Dr. Graham Redding is the Douglas Goodfellow Lecturer in Chaplaincy Studies at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. He served in parish ministry in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa for 15 years before completing a PhD in Theology at King's College, London at which point he was appointed Principal of the Knox Centre for Ministry of Leadership in Dunedin, a position he held until he was appointed Master of Knox College in 2015. He transitioned to his current role in 2021.
Last Updated: September 11, 2025
Sing! A New Creation includes a delightful little sung meditation by John Bell of the Iona Community that has as its opening line, “Take, O take me as I am; summon out what I shall be” (SNC 215).
Northern hemisphere visitors to New Zealand at Christmas and Easter frequently comment on how topsy-turvy it all feels down here. We sing, in the words of Shirley Murray, one of this country’s best known hymn writers, of an “upside-down Christmas” in which the traditional white Christmas of northern climes gives way to long summer days at the beach. And at Easter, the fresh scents and colors of the northern hemisphere spring give way to the muted colors and cooler temperatures of a southern hemisphere autumn.
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