Ridley centenary
Our college is 100 years old this year. Devan and I made some wall art for the occasion. Here’s a video of it, plus captions telling the story of Ridley’s martyrdom.
Destiny’s Women
It’s often been said that music encapsulates an era. I was listening to a greatest hits CD of Destiny’s Child this week and it dawned on me that their music has in many ways been the soundtrack for women of my age. The girl power of the Spice Girls came […]
Stick it to the Man! (Sermon)
Here is a talk I gave last year to youth and young adults at Christ Church Dingley, covering Revelation 17-19 with a nod to School of Rock. There is a handout that goes along with it, as a tool to give people a cultural hook and a vocabulary with which to speak […]
Explaining suffering in Job: Elihu
We’ve just written essays on the book of Job, and I’ve been looking at whether or not the text answers questions of suffering.
Barth and the Bible
I’m reading for an essay on the theology of the Bible of Karl Barth at the moment. I generally try to use my essays as a chance to address an issue I have and clearly, I have a lot of ‘I wonders’ about the doctrine of scripture! Much of that has […]
Getting Real: Initial Thoughts
I’ve been wanting to read Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls since it came out but have had to wait until it was more affordable so this review comes later than I had hoped. Wendy has ably reviewed it here and here so I thought I’d focus more on […]
Inspiration and Illumination (Scripture Series)
Coinciding with our thinking on Scripture, we’re doing the theology course ‘Knowledge of God’ at Ridley this semester. Peter Adam has spoken about the work of the Spirit in the word in two ways: inspiration and illumination.
Meet Jesus at uni 