At the beginning of the year I was not a happy man. I wouldn’t say I was depressed, instead it might be labelled, “situational-down-and-out-ness.” In other words, I didn’t have a job. To be clear, I had put myself in this situation. When I finished my theological degree my plan was to look for part-timeContinue reading “On Work, and Not Working.”
Category Archives: Theology and Life
Coming to Faith in a Pentecostal Church. Part 1.
I became a Christian through a Pentecostal church. It was a decent size church in a country town (around 50 – 100 people would attend on a Sunday). I attended the youth group and sometimes attended the Sunday church gatherings. So what was that all like? How did I become a Christian there and whatContinue reading “Coming to Faith in a Pentecostal Church. Part 1.”
The Alternative of My Doubt
In his book ‘keep the faith’, Martin Ayers says this, “when you are battling nagging doubt about a particular issue it’s important to think carefully about the alternative. In order for your doubt to be valid, something else must be true.” There is a lot to appreciate in the point that Martin makes. It’s veryContinue reading “The Alternative of My Doubt”
God, Death and ‘War of the Worlds’
In Howard Overman’s 2019 rendition of ‘War of the Worlds’ there is a very interesting scene that made me take note. A couple arrive at a military base looking for their son. They first of all find a woman who has lost her two kids. This woman asks the other mother, “Do you believe thereContinue reading “God, Death and ‘War of the Worlds’”
On God as Refuge
What does it mean for God to be a ‘rock of refuge’? If I trust God to be this, does that mean that he will prevent bad things from happening in my life? This is a question that myself and a friend were recently discussing. Perhaps you might have wondered the same thing. The ideaContinue reading “On God as Refuge”
On Minimalism. Part 2 – Defying and Deepening.
Minimalism is like a Swiss army knife diet in the hand of a materialistic glutton. It’ll help you get the job done in the way you need to get the job done, if of course you’re a materialistic glutton like me. But like every tool, we need to know what it’s made for. The followingContinue reading “On Minimalism. Part 2 – Defying and Deepening.”
On Minimalism. Part 1 – Defining and Defending.
Every now and then I go through fads. In 2019 this usually occurred at the end of the semesters, during an examination period or at the time an assessment was due. One of those fads was minimalism. I listened to the The Minimalist’s podcast and also started watching Matt D’Avella. These things I really enjoyedContinue reading “On Minimalism. Part 1 – Defining and Defending.”
On Envy
For some months now I have been thinking about envy. Both myself at times feeling envious of others and realising that other people may feel envious of me. As I begin this, I need to say that this post is not intended to be negative, but rather a bemused reflection upon the irony of thisContinue reading “On Envy”
Challenging the Emotional Nerve Reflex
No doubt, if I asked you to think about a difficult question or a challenging topic, perhaps you automatically think of a rather negative example. When we think about difficult and challenging things we automatically associate those things with negativity like an emotional nerve reflex. We struggle with the idea of suffering. A difficult topicContinue reading “Challenging the Emotional Nerve Reflex”
The Contexts of our Prayers
When we think about the prayer warriors of old and current, we often do so with the mind to emulate their great examples: time spent in prayer, prayer through all hours, prayers of great magnitude, prayer for specific things that are then answered miraculously. We consider what they have done and transplant their practices intoContinue reading “The Contexts of our Prayers”
Bigvai and Shiphrah 