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The Christ Church Cathedral has appointed its youngest-ever Dean – 37-year-old Reverend Canon Ben Truman, currently the Vicar of Opawa-St Martins (St Mark’s, Opawa). <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/0999d58874fd6e4ae190.jpeg' ...

It is way past the time to be honest about our decline. It is way past the time to change the paradigm into a more positive future.

God of hope or God of justice and peace, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in the which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; so that on the last day when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.

The Episcopal Church is debating whether or not to remove the requirement of baptism for receiving communion. Here is a reflection from a New Zealand Anglican perspective.

The $154m quake repair project has been seeking donations from wealthy people, with Prince Charles already contributing.

Prince Charles has contributed, but fundraising for the $154m of quake repairs is understood to be far from what is needed.

The church’s new year begins on Advent Sunday, November 28. In the three year lectionary the focus is on St Luke’s Gospe

God of hope, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in the which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; so that on the last day when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.

Hamish Galloway, installed as Moderator at the General Assembly on Wednesday, wants older people to connect with younger generations.

CW: Homophobia. Students were a “driving generation” in queer liberation, says Chris Brickell, Professor of Gender Studies and LGBT historian. Otago University was no exception. Here’s an abridged history of our forebears and