Category Archives: Christian living

Why Did God Make Us? (We are Useless!)

One of my lecturers recently asked our class a question: Why did God create us?  And, as theologians tend to do, we proudly regurgitated the dogmas we were taught at Sunday school. “Because he loves us.” “Because he’s an artist.” “Because he wanted relationship.” But the more we thought about it, the more we realisedContinue reading “Why Did God Make Us? (We are Useless!)”

Consumption is Relational

Covid-19 has revealed weaknesses in our existing systems, and panic-buying in particular has revealed that we do not think about how our consumer choices affect others. Although there is plenty of toilet paper to go around, we now have an unequal distribution because with heightened anxiety, a handful of buyers have first considered their ownContinue reading “Consumption is Relational”

Reflections on Musical Worship

Throughout Christian history, the way we worship God has changed enormously. Many of these changes have taken place due to the influence of surrounding cultures, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, I’ve recently been reflecting on which aspects of our culture are influencing the way we worship God, and I’m growing more andContinue reading “Reflections on Musical Worship”

Four Reasons Why I Quit Facebook

(Picture stolen from the Economist) About two months ago I deactivated my Facebook account, with the intention of permanently deleting it eventually. I wrote a very convicting draft of this post, which highlighted what I thought were the main problems with the social media giant. Now, I’ve gone back to the party. So, like anContinue reading “Four Reasons Why I Quit Facebook”

Matter Matters: On the Body

I established in two earlier posts (1 and 2) that God created matter and said that it was good. In fact, the word “good” (Hebrew: טֽוֹב) is used seven times in the creation story of Genesis 1; each of those times depicting what God says about the stuff he made. When God gets to humans on the sixth day,Continue reading “Matter Matters: On the Body”

Should Christians Read Philosophy?

[Spoiler alert: the answer is yes.] How many philosophers does it take to change a light bulb? It depends on how you define ‘change’. Philosophy is considered by many to be irrelevant at best and dangerous at worst. Christians throughout history have been especially caught up in the pro/anti-philosophy debate. Philosophers are known for askingContinue reading “Should Christians Read Philosophy?”

Matter Matters: Creation

[Photograph of the Valley of Desolation, South Africa, 2017] And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”  AndContinue reading “Matter Matters: Creation”

A Poem for the City of Cambridge (and all who dig for knowledge)

Job 28 (ESV)   “Man puts his hand to the flinty rock     and overturns mountains by the roots.    He cuts out channels in the rocks,     and his eye sees every precious thing.    He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,     and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.  Continue reading “A Poem for the City of Cambridge (and all who dig for knowledge)”

Matter Matters: On the Soul

(Photo of Amy Leon, taken by me) The soul is pictured by most to be an ethereal floaty thing that lives inside of us when we’re alive, and then gets released into the universe or goes up to heaven when we die (depending on your theology). Unfortunately there is no consistent usage of the termContinue reading “Matter Matters: On the Soul”