New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

FREE SPIRIT A thoroughly modern minister

One of the great things about my job is that it’s completely varied. One minute I’m talking with someone who’s sleeping on the street and the next I’ll have a meeting with a CEO, or be taking communion to older parishioners at home who can no longer physically come to church.

Being ‘called’ to this work has given me a window into people’s lives, and that is a real privilege.

Church has always been a normal part of my world. I grew up in Lower Hutt in a family that went to church every Sunday and

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