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Heaven’s Gate

Last week when we left Jacob, he had just pulled off a bit of a coup. In concert with his mother Rebekah, he had deceived his Father, Isaac, into blessing him rather than his older brother, Esau. Between that episode and today’s reading, things have not gone well. Shortly after Jacob’s exit from his father’s […]

January 29, 2018 – 1:00 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Money, money, money.

What do you earn? How much money do you have? What do you spend it on? These are questions that aren’t heard much in polite conversation in this country. We tend to be quite uncomfortable talking about money. Which is a bit odd, since it is such an important part of our lives, or maybe […]

September 17, 2017 – 3:20 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Investing in the Kingdom

Ethical investment has been quite a big thing for the Church of England. The church’s financial managers do quite a lot of work to ensure that the investments made by the church are in line with the moral and ethical values of the Bible, and occasionally are embarrassed by press reports that they’ve missed one. […]

September 3, 2017 – 12:34 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (3)