Darryl Ward's website
The Possum Track, Hemi Matenga
Kiaora
koutou.
Ko Ngāti Pākehā tōku iwi.
Ko Taranaki
tōku maunga. Ko Waiwhakaiho
tōku awa.
He maha ngā waka no tāwāhi.
Ko
te wharenui me te whare tapu o Hato Mere tōku marae.
Ko Darryl Ward tōku ingoa.
Koia nei ko wai ahau.
Greetings,
everyone.
My people are Ngāti Pākehā.
My mountain is Taranaki.
My body was formed from minerals that washed down from his slopes. I am part
of the mountain, and the mountain is part of me.
My river is Waiwhakaiho.
Whenever I cross its waters, I know I am home.
I am of many canoes from overseas. My ancestors came from many lands.
The
Taranaki Cathedral of St. Mary is my marae.
This is where I was baptised and became a member of the Church.
This is my spiritual home.
My name is Darryl Ward.
This is who I am.
All content
on this site is copyright (c) Darryl Ward 2009 - 2025.
This site was last updated on Sunday 13
April 2025
Featured content
A very different kind of kingdom
A sermon for Palm Sunday
13 April 2025
Rest in peace and rise in glory
A sermon about resurrection
16 February 2025
Desperately Seeking Sophia
A sermon about wisdom
9 February 2025
Sanctifying the waters
A sermon about the Baptism of Jesus
12 January 2025
Owning our past: facing up to historic abuse:
How how we should respond to the final report from the Royal Commission of
Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-Based Care.
28 July 2024
The sound of silence
A sermon about controlling the
narrative, censoring ideas, and freedom of speech
7 July
2024
Maybe he is already here?
A new look at end
times theology.
26 November 2023
Living
in faith without fear
A sermon about faith, fear, and surviving toxic fundamentalism
20 November 2022
Uranus: the odd planet
Ebook published 7 November 2022
Can science and faith coexist?
Podcast published 15 October 2022
Satellites and sky pollution
Story map published 15
June 2022
When we stumble
A sermon about when we mess up, and why I don't believe in hell
26 September 2021
Like
the Virgin?
A sermon about Mary's pregnancy and purity culture.
20 December 2020
A happy camper
A story about
choosing the right tent.
Published in the July 2020 issue of Wilderness
Magazine