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Faith, hope and meh: A theology of what?

I met with a friend today who said my words re faith, hope and love feel shallow. I […]

May 20, 2019 Epistemology, Love, Philosophy, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing

I Am Easy To Find: A soundtrack to my latest long night

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It’s been difficult to know all week whether I’ve been depressed or just perpetually hungover. Which seems like […]

May 17, 2019 Humour, Journalism, Music, Vinyl, Writing

When God took Job’s teeth: Tommy Tiernan tells a Bible story

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No one — NO ONE — tells Bible stories like Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan. That he tells Bible stories at […]

May 7, 2019 Bible, Epistemology, Humour, Literature, Theology, Writing

Rachel Held Evans: A voice crying in my wilderness

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As Barbara Brown Taylor puts it, “in an age of information overload … the last thing any of […]

May 5, 2019 Bible, Church, Epistemology, Literature, Love, Philosophy, Poetry, Preaching, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing

Just Do It: A faith, hope, love reading of Abraham’s call narrative

I was charged by a game studio with taking my ideas of faith, hope and love and demonstrating […]

April 30, 2019 Bible, Epistemology, Hermeneutics, Literature, Love, Theology, Writing

An open letter: Why this theologian has nothing to say about Christian education

I have four daughters, two of whom went to Christian primary schools and then to a Christian high […]

April 24, 2019 Church, Epistemology, Love, Philosophy, Relationship, Theology, Writing

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

Mud pies in the slums: The Wait of Glory

C.S. Lewis was wrong, I reckon. In The Weight of Glory he famously says that we satisfy ourselves […]

April 12, 2019 Epistemology, Love, Theology, Uncategorized, Writing

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