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Wayne Graham

Press Service International

Wayne Graham worked in the media for more than 30 years before leaving to follow a call to set up The Daily Encourager, a values based media showcasing the best of New Zealand society. He has a passion for Jesus,  enjoys walking, ball sports, the arts and song writing.

  • Wisdom’s call

    Over the past few weeks I have been working through The Passion Translation of the book of Proverbs. As I read through this book I am finding the promises of God concerning wisdom remarkable and beeninspired by the positive influence wisdom has on your life.

  • The dream

    Since I was born I have suffered from occasional bouts of conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis is not pleasant. My eyes become inflamed, sore, red and stick together after I fall asleep during the night.

  • The minority report

    With an open mind I visited the anti-mandate protest camp at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand in February. I had some empathy for the protestors plight. Many of my friends are not vaccinated and are paying a price for their stance.

  • Travelling through time

    Lights flashed and sirens screamed from inside my work colleague’s car as he jammed on the brakes and decelerated from ...

  • Making amends

    The day before, I had walked out of the café without paying for my scone and coffee. Today I was back for another ...

  • Hope

    I recently bought a dog who I have named after my late Grandfather George. He is great company for me, but little did I know that George would bring confidence and healing to other dogs and their owners in our community.

  • The journey from hell

    As we face the uncomfortable time of a delta outbreak in New Zealand, I remember an uncomfortable moment I faced with my daughter a few years ago, while travelling from Morocco to Spain.

  • Facing Clucky

    I cowered in the corner of my playpen. On the other side, also cowering and staring straight back at me was Clucky, our bantam hen. We both stood there trembling, staring at each other, neither of us willing to move an inch.

  • Finding your sweet spot

    It was the annual University winter tournament and the Otago and Canterbury rugby league teams were playing each other. Otago found themselves two players short and the champion Canterbury team were keen for a more even contest.

  • New day dawning

    It never occurred to me that God would use me to write songs. Nobody is less qualified than me. In primary school, I was asked to mime rather than sing, such was my singing ability.