Christchurch’s Monday’s 6.3 earthquake at a depth of 6.1 Kilometers was, yet again, on a fault no one knew about. Many more buildings, including churches, were damaged, and further battered. Lyttelton’s historic Anglican church has now gone. The iconic rose window of the Anglican Cathedral collapsed on Monday. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed
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Speaking of weddings.. A couple of times a year, our daily local newspaper, the Press, publishes a lift-out Wedding Directory/Advertising Feature (called “I do“). There are very attractively presented hints, lists, articles, venues, jewellery, dresses, cakes, flowers, etc…. I wrote about the one at this time last year. That was the first one in which
Services since the Christchurch quake (February 22) at Christ’s College where I serve, have not been in Chapel but in shifts in the gym. For the final service of the term we were all together on the Quad with the temporary classrooms and the tent and buildings being repaired. Those who have been repairing our
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· Geonet / ChristchurchQuakeMap is your homepage · The rest of the country offers you a place to stay · “Munted” and “buggered” are official technical terms · You go ‘pfffff’ when Wellington has a 4.5 earthquake that’s 40km deep · You see a nice park in another city and think it would make a
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If you were predestined to be a Calvinist then you will have no choice about whether or not you go and see this movie. It is fascinating to me that, suddenly after the Christchurch earthquake, our very secular (might I be so bold to say often-anti-Christian) media is full of “where was God in the
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New Zealand is full of lofty ideas – not fulfilled, often through lack of money. Many cathedrals are not completed to the original design. Our New Zealand Parliament building is approximately one-eighth completed to the original proposal. Let’s keep that in mind when we are bombarded with grand visions and proposals for rebuilding Christchurch. Secondly:
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The pope prayed for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. Many were pleased that after this quake the Archbishop of Canterbury sent a message to Bishop Victoria Matthews: We are all thinking of you constantly in the wake of (the) terrible news, and our prayers are with you. The devastation of the Cathedral is dreadful,
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As many of you know, after the devastating February 22 earthquake in Christchurch (NZ), this site was offline for three weeks – the server was without power. I need your help please to get the word out that this site is back online. I would be very grateful: If you have a website or blog
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