Spoiler alert! I’m a fan of Carey Baptist College. After completing my B App Theology, mostly by distance, I made a decision to audit a block course every year to keep my brain alive, to...Read More
The beginning of my pastoral ministry has been a succession of emails, texts, whatsapp messages, messenger group chats and those ubiquitous zoom meetings. So, when another email came with...Read More
Our household is changing and so are our household rhythms. Since our children left home God has brought other people to us to share life with. We have from one to three singles living with...Read More
Carey has just been awarded a Category 1 in our recent NZQA (New Zealand Qualification Authority) External Evaluation Review. NZQA uses an external evaluation and review process (EER) to...Read More
RELEASE New Training Programme to Enhance the Equipping of Sports Chaplains. Carey Baptist College has teamed up with Sports Chaplaincy New Zealand to offer an NZQA-accredited qualification...Read More
Or "what they didn't tell you at Carey" Being fresh off the block, I’m looking back at my Carey training and realising that there were a few gaps.... Never once was I given an assignment...Read More
Proverbs 3:5 (NASB) Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 (Message) Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure...Read More
Back in January, we had the privilege of enjoying a wonderfully restorative break at Papamoa. The weather was close to perfect. The ocean warmed up as the days rolled on. Our daughter and...Read More
COVID-19 The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing extraordinary disruption to our communities, our nation, and our world. To date, there have been 181,300 reported cases with over 7,000...Read More
One of the most powerful films that I’ve seen in recent years is a film about a stuttering prince who became a reluctant king because his older brother abdicated the throne. Have you seen...Read More