John explores the importance of the word “has” in our understanding of the Kindgom of God

John explores how where we stand affects how we read this story and then explores some different ways of reading this story bringing it back to ‘how do we honour God’s name?”

John explores the Good Samaritan story – saying that it asks who our neighbour is; and both who am I willing to be a neighbour to and who am I willing to let be a neighbour to me?

John explores this central scripture for Franciscanism and looks at why Christianity is a communal religion, as opposed to not being about me and God

John explores what harvest festival is about, linking it with climate change and land and water degradation, and all that with Jesus' sense of honesty and urgency

Who is a good citizen? Was Elijah? Or Paul or Jesus? John explores todays readings wondering where they nudge us to as we seek to be good citizens.

John uses the Gospel reading (Luke 7:11-17 - the widows son restored to life) as a way of exploring Christian ethics in relation to last week’s budget and the ongoing issue around homelessness.

The Rev. Lance Lukin, Anglican Chaplain at the Port of Wellington, and Oceania Regional Chaplian for the Mission to Seafarers talks about this important ministry and how we can be invovled.

John talks about how the work of the spirit allows us to ask – what does it mean, and to continue to retell and reinterpret the story of Jesus to each new situation we find ourselves in. The story of Piripi Taumata-a-kura of Ngati Porou illustrates this.

On Mothers Day, John explores what the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ offers us? He suggests that we are the people of the footprints, and uses the story of two women who helped created Mother's Day as an example