A Christian Response to Eco-anxiety
When I started my Master’s degree in Conservation biology at Victoria University of Wellington, I had nothing but hope. When I finished...
Is Scientism Fundamentally Flawed? Part 1
Introduction You may not have heard of the word ‘scientism’ and even if you have, you may not know what it means, but I can guarantee...
Seven Questions that Define Your World, Part 2
Imagine arriving in a foreign city without knowing anyone, speaking the language, or even having a map. You would be lost, forced to ask...
Coronavirus, Show-Stopper or Conversation Starter?
It turns out plenty of things get cancelled in a pandemic. Fortunately, my flights home were not among them. Anyway, flights are a small...
Seven Questions that Define Your World, Part 1
My dear reader, I have a confession to make… I am addicted to consuming information. There, I said it. Podcasts. Audiobooks. The...
COVID-19 and the Problem of Evil
As Covid-19 spreads around the planet, religious people everywhere will be asking themselves the same question. If the universe is...
Know Doubt
Why don’t we hear more about doubt? Could it be that we don’t talk about our doubts because some well-meaning people we looked up to...
A Spiritual View of Wealth and Poverty
A recent fluff piece in my local paper carried the headline: Newest Millionaires Say 16 Million Dollar Win Has Changed Their Lives. No one,...
Destroying and Annoying: Why would God create mosquitos, viruses, and bacteria?
“Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,...