In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. In John 18, before the Crucifixion of Jesus, Pilate stands before the people and offers them the chance to free Jesus or the criminal, Barabbas. Unconfirmed tradition has it that the first name of Barabbas [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. In Luke 7:34 Jesus gives us the words of a scornful generation describing him as a glutton, a drunkard and a friend of tax collectors and sinners. Jesus, friend of sinners. Luke, the master storyteller [...]

Here in Aotearoa (NZ) there has been a campaign to put advertising on the sides of buses that says “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy life.” It’s commonly known as the Atheist Bus Campaign and follows on the heels of the same campaign in the U.K. It has garnered a lot of support and raised the funds necessary to get the messages of the side of buses… but now NZ Bus has [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. In his first letter to the Church in Corinth, Paul talks about the hardship of the Apostles and he says this in chapter 4: “To the present hour we are thirsty, we are poorly clothed [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. You and I have a voice, the ability to speak and be heard, to say something and be listened to. What are we using that voice for? As we prepare our hearts for Easter, let’s [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. The debate about Climate Change is a hot one and can sadly serve to distract us from the very real call we have to care for this amazing creation God has gifted to us. Today, [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. We live in a world that encourages us to accumulate material goods. In our society we are too often seen as the sum of what we own. Because of this we are drawn to wanting [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. In Matthew 25 and the parable of the sheep and the goats, Jesus presents a unique challenge to how we live our lives and our relationship with him. The words are unmistakable. The sheep and [...]

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. Today is Ash Wednesday and as we prepare our hearts for Easter and the gift of Jesus’ sacrifice, we recognize our own mortality. The church tradition on Ash Wednesday was to mark the foreheads of [...]

TEAR Fund congratulates the team at All Good for the successful import of the first shipment of Fairtrade bananas into Aotearoa (NZ)! We know it has been a long journey full of hard work. We are completely behind this effort and wish it much success! Watch out for New Zealand’s First Fairtrade Bananas! It’s really happening, thanks to the many Kiwis who helped campaign and supported the move to finally get this country’s first shipment [...]