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Easter Sunday: We don’t want no resurrection

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My favourite resurrection scene is the one in Scorsese’s movie The Last Temptation of Christ, when Jesus calls […]

April 21, 2019 Church, Epistemology, Love, Preaching, Relationship, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing

Good Friday: A face-off with anxiety at the edge of the ocean

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Today, I walked alone to the edge of the ocean, to confront my cross. It’s Good Friday, after […]

April 19, 2019 Literature, Theology, Writing

Losing my religion: Why I am NOT a Christian writer

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The first time I was told I wasn’t a Christian because of something I’d written was after the […]

March 29, 2019 Church, Epistemology, Journalism, Literature, Love, Theology, Writing

Shut up and listen: a ‘Christian’ response

What’s an appropriate ‘Christian’ response to the white supremacist attack on the mosques in Christchurch on Friday — I […]

March 17, 2019 Theology, Writing

Immerse your soul in love: a manifesto

Immerse your soul in love, sings Thom Yorke at the end of the song Street Spirit (Fade Out). […]

March 14, 2019 Books, Church, Counselling, Epistemology, Love, Philosophy, Poetry, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing

Separation anxiety: the darkest of times

When I left home to get married at the age of 20 turning 21, my Dad sat in […]

March 7, 2019 Church, Epistemology, Literature, Relationship, Theology, Writing

What’s love got to do with it: Theology and its defences against the dark arts

Towards the end of my very brief career as a theologian in a conservative, fundamentalist, NZ theological college, […]

February 26, 2019 Church, Epistemology, Literature, Love, Music, Philosophy, Poetry, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing

Darth Vader and the problem of evil: The worst sermon ever preached

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Some moments are so embarrassing, so cringeworthy, so regrettable, they deserve to be canonised. If it’s true that […]

February 15, 2019 Church, Humour, Love, Preaching, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing

A Queen story: You buggers can sing harder than I can

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Bohemian Rhapsody was the first song I remember being aware of as a kid. I have a clear […]

February 13, 2019 Humour, Love, Music, Vinyl, Writing

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