of studentsoul - Helen Harray
• The mustard seed - a story - Darryl Tempero
• Social justice and moral codes - Amber Parry Strong
• Where have all the Gen Xers gone? - Jon Parkes
• Worship and Gen X - Mary-Jane Konings
• A late night spiritual conversation - Vivian Coleman
• Reaching a younger generation - Brett Walker

August 2006: Theology and doctrine

• Theology in a postmodern context - Martin Macauley
• 'Our father who art in Geneva' - Mark Chapman
• Towards a unifying centre - Kevin Ward
• Theology, doctrine and spirituality - Andrew Dunn
• Doing theology at Cambridge - Russell Thew
• Tibet: Witnessing without words - Selwyn Yeoman
• Rural ministers: Outstanding in their field - Chris Bedford

July 2006: Being called

• New leaders: Sign up here - Martin Baker
• 'Still crazy after all these years' - Graham Redding
• Marathons: Learning on the run - Kevin Ward
• Journeying with your calling - Howard Carter
• Placing your call in context - Michelle Shin
• Embracing the unexpected call - Jill Kayser
• Gen Xers and a sense of call - Mary-Jane Konings
• Mission Possible: When you're questioning your call - John Daniel

June 2006: Leaving ministry

• A change of ministry context - Richard Lawrence
• Taking time out from parish ministry - John Howell
• The changing role of ministers - David Grant
• Moving into a new ministry phase - Harry Swadling
• Two adjustments at retirement - Jack Foster
• Does a Christian ever retire? - Len Currie
• Facing retirement on your own - Jim Battersby
• Retirement: A time for change? - Nolan Martin
• Retired minister: A resource - Paul Loveday

May 2006: Coming to faith

• Preaching to the non-churched - Geoff New
• Creating a welcoming culture - Kevin Ward
• Reaching out over the airwaves - Amanda Wells
• Church for the unchurched - Keith Hooker
• Making our culture attractive - Fyfe Blair
• A 'faith journey' towards Confirmation - Stan Stewart
• Wairau youth ministry: Our story - Ken Williams
• Conversion: The joy of the harvest - Colin Marshall
• Does Christian conversion still occur? - Stuart Lange
• A few things I have learnt... - Wayne Matheson
• The mission-mapping process
• Letters to the editor

April 2006: Sharing resources and creating networks

• Reworking our Book of Order - Brett Johnstone
• Presbyteries: Pain and empowerment - John Roxborogh
• Maintaining a positive presbytery - Peter Cheyne
• Keeping the rural ministry grass growing - Robyn McPhail
• Networking through care and prayer - Allan Kerr
• Making networking meaningful - Bruce Fraser
• My experience of collegiality - Helen Harray
• Creating networks through mentoring - Iain Dickson
• Keeping communication channels open - Jose Reader
• Reviews:
  • The Sinners of Cramond - Reviewed by Jane Bloore
  • From Village to Nation - Reviewed by Alan Quigley
• Reflection:
  • Death and resurrection and the Church - Rinny Westra

March 2006: Ministers' stress

• Stress: Definitions and coping skills - Kevin Gwynne
• Ministers and traumatic stress - Peter MacKenzie
• Pressure to grow in the face of decline - John Franklin
• Handling different shapes of stress - Brett Walker
• Grappling with great expectations - Anonymous
• Why are we so discouraging? - Richard Dawson
• The stress of turning the tide - Steve Millward
• Standing our ground in ministry - Scott Thomson
• Report: Ministers under significant stress - Garry Marquand and John Daniel

February 2006: Teams that work

• Creating real teams that work - Andrew Norton
• On the journey to ministry teams - Howard Carter
• Creating essential community - Gordon Rabey
• How to stop being a one-person show - Tony Hassed
• Mission-leader or pastor-teacher - John Malcolm
• Running an effective meeting - Michael Thawley
• Mission Possible - Key factors for change
• Review
  • Bringing God Back to Earth by John Hunt - Alan Goss
• Reflection
  • Who are the silent majority? - Gordon Rabey

November 2005: Endings and beginnings

• Church planting: A crying need - Jim Wallace
• Transition ministry: Serving the church - Chris Bedford
• One step forward, two steps back - David Coster
• Moving on and reaching out - Mo Mansill
• Making the transition to ministry - Andrew Scott
• Risking New Zealand beginnings - Fyfe Blair
• Telling your church good-bye - Anon
• Ministry's comings and goings - Rachel Judge
• Farewell to a house of worship - John Cromarty
• The story of Blueskin Union - Susan Jones
• Review
  • The Out of Bounds Church by Steve Taylor - Jim Wallace
• Reflection
  • Morality and mortality - Jim Wallace

October 2005: Cross-cultural mission

• Playing backgammon with the All Blacks – Andrew Bell
• Can you wear a tartan lavalava? – Martin Baker
• Finding a home: Asians in Black – Stuart Vogel
• Why I'm proud to belong here – Karima Fai'ai
• On eating potatoes in Vanuatu – Roy Pearson
• What's happened to biculturalism? – Ken Irwin
• Recognising the rural voice – Stephanie Wells
• Fundraising II: Funding sources - Lisa Wells
• Mission Possible toolkit - Part two: Renewing your organisational vision
• Reviews
  • Last Words: Approaches to Death in New Zealand's Cultures and Faiths - reviewed by Joan Ross

September 2005: Life of clergy

• Ordained clergy: Endangered species? – Graeme Munro
• Stipends, sacrifice and Mammon – Martin Stewart
• Re-inventing yourself in ministry – Pete Willsman
• Burnout: A journey to wholeness – Alistair Smales
• Put your own oxygen mask on first – Sue Pickering
• Continuing ministry formation – Neville Emslie
• Tackling ministry as a team – Brett Johnstone
• Is youth work a career path? - Kevin Finlay
• Celebrating community ceremonies - Nicky Jenkins
• Passing our knowledge on - Brian Williscroft
• A view from the emeritus pew - Bryan Wilson
• Mission toolkit - Part one: Organisational life stages
• Reviews
  • A Cup of Sunlight - reviewed by Susan Jones
• Reflection
  • A sense of Christian family? - John Roxborogh

August 2005: Finance and resourcing

• Finance follows mission priorities – Fergus Sime
• Church financial management – Ray Coster
• How to find and fund your mission – Lisa Wells
• Parishes at the triage station – John Roxborogh
• Statistical trends in attendance and giving – Joan Ross
• Drawing up Assembly budgets – John Trainor
• Budget 2005/2006: A commentary – Rob Ripley
• Reviews
  • Smoothing the Rough Edges - reviewed by Alan Goss
  • Creating a Pathway to Believe and Belong – reviewed by Reuben Hardie
• Letters to the editor
  • Correspondence from Douglas Mansill, Boyd Glassey, Tom Phillips, G R Grant, and Kanape Faleto’ese.

July 2005: Ethics

• Why codify ethical behaviour? - Alistair McBride
• The code of ethics
• The pastoral-counselling contract - Karel Lorier
• Talking with each other - Sally Carter
• Keeping stories confidential - Pamela Tankersley
• Supervision: Why bother? - Annette Hannah
• Whose ends justify our means? - Susan Werstein
• Training tomorrow's ministers - Juan Kinnear
• Pastoral care as friendliness - Boyd Glassey
• Reviews
  • Is Christianity Going Anywhere? - reviewed by Alan Goss

June 2005: Connecting with your community

• Don’t abandon children’s mission - Margaret Liow
• Moderator’s response: Families first - Garry Marquand
• When service becomes growth - Jill Kayser
• Working together - Sally Carter
• Reaching out through music - Jackie Smales
• Sustaining your community spirit - Ian Guy
• An indispensable part of the community? - Nancy Parker
• Connecting with Keri the Kereru - Sally Carter
• Where does CASI fit in? - Lesley Shaw
• Harnessing the power of the media - Jose Reader
• Ministry training: A changing community - Kevin Ward
• Reviews
• The Pastor's Family - reviewed by Mary-Jane Konings
• Mission-shaped Church - reviewed by Kerry Enright

May 2005: Chaplaincy

• Ministering to a questioning generation – Yvonne Smith
• Reaching out across cultural barriers – Sunday Tsoi
• Forming ministers – Ian Robertson
• From parish parsonage to hospital – Robert Anderson
• Steering a course without props – Lesley Shaw
• Why become a chaplain in elderly care? Leanne Munro
• Spirituality among our soldiers – Wayne Toleafoa
• The call to care: A personal perspective – Ian Bayliss
• Presbyterian chaplains in World War II – Alan M Goss
• How to serve as a military chaplain – Julian Wagg
• Practising ministry in the marketplace – Lindsay Cumberpatch
• Growing in a different direction – Seed – Doris Cuthell
• Hospital chaplaincy – a declining vocation? – Ron Malpass
• Reviews
  • Asian Christian Theologies – reviewed by Alan M Goss
• Reflection
  • Damage done in our name – Graham Redding