Exploring Theology

There is evil, there is good, our actions matter, there will be justice

11 Dec 2020

Growing up, I was a bookworm and my books were like time machines, allowing me to live through different eras and epochs. In particular, I remember reading a number of books set during World War Two including those classics such as Carrie’s War, The Machine Gunners and The Diary of Anne Frank. ...

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Agape Amidst Apocalyptic Advents

9 Dec 2020

The idea that Advent is apocalyptic may come as a shock to some – it did to me when I came across it (very belatedly two years ago, aged 29!). My Catholic childhood had been filled with Christingles, candles, and carols: things that signified watching and waiting, but are infused with joyful...

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Don't Understand Revelation? It's Not the End of the World!

9 Dec 2020

Don't get the book of Revelation? Don't worry - it's not the end of the world.

No, really! I get the impression that lots of Christians avoid the Book of Revelation and leave it to the cranks and the overly-certain readers of symbols and geopolitics. After all, it's all pretty weird and...

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Apocalypse Now

1 Dec 2020

Isaiah 64:1-9, Mark 13:24-37

Having endured months of a global pandemic that has upended nearly every aspect of our lives, it is understandable why some people have described this year as apocalyptic. We are certainly living in tumultuous times as we experience the impact of a pandemic...

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Putting Doubt into Faith: An Introduction to Christian Existentialism

27 May 2020

Most people know existentialism as a philosophy which focuses on the notion of being and views the world through an explicitly subjective lens. It is also a notoriously angsty way of thinking, whose proponents have spent an awful lot of time writing and arguing about fun things like anxiety and...

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Process Theology 101

15 May 2020

In the 1920s, Alfred North Whitehead developed a new metaphysical system of thought called process philosophy. Across a series of lectures, which have since been published under the single title Process and Reality, Whitehead described a reality where everything is made up of occasions –...

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A Church's Place is in the Kitchen

12 May 2020

Whilst much of the world might be completely oblivious to the debate, many corners of the church community have spent the last couple of weeks arguing about whether their ministers should broadcast online services from their church buildings or from their homes. Critics of kitchen table...

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The Theology of Trauma

7 Apr 2020
I have been working on my doctorate, and, perhaps in an act of gracious divine prodding, for the past few months I have been focusing on theology and trauma. I’ve been reading stories about various types of trauma—from kidnapped victims and victims of sexual assault to those suffering from...
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The Great Lent Journey

2 Apr 2020

Lent in the Eritrean Orthodox Church is a season of reflection, repentance, and building a stronger relationship with God. Though these three aspects are practiced throughout the year, Lent is the season where it is done more intentionally as the whole church. Also, this season is set to...

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Self-Control in the Time of Coronavirus

17 Mar 2020

Self-control is probably not the most popular of the fruits of the Spirit. Certainly not one which crops up in ancient hymnody or modern worship songs, and if it did, I think I’d cringe. So why am I writing about it?

I was talking on the...

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