Illness and God

Accessing the Divine: attending the BTIC conference 2023

I was pleased to be able to watch, over zoom, the second ‘Accessing the Divine’ conference, held by Boston Theological Inter-religious...

Depression and faith: is it okay for a Christian to be depressed?

I’ve been thinking about depression and Christianity these last few days as the topic came up in a recent sermon at my church. It’s a...

Standing to worship: does it exclude disabled people?

Yesterday I came across this tweet from Heather Renee Morgan, @H_R_Morgan: “"Stand if you are able" isn't the inclusive statement people...

Redemption of pain

This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...

Suffering and character

This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...

Hard-heartedness

This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...

Pain in our culture

This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain;...

The experience of pain

A good friend recently asked my opinion on an article on a Christian response to pain. This and the next four blog posts have come from...

What does God teach us when we suffer?

I’ve been talking a lot with my family recently about appropriate responses to suffering. One of the most common responses I’ve come...