Rev. Frank Ritchie

The Church and Te Tiriti/The Treaty Why the Church has a responsibility to speak up

As today's events unfold at Parliament, a thought...

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Redeem Our National Life Lord, make haste to help us

A timely prayer.

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Dear God, when my brain starts to feel frantic, help me to slow down, be attentive, and find the stillness. May I embrace the gift of silence when it is available. Help me to resist pulling out my phone to occupy that space in those valuable moments. Amen.

Legend!

We’ve been told the surgery is finished. It was slow but there were no problems. Just waiting to hear when we can go and see her in the recovery room before they transfer her to her main room.

It’s 5am in Dusseldorf on the day of Selah’s surgery. We’re confident after a long discussion with the surgeon yesterday. She’ll begin the process at 7:30am. It will take 4-5hrs. It’s big and the coming days will be a huge emotional journey 🙏🏼 Thank you for all your support.

'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.'

Part of the daily morning prayer from the monks of Glenstal Abbey in Ireland:

Glory be to God who has shown us the light.
Lead me from darkness to light,
Lead me from sadness to joy,
Lead me from death to immortality,
Glory be to God who has shown us the light.

What a memory! It's been a while since I posted any images of it publicly. Yes - soon!

And ask her what she think of the little piggy who had no roast beef. Was that piggy vegan, not wanting to play the power game, has a good cow friend, was fasting? So many possible reasons.

Thinking about the little piggies - there's the one that went to market, the one who stayed home... the final one went wee, wee, wee etc, but the one who had roast beef intrigues me - was it a power play towards the other farm animals, particularly the cows? I mean that other piggy had none, so…

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As part of the fundraising towards my girl’s medical expenses there’s a signed 2023 RWC All Blacks jersey thanks to a kind soul connected to the squad. Proceeds of the sale go towards surgery and recovery expenses. Trademe have been kind enough to waive the fees ❤️🙏🏼 www.trademe.co.nz/sports/rugby...

Thank you so much! A few moments ago, across our bank account & Givealittle we hit the 70k goal. Done in 3 days thanks to hundreds of donors. I deeply appreciate the support 🙏🏼🥹 Selah has been so encouraged by it. Now we wait to see if our funding application is successful.

Thank you so much! A few moments ago, across our bank account & Givealittle we hit the 70k goal. Done in 3 days thanks to hundreds of donors. I deeply appreciate the support 🙏🏼🥹 Selah has been so encouraged by it. Now we wait to see if our funding application is successful.

Thank you so much! A few moments ago, across our bank account & Givealittle we hit the 70k goal. Done in 3 days thanks to hundreds of donors. We did not expect that to happen so fast. I deeply appreciate the support 🙏🏼🥹 Now we wait to see if our funding application is successful.

And a few moments ago we reached the 70k goal 🙏🏼🥹

Thank you so much!

Kia ora koutou, due to 30k being directly donated to our bank in the last 48hrs, I have reduced our Givealittle target. Thank you for all the support so far! It has been immense. If our funding application is unsuccessful, the target is going to increase again significantly.

We’ve been really encouraged by the difference we’ve seen it has made for others - but saddened by the fight many have had to go through to get there. Once we’re through this tunnel I hope to use my voice to help ease that fight a little.

Thank you, Foxy 🙏🏼

Thank you!

Thank you so much, Courtney. It means a lot 🙏🏼

Thank you, Paul 🙏🏼

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Sharing it means a lot 🙏🏼

You’re clearly in the know. That Zebra imagery has been wonderful to adopt in this.

That prayer and offer are deeply appreciated, Shawn 🙏🏼

I agree. It's being worked towards here thanks to one particular surgeon and a group of specialists. But it can't happen in the timeframe we need for our daughter. But hopefully next year people will stop needing to head overseas.

Bex, thank you so much for sharing this here 🙏