July, 2025
The Liturgy of Abundance, The Myth of Scarcity, Walter Brueggemann (1933-2025), Christian Century, March 24-31, 1999.
Sharon Ensor introduces the article:
https://www.ngkok.co.za/Artikels/Brueggemann-Abundance-Scarcity.pdf
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June, 2025
Five Possible Paths for 21st Century Churches, Martin Thielen, 3 June, 2025, Doubter's Parish
Alistair McBride introduces the article, with Richard Lawrence.
A link to the article, on the Doubter's Parish website:
https://doubtersparish.com/2025/06/03/five-possible-paths-for-21st-century-churches/
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Alistair mentions an article by Rev. Dr Graham Redding, linked here:
Emerging theological emergency for churches, with global ramifications | Otago Daily Times Online News
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May, 2025
Searching for God: Theology, Imagination, Beauty and the Arts. Prof. G. E. Thiessen, UFS Creative Commons, 2020
Top left: Doubting Thomas by Emil Nolde; Top right: Dr Gesa Thiessen, the author of the paper; Bottom left: Noli me tangere by Graham Sutherland. Bottom right: The Risen Christ by Elisabeth Frink.
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April, 2025
What is spirituality? Evidence from a New Zealand hospice study. Richard Egan et. al.
Mortality, Vol. 16, No.4, November 2011
https://www.spiritualwellbeing.nz/richard-egan
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March, 2025
'The Making and Breaking of Jacinda Ardern's Labour Government 2017-2023', by Grant Duncan.
Free to read at
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-923X.13512
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February, 2025
Theology at sundown - a discussion of one section of an article
'The Impact of Liberation Theologies on the Church', Amin A. Rodor, 2008, Kerygma@
Introductory video interview - Sharon Ensor and Richard Lawrence
The section we discussed, PDF
The whole article, PDF
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January, 2025
'Gamblers at the gate', NZ Listener, Danyl McLaughlan
Video interview introduction with Sharon Ensor, introducing the author and article
For copyright reasons, we haven't posted a PDF scan of the article. Find the introduction above and access.
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December, 2024
"What's Liturgy God To Do With It?' by John Van de Laar, The Power of Liturgical Spirituality, Part 1
https://youtu.be/gme99X1Fo0ohttps://
The link above is to an introduction to the article and the author - Alistair McBride with Richard Lawrence, 7 minutes video
