The absent three Tikanga context
May 11, 2010
Some more thoughts from John HebentonI was asked whether my comments about the lack of any three Tikanga context referred only to youth. Actually, I would say we are one of the places where there is some kind of three Tikanga youth context. But there is very little three Tikanga context within the wider church. Sure, General Synod is grand, and the bishops get together twice a year, but apart from that there is very little happening. And there is very little commitment to each other as a result. There are issues coming up on this GSTHW agenda that reveal that, the St. John’s College review and resource sharing are two. We are simply not committed to each other. When we meet we seem to firstly seek to preserve what we have and our own mana, rather than being genuinely concerned with the needs of our brothers and sisters (rather than partners) and developing a common mana. We exist as three churches who happen to meet occasionally. Maybe we need to stop using partnership language, and talk about maybe marriage, or some other way which helps us talk in ways that aids our commitment to each other, that helps us realise and live out being one church, committed to each other. I realise I am quite idealistic, but this constitution is idealistic. We can do better.
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