By Dr. Vivienne Mountain, PhD Grief and loss will become a more dominant part of human life soon. Rebecca Huntley's book "How to Talk about Climate Change in a Way that Makes a Difference" comes from a secular perspective. Yet, in her chapter on how we cope with loss,...
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Social change, literature and the Bible: A reflection from a small room
Apr 16, 2020 | Reflections
* Please note: At the end of this post is an audio post, for those who prefer to listen to this post rather than read it. Amor Towles’ novel A Gentleman in Moscow, explores the downsized life of the character Count Rostov who is held under lengthy house arrest in the...
Where ideas flourish
Apr 13, 2020 | Reflections
Where do ideas flourish? Do they flourish in places of hardship and hunger? Do they flourish in places of need? Necessity is the mother of invention. Where do ideas wither? Do they wither when crushed under heavy boots, By those whose imaginations have been...
‘Touching’ in a Socially Distant Culture
Apr 2, 2020 | Reflections
Throughout my life of walking with Jesus of Nazareth, the story in which he reaches out to touch the man with a communicable disease, and in that action heals the man, has had a profound impact on me (Mat 8:1-4). Not only did Jesus seem to have no regard for his own...
Faith, discipleship, and clarity during a time of crisis
Mar 30, 2020 | Reflections
In this unprecedented season of response to a global crisis, there is a great opportunity for us to bring hope and confidence despite the shifting landscape. Christians have an advantage, not in being better than others, but in being better off. Three important...
What it means to belong
Mar 27, 2020 | Reflections
To belong is to be at home with ourselves through others.* It is interconnection. Differences with one another do not have to mean rejection, isolation or exclusion. Differences within acceptance bring growth, where others expand us beyond who we were before. There...
Three thoughtful practices for centring in hard times
Mar 24, 2020 | Reflections
These are certainly challenging times. Each day the landscape of our lives is changing, with the government giving new information about how we should be responding in light of the coronavirus. Below are three small things I believe as Christians we can do that can...