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Jesus, Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs, Ishtar and Constantine: Is Easter Pagan? Tim McGrew says No!

April 6th, 2012 24 Comments

Easter can be annoying.  My kids all want chocolate, hot cross buns sold out and Matt brought crumpets home from the supermarket instead, people who don’t normally have any time for Christianity normally suddenly must go to church whilst some of my Christian friends refuse to let their children eat chocolate or even celebrate because [...]

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Alvin Plantinga Calling for an Argument

February 4th, 2012 6 Comments

We moved house recently but before we got the telephone services disconnected at our old house we rescued this answer-phone message left by our then 9 year old son Noah for Matt – note the attempted American accent: Alvin Calling (Noah had no idea how we worked out it wasn’t really Alvin Plantinga.)

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Madeleine Admitted to the Bar

June 24th, 2011 25 Comments

This morning my children and I sat in the Auckland High Court to watch Madeleine be admitted to the Bar. The ceremony had the solemn pomp and formality of Barristers wigs, robes and when Madeleine spoke for the first time in open court as an enrolled Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand she [...]

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ACC Wars: Deja Vu? (Tribunal Result Update)

April 20th, 2011 10 Comments

On the eve of my hearing tomorrow [finally!] against the Accident Compensation Corporation (“ACC”) this appeared in today’s New Zealand Herald: “An Auckland man has won his battle against ACC after a court found its specialist diagnosed degeneration without having looked at an MRI scan of the injury.” Guess who the specialist was? The SAME [...]

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Madeleine’s Birthday Today

April 2nd, 2011 4 Comments

Dear Madeleine, You are a wonderful life partner, a supportive colleague and my closest friend. Your commitment support and love these last 13 years has been truly a blessing from God. Have a wonderful birthday today, I and the kids love and adore you. lots of love, Matt

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Category 5 Cyclone Yasi About to Land in Queensland – My Parents are in Port Douglas UPDATE 2

February 2nd, 2011 2 Comments

Last night my mother contacted me to tell there was a cyclone warning in Port Douglas and she was doing the whole preparedness thing – checking food supplies, elevating important furniture and household documents and so on. At this time of the year in Port Douglas, where she and my stepfather live this is nothing [...]

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News Headlines about the Flight your Husband is on that you DO NOT want to see!

November 22nd, 2010 No Comments

Matt and Rodney Lake of Thinking Matters Tauranga were both on the flight in this story tonight: “FAA: Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Atlanta.” Matt wrote on Facebook of the first plane being scrapped because it was “not safe”, a second plane being organised in its place. An hour after takeoff the pilot announced there [...]

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Desperately Seeking Sid

October 24th, 2010 11 Comments

Does anyone have a Sid the Sloth toy from the Ice Age movie series? Sid is our son Noah’s favourite character and his McDonalds Sid toy is his favourite toy. Whilst away at Mt Maunganui this weekend, Sid has vanished. He was last seen flying off the top of the 6 storey apartment building we [...]

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ACC Wars and Brian Otto

July 6th, 2010 61 Comments

On the 26th of March 2008 I was in a car accident that resulted in serious injuries to my neck, which required cervical disc replacement surgery. The surgery corrected the problem in terms of how the bones were sitting and spaced but severe residual pain remained, which is, at a snails pace, gradually improving although [...]

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Happy Birthday Madeleine

April 2nd, 2010 8 Comments

Today is Madeleine’s 37th birthday.  I write this to say to Madeleine, from myself and the kids, that we love you, we are proud of you and we hope you have a great day. Matt

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