Aaron Ironside – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Couples need to avoid ‘The Four Horsemen’

Rowena Orejana — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:00:40 +0000

by PETER GRACE The presence in a marriage of four particular negative behaviours, known sometimes as the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”, are strong predictors of divorce, says counsellor, pastor and radio DJ Aaron Ironside. Mr Ironside, from west Auckland, was a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at a marriage educators’ training weekend in Auckland from May 20 to 22. In a workshop on

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Myths about forgiveness exposed

Michael Otto — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 21:44:45 +0000

Refusing to forgive someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die, says pastor, counsellor and radio broadcaster Aaron Ironside. Mr Ironside was one of three keynote speakers at the 13th national Catholic marriage educators training weekend from May 20 to 22 at the Waipuna Lodge in Auckland. Mr Ironside told the 120-plus delegates that he is the pastor of Harvest

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Forgiveness is not conditional

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:24 +0000

Several weeks after Easter, in a continuing teaching for the Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis focused on the Gospel episode of Jesus’ dinner at the home of Simon the Pharisee. St Luke tells us that while Jesus was there a sinner came up to Jesus, bathed his feet with her tears and anointed them with precious, perfumed ointment. Simon appeared to

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