“Jesus said: I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”.
‘You are the points of the compass, whoever or wherever we are, you hold our journey in yours.
You are the Truth.
You have planted your truth within us. The same truth for all people.
Each of us is a different container and we wrap you in different ways according to our culture and our customs of worship but in our diversity, you are the common language and when we meet you in each other there is recognition and rejoicing, for truth always knows truth.
We were delighted to witness a beautifully diverse panel which included Rev Rosemary Carey (NZ Pakeha) rural Central Hawkes Bay; Rev Hannah Pomare (Māori) living in Christchurch; Bolivia Smith (Samoan) Samoa; Rev Sonja Hunter (Samoan) Samoa; Dr Pauline Teong (NZ Singaporean) GP in Hastings; Annelies Bierings. (NZ Dutch) Greymouth, Retired School Principal. These lovely wahine kindly shared how their culture and faith go parallel when they were posed with the following questions.
1. How has your culture and its tradition played a part in awakening you to the Holy Spirit?
2. What opportunities have you taken to explore your Spiritual journey?
3. Is there an experience you can share from your personal journey where the Holy Spirit was evident?
