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Sharing The Word of Life
“How is a young person in Tirau most likely going to be reached for the Lord? By somebody they know in Tirau being bold and sharing Jesus with them. How will somebody in Te Awamutu be reached? Through a friend sharing the Gospel. “The Lord gives us all spheres of influence in our lives –…
Read More‘Amped’ For Jesus
Growing up, Amped4Life founder and educator Pat Buckley had a crucial question. “Why would I trust a Heavenly Father when the one I had walked out and betrayed me?” When Pat’s dad, John, left the family, Pat was eight. Pat began “…searching for love in all the wrong places”. But Jesus. At the end of…
Read MoreLeighton Baker: ‘Building’ on the Lessons Learned
“I’m far too young to retire,” he says with a smile, “…I do think I still have something to offer in politics and I haven’t given up. Right now though, in that sphere, I don’t exactly know how that looks in terms of a role, or where or how I’m meant to serve going forward.…
Read MoreTelling ‘Tall’ Tales?
“God created creativity – and I really aspire to be a good bearer who reflects the divine image God has put within us. Christians should be among the most creative people on the planet – in music, design, the arts, in scientific endeavour and in how we see things. “Speaking of creativity, I honestly think…
Read MoreHe Sees Your Value
If you are like me, on most days you can put your hand in your pocket and find those little round metal disks we call coins. I generally remember them when I am getting changed and they fly all around the room. If you think about these things called coins, there is something they all…
Read MoreStarting to Find Balance
In many ways life feels like everything has changed, but in others it feels like nothing has changed. We are fast approaching the two-year mark since the world began to feel the effects of what we now call the Covid-19 pandemic. Regardless of our political, religious or even personal views of the pandemic, we’ve all…
Read MoreConnecting Faith With Facts
I came across a book recently with huge letters across the cover: ‘Faith vs Fact’. It also had the subtitle, ‘Why Science and Religion are Incompatible’. The font used for ‘Faith’ was faint, thin, and skewed in contrast to the bold emphatic font for ‘Fact’. The visual message was obvious. Faith is ambiguous and uncertain…
Read MoreThe Treasure Within
Some time ago in England, a young man’s Grandmother went to be with the Lord. The wider family was called to her lawyer’s office for the reading of her last will and testament and distribution of her assets, according to the document. When it was the young man’s turn, his grandmother had written, “…and to…
Read MoreUncovering the Unexpected
Displaying candid vulnerability, father and son Alan and Jackson Stanley have written a two-part feature describing a journey they’ve been walking together in recent years. In this piece, we set the scene with part one. The year was around 2004 I’m guessing. My wife and I had two sons: Luke, 3, and Jackson, 1. The…
Read MoreMark Powell Keeping Focussed
After 13 years in various positions within the Warehouse Group, the final 5 years being Group Chief Executive, Mark Powell stepped down in February 2016 to focus his time and energy in other areas. In issue five of the magazine, Dave Firth caught up with Mark to see how stepping down from leading one of NZ’s most important…
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