Notes on Deconstruction: A Review of Brian McLaren’s “Faith After Doubt”
Andrew Clark-Howard reviews Brian McLaren’s latest book, exploring some of the gifts and difficulties it might offer faithful doubters.
Challenging the Evil of Modesty Culture
Jaimee van Gemerden interrogates the effects of modesty culture and the objectification of women that it upholds and entrenches.
Gym Bros with Jesus? Towards Bodybuilding as Play
Elisha Smith reflects on gym culture, bodybuilding, and how it interacts with a theology of sport and play.
Unequally Yoked? My Experience Dating a Non-Christian
An anonymous author shares their experience dating a non-Christian and challenges some of the things they learnt about such relationships growing up.
Zoom Church: The Bad, the Weird, the Great
Stu McGregor reflects on gathering his own community as a minister via Zoom and explores the weird world of virtual reality church.
How Hillsong’s Imperialism is Stifling Our Churches: The Homogenisation of CCM and Worship Music
Josiah Carr explores how the global dominance of neo-Pentecostal churches such as Hillsong shapes and suppresses local and indigenous forms of worship and music.
Diary Entry: Birthday in Lockdown
Andrew Clark-Howard reflects on having another birthday during a lockdown.
Publishing “Picard’s Pick’s”: The Untold Story
Rebecca Hooper investigates a local mystery within the student community of Carey Baptist College.
Is My Phone Changing Me? Digital Discipleship in a Secular Age
Marcus Brooking discusses phone usage and spiritual formation in our modern age.
Disability in Our Ministry: Towards Inclusive Church
Wade Limpus explores how churches can overcome barriers for fellow believers and neighbours with disabilities.
Redeeming Periods: A Spirituality of the Menstrual Cycle
Grace Paddison reflects on different cultural and theological attitudes regarding menstruation and explores better ways of living with and in tune with periods.
My Call to Fatherhood: Reimagining Our Narratives
Matt McKirland shares about his experiences as a primary caregiver and imagining new horizons in our understanding of parenthood.
Poetry: Wake Up, Tangata Tiriti
A poem from Etienne Wain reflecting on living in “the promise made under / the Waitangi sky.”