The Regent Vine
Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College.
We’re delighted to share ideas and perspectives from a wide range of people within and beyond Regent’s circles. In articles and interviews, podcasts and videos, you’ll hear authentic voices speaking from experience and expertise about ideas that matter to our community and yours.
Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
The Regent Vine
Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College.
We’re delighted to share ideas and perspectives from a wide range of people within and beyond Regent’s circles. In articles and interviews, podcasts and videos, you’ll hear authentic voices speaking from experience and expertise about ideas that matter to our community and yours.
Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
The Regent Vine
Welcome to The Vine, a publication of Regent College. Join us for conversations that inform, challenge, and inspire.
Jan 9, 2026
Spirituality
Podcast
Podcast: Discovering God's Gentleness by Risking Rest
Carolyn Watts
This episode explores Carolyn Watts’ journey from obstetrics in Afghanistan to life with chronic illness. Drawing on her memoir Risking Rest, she reflects on God’s intimate care, the gifts of singleness, trusting Him in hardship, and embracing rest amid life’s pressures.
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Jan 9, 2026
Podcast: Discovering God's Gentleness by Risking Rest
Carolyn Watts
This episode explores Carolyn Watts’ journey from obstetrics in Afghanistan to life with chronic illness. Drawing on her memoir Risking Rest, she reflects on God’s intimate care, the gifts of singleness, trusting Him in hardship, and embracing rest amid life’s pressures.
Jan 8, 2026
Community: David Robinson Interview with the Pacific Podcast
David Robinson
In this engaging conversation, regular Vine contributor and Regent College faculty member David Robinson reflects on the life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, explores themes in marketplace theology, and shares insights from Regent College’s Master of Arts in Leadership, Theology, and Society (MALTS) program.
Jan 7, 2026
Calling Churches in Cascadia: Lessons from Regent Exchange
Rhonda M. McEwen
This article explores how churches in Cascadia discern and live out their collective calling amid cultural change. Through the Regent Exchange initiative, congregations learned to listen, adapt, and collaborate as learning communities, embodying God’s mission in their unique contexts.
Jan 6, 2026
Audio: Epiphany
Maxine Hancock
In this Epiphany chapel, Maxine reflects on Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1, inviting listeners to consider life “in Christ,” the hope of God’s calling, and the resurrecting power that forms lives of love and glory.
Jan 5, 2026
Video: Yohanna Katanacho on Faith, Justice and Peacemaking | Walk & Talk
Yohanna Katanacho
Yohanna Katanacho shares his journey from atheism to faith in Jesus, reflecting on love as a choice rooted in justice. Speaking from the Israel–Palestine context, he calls the church to reject hatred, affirm life, seek equity, and be pro-Christ peacemakers.
Dec 25, 2025
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Eugene H. Peterson
A twelve-part poetic meditation on Christmas and Epiphany, Eugene H. Peterson traces the gospel story from root to offering—light, waiting, conflict, joy, and gift—inviting readers to inhabit the mystery of Christ’s coming with wonder, honesty, and praise.
Dec 24, 2025
The Adventure of Waiting Well
Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson
Awaiting Christ’s return, Jesus’ parable of the talents reframes faithful waiting. Risk, not fear, marks obedience—but never at the cost of love. What God entrusts us with is meant to be multiplied through serving others, not buried.
Dec 23, 2025
Advent: The Poverty of Christ
Loren Wilkinson
Paul urges wealthy Corinthians to give by reminding them of Christ’s true “poverty”—God’s self-giving love made visible in Jesus. His sacrifice makes us new creatures, inviting us to embody that same generous, self-emptying love.
Dec 22, 2025
Advent: An Eager “Yes” to the Grace of God
Gordon Smith
Mary receives God’s astonishing call and responds with faithful surrender: “I am the Lord’s servant.” Her “yes” reveals both God’s grace and the disciple’s response. As we celebrate the Incarnation, we’re invited to hear God’s call and answer with our own courageous “yes.”
Dec 21, 2025
Advent: And Just Who is This Family?
Mary Ruth K. Wilkinson
Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 25:31–46 shows that loving those on the margins—the hungry, sick, and homeless—is loving Christ himself. Advent calls us to see and serve Jesus’ family in need, making each act of love a sharing of God-with-us and a foretaste of his coming kingdom.
Dec 20, 2025
Advent: Proclamation of Peace
Richard Thompson
Amid a world of violence and inner fear, Isaiah’s promised messenger and Jesus’ good news declare that God reigns. Though we still wait for his full peace at his return, he has already come—Immanuel—bringing true and lasting peace.
Dec 19, 2025
Advent: Hope Itself is Born
Cindy Aalders
Psalm 96 calls us to sing, even when suffering makes praise difficult. Anne Steele, despite deep loss, wrote hymns of hope. Christmas shows why: Christ entered our “vale of tears,” bringing light into despair. In him, hope is born—and we can sing a new song.
Dec 18, 2025
Advent: Meaning and Destiny
Paul S. Williams
Nebuchadnezzar’s troubling dream is revealed to Daniel: Christ is the true ruler and goal of history. Like Daniel in exile, we are called to interpret our culture’s longings and point dreamers toward Jesus—the Everlasting Man in whom all human hopes and fears find their meaning.
Dec 17, 2025
Advent: Son of David
Phil Long
God’s promise to David in 2 Samuel 7 establishes an eternal kingdom and anticipates the Messiah. Through Jesus, the ultimate Son of David, God’s covenant blessing extends to all, inviting awe and gratitude for his astonishing grace and care that surpasses anything we could offer in return.
Dec 16, 2025
Advent: Creator and Redeemer
Hans Boersma
During Advent, we sing in praise like Paul, reflecting on Colossians 1:15-20. Christ is both “firstborn over all creation” and “firstborn from the dead.” His incarnation and resurrection reveal him as Creator and Redeemer, giving eternal life and hope as we await his coming.
Dec 15, 2025
Advent: Christ the Gardener
Rosie Perera
Advent recalls Christ’s first and second comings, but also his work in Creation. Like Spicer’s "Easter Oratorio," Genesis 2 reveals Jesus forming, guiding, and redeeming. As we await Christmas, we remember the Word made flesh and look ahead to the garden he prepares for us.
Dec 14, 2025
Advent: Redemption Through Suffering
Eugene H. Peterson
Isaiah 53 shows that sin is redeemed not by condemnation but by Christ’s sacrificial suffering. We cannot save ourselves, yet we share in his reconciling work by bearing others’ sins with compassion. True salvation comes through the mystery of Another making us right.
Dec 13, 2025
Advent: God has Spoken
Sven Soderlund
A knight longs for God’s voice, but Hebrews declares God has spoken—fully through his Son. Jesus, sharing God’s very nature, creates, sustains, purifies, and reigns. Superior to angels in name, dignity, nature, and status, he accomplishes all this for the heirs of salvation.
Dec 12, 2025
Advent: A Divine Model
Gordon D. Fee
Paul highlights the Incarnation not to prove Christ’s deity but to model humility. Jesus emptied himself, became a servant, and died in obedience—revealing a God unlike selfish humanity. His self-giving love calls us to follow him in humble, sacrificial living.
Dec 11, 2025
Advent: The Trusting Servant
Maxine Hancock
This passage invites us to see Jesus as the true Suffering Servant—prayerful, obedient, and steadfast. His example exposes our shortcuts and calls us to trust God through darkness, relying on his will even when we cannot see it.
Dec 10, 2025
Advent: Pothole Theology
Bruce Waltke
Christians often feel stuck or unseen, yet God works through hardship. Like Christ, the servant seemed to labour in vain, but was ultimately honoured and brought salvation to many. Trust God to reward your faithfulness; your life is a sweet fragrance to him.
Dec 9, 2025
Advent: God Breaks In
Sharon Jebb Smith
Faithful Christians often feel exiled in a culture that obscures righteousness, yet Isaiah 42 offers hope. God breaks into our discouragement through his Servant, bringing justice, freedom, and light. He calls us by the hand, inviting us to hold and share this enduring hope.
Dec 8, 2025
Advent: Silent Reflection
Rod Wilson
Mary stands as a moving figure in the Christmas story, navigating awe, confusion, and the challenges of raising Jesus. From angelic announcement to adolescent mystery, she responds by quietly treasuring God’s work, modeling a posture of reflective faith before the incarnate Christ.
Dec 7, 2025
Advent: Comfort!
Paul M. Beckingham
Christ enters a broken, weary world in humility to bring deep comfort and radical redemption. Advent reminds us that God meets us in sorrow, invites us to rest in his love, and reveals his glory through comfort, healing, and hope.
Dec 6, 2025
Advent: Contemplative Prayer
Ross Hastings
Anna and Simeon show how contemplative prayer helps believers of any age “see Jesus.” Their example encourages seniors and guides all who seek a transformed, worshipful life with God.
Dec 5, 2025
Advent: God Forges a Path
Susan S. Phillips
Amid holiday joy that can feel hollow in seasons of grief, Isaiah’s promise reminds us that God meets us in our deserts. Christ comes to the margins—into danger, poverty, and longing—guiding our weary steps until a song of hope slowly rises within us.
Dec 4, 2025
The God Fruit
Luci Shaw
A poem by Luci Shaw first published in the fall 2013 issue of CRUX.
Dec 4, 2025
Advent: In Both Seasons
Gary Thomas
Matthew shows God’s rhythm of long waiting and sudden action—decades of silence surrounding Jesus’ early life. Our lives mirror this pattern: seasons of clear activity and quiet obscurity, yet in both, God is at work and we share in the life of Christ.
Dec 3, 2025
Advent: Expectant Waiting
Martha Zimmerman
Advent recalls humanity’s long wait for redemption—from Eden to Israel’s exile—trusting God’s promise of a coming Messiah. It invites us to expect, reflect, and receive Christ daily as we await his return.
Dec 2, 2025
Advent: On Bended Knee
Matt Canlis
A reflection on how fear of others’ opinions can hinder true worship, contrasted with the Magi’s bold freedom to seek and adore Christ alone.
Dec 1, 2025
Advent: A Tender Bud
Sarah Kathryn Craig
Isaiah’s tender bud of hope invites us to hear the cries of the oppressed and cultivate childlike faith, becoming signs of peace and kindness as God’s Spirit hovers over our world.
Nov 30, 2025
Advent: A Light in the Darkness
Uli Chi
Amid the chaos and suffering of a darkened world, Isaiah reminds us that darkness is not the end but the setting for hope. In the midst of despair, the Promised One—the great light—appears, revealing that even in darkness, God’s redemption is breaking through.
Nov 27, 2025
Three Bodies United in One: A Holistic Theology of the Body
Ross Hastings
A meditation on how the Lord’s Supper draws us back to who we are. Through Paul’s “three bodies,” the article invites readers to rediscover unity, worship, and identity anchored in Christ’s own life.
Nov 20, 2025
Quintessential Christian Humanist
Jens Zimmermann
J. I. Packer is remembered as a Christian humanist who saw faith as the path to full humanity. His Christ-centered vision united theology and culture, urging Christians to recover the gospel’s humanizing power and engage today’s questions of identity, dignity, and life in Christ.
Nov 17, 2025
On the Significance of Religion for Immigration Policy
Barnabas Aspray
Migration has reached record levels, yet debates are polarized. This article explores how Christian faith transcends politics, calling believers to welcome the stranger, bring compassion together with wisdom, and embody Christ’s self-giving love in shaping just and humane immigration ethics.
Nov 14, 2025
Podcast: Becoming God's Family
Carmen Joy Imes
Carmen Imes explores the biblical vision of the church as God’s family—messy yet redemptive. She calls for interdependence, honesty, and diversity in community, reminding us that God invites us into his family so we can extend that same welcome to others.
Nov 12, 2025
Excerpt: The Glory of the Ascension
Ross Hastings
The ascension of Jesus, often overlooked, completes his atonement and inaugurates his ongoing intercession as High Priest. It enables believers’ devotional life, granting access to God, holiness, and perseverance, linking his finished work with our continual spiritual growth and worship.
Nov 6, 2025
Video: Imagining the Kingdom: Parable, Poetry & Gospel
Malcolm Guite
Jesus engages our imagination through parables, paradoxes, and miracles, revealing truths beyond reason alone. The gospel is not “imaginary”; it is so real that our baptized imagination becomes a vital faculty for understanding and apprehending the depths of Christ’s Kingdom.
Nov 5, 2025
Podcast: Twenty Years at the Intersection of Trauma and Theology
Shelly Rambo
A conversation with theologian Shelly Rambo on trauma, faith, and healing. She explores how Christian tradition helps us live with what remains unresolved, regain spiritual authority, and sustain community after harm.
Nov 4, 2025
Audio: Finishing Well
J.I. Packer
In “Finishing Well,” J. I. Packer reflects on aging and Christian hope with humor and depth. Marking his 80th birthday, he contrasts society’s view of old age with Scripture’s wisdom, urging believers to live faithfully as they journey toward their true home with God.
Oct 31, 2025
The Horror of Hearing Without Listening
Jeremy Hunt
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s experimental soundtrack invites theological reflection on the act of listening. Jeremy Hunt argues that engaging with unsettling sounds can retrain us to listen deeply—cultivating empathy, attention, and presence in a noisy, distracted world.
Oct 30, 2025
Did Luther Nail It?
Iain Provan
Iain Provan explores how the Reformation reshaped biblical interpretation, emphasizing sola scriptura, the literal sense, and Scripture as God’s authority. He examines historical and contemporary questions about reading, understanding, and trusting the Bible in Christian life.
Oct 27, 2025
Re-Imagining Imagination Through a Photographic Lens
Levi Shiach
A photographer reflects on two images of the same scene—one spontaneous, one staged—to explore how imagination works not by control but by receptivity. True seeing, he argues, is about allowing the world and the Spirit to speak, cultivating attention that opens us to truth, beauty, and love.
Oct 24, 2025
Poetry: After the Alarm
Jolene Nolte
I woke to early autumn air, a cold pool
upon which I float in my four-poster bed. . . .
Oct 23, 2025
A Chlorine Dream
Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn
A childhood dream of Olympic glory fades as a young swimmer narrowly misses qualifying for nationals. Years later, she reflects on how lost ambitions, inspiring teachers, and unexpected turns led her from the pool to academia—and to pondering life’s deeper meanings while swimming laps.
Oct 22, 2025
Rediscovering Childlike Wonder: The Profound Allegory of "The Little Prince"
Fong Xue Ting
An analysis of The Little Prince, exploring its themes of childlike wonder, love, ego, and spiritual transformation through humility and imagination.
Oct 21, 2025
Video: Judith Wolfe on Eschatology and Christian Hope | Walk & Talk
Judith Wolfe
A conversation tracing the development of Christian eschatology from New Testament hope to institutional doctrine, touching on art and philosophy as expressed by figures such as Dante and C.S. Lewis. Philosophical theologian Judith Wolfe reminds us that eschatology explores what is ultimately true for individuals and the world.
Oct 20, 2025
Downtown Eastside Wisdom
Sean Beckett
A theology student explores wisdom in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside through interviews framed by Proverbs. Mistakes in approach lead to profound lessons: wisdom is communal, found in unlikely places, shaped by suffering, and deeply present in marginalized communities.
Oct 17, 2025
Podcast: The Book of Daniel
Aubrey E. Buster
This episode explores key questions about the Book of Daniel—its languages, themes of exile, divine deliverance, and apocalyptic imagery. Drawing on her commentary work, Dr. Aubrey Buster offers insights on Daniel’s message for faithful living while awaiting Christ’s return.
Oct 16, 2025
Video: Fully Human in a Broken World
Ross Hastings, A.J. Swoboda, Leah Kostamo
A lively panel discussion by three experts about engaging with the natural world— not just an onerous duty, but a natural response to the goodness of God.
Oct 15, 2025
Video: Alexander Chow on Christianity and Chinese Identity | Walk & Talk
Alexander Chow
An interview on Christianity and Chinese identity. Chow reflects on his journey of faith, explores Christianity’s history in China, and examines its diverse, transnational expressions shaped by centuries of cultural and political change.
Oct 14, 2025
Audio: The Man from Narnia
J.I. Packer
J.I. Packer reflects on C.S. Lewis’s life, imagination, and faith, exploring how his experiences shaped The Chronicles of Narnia and how the dynamic between author, reader, and story invites us into deeper understanding and wonder.
Oct 10, 2025
Considering the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Churchgoers
Amelia Hamiter
Amelia Hamiter reflects on her MATS thesis exploring the experiences of multiracial women in Metro Vancouver churches. Through interviews, she highlights the challenges of belonging, cultural invisibility, and exclusion, while pointing to the need for more inclusive, authentic Christian communities.
Oct 9, 2025
Video: Making Peace with Creation
Loren
Wilkinson,
Iwan
Russell-Jones
Poet and theologian Loren Wilkinson reflects on humanity’s impact on creation and the search for hope amid environmental crisis.
Oct 8, 2025
Hospitable Listening: The Experiences of Black Canadian and Taiwanese American Spiritual Directors
Rachel Hanna
This article explores how Black Canadian and Taiwanese American spiritual directors bring cultural awareness and deep listening to their practice. It calls for more inclusive, interculturally sensitive spiritual direction training shaped by diverse voices and experiences.
Oct 7, 2025
Expanding the Definition of ‘Woori’ as Faith Formation in a Secular Age
Angie Song
The Korean-Canadian immigrant church, rooted in the communal concept of woori (“we”), has long offered belonging, support, and faith formation. Today, second-generation members navigate secular influences while rediscovering woori through mentorship, hospitality, healing, and an inclusive community.
Oct 3, 2025
A Faithful Presence at the Intersection of Faith, Fashion & Academia
Fiona Dieffenbacher
Fashion meets faith in Fiona Dieffenbacher’s journey—exploring embodiment, identity, and the soul through style, Scripture, and scholarship.
Oct 2, 2025
What Open Heart Surgery Taught Me about My Embodied Soul
Jeffrey Greenman
After open-heart surgery, the author discovers firsthand the profound unity of body, mind, and spirit. Recovery brought not just physical weakness but mental fog and spiritual numbness, revealing how trauma reverberates through our whole being, and how God heals us as integrated, fragile souls.
Oct 1, 2025
CRUX Obituary: 1979–2025
Julie Lane Gay
CRUX, Regent College’s quarterly journal of Christian thought, concluded after 46 years and 184 issues. From its 1979 founding under James Houston to poetry by Luci Shaw and global scholarship, CRUX stayed true to its mission, shaping Christian discourse with depth, creativity, and faithfulness.
Oct 1, 2025
Speaking of AI, "From Work to Text"
Jeremy Stewart
Jeremy Stewart reflects on AI, writing, and vocation through his own practice of voice-typing during his commute. Engaging Aristotle, Barthes, and Christian faith, he explores detours, risks, and the question: who are we becoming with AI, and what does true flourishing mean in Christ?
Sep 29, 2025
The Saint John’s Bible Heritage Edition at Regent College: Ancient Art for the Modern Era
The Saint John's Bible Heritage Program
In this piece, The Saint Johns Bible Heritage Program shares the story behind a remarkable work of art, biblical interpretation, and creative engagement with Christian tradition.
Sep 26, 2025
Poetry: You’ve Made Your Bed
C. J. Berberich
A poetic lens on Isaiah 28 reveals pride, fear, and the nearness of God's true rest.
Sep 25, 2025
Video: Joy Marie Clarkson on Popular Culture and Faith | Walk & Talk
Joy Marie Clarkson
An interview on how art, literature, and metaphor shape spiritual formation. Clarkson explores how engagement with popular and classical works deepens moral imagination, reorients our view of death, and cultivates attention, empathy, and hope.
Sep 24, 2025
The Joys and Travails of Cross-Cultural Editing
Isabel Ong
Isabel Ong reflects on the challenges and joys of cross-cultural editing at Christianity Today. Her work with Majority World writers highlights how engaging diverse voices deepens understanding of Scripture, enriches the church, and fosters true global Christian fellowship.
Sep 23, 2025
When Work Becomes Our Calling
David Robinson
Critics warn that viewing work as a “calling” can lead to burnout and exploitation. A theological view sees calling as rooted in God, not career.
Sep 22, 2025
Motherhood, Vision, and Sacrament
Naomi Pattison-Williams
A luminous reflection on motherhood as a spiritual practice, where care, presence, and tender attention slowly shape a sacramental vision of everyday
Sep 19, 2025
Podcast: Rooted and Growing, a New Season at Regent
Paul Spilsbury
Regent’s new President, shares his vision of being “Rooted and Growing.” He emphasizes community, formation, and enrollment, offering hopeful insights for students in this new era of listening and learning.
Sep 18, 2025
Video: A Wilkinson Theology of Soup
Loren Wilkinson, Mary Ruth K. Wilkinson
Uncover the history and theology of Regent's most delicious tradition.
Sep 17, 2025
God Is with Us
Lissa M. Wray Beal
Jesus’ temple visit echoes Exodus: God’s glory once filled the tabernacle; now Christ is that glory, dwelling with us to make us his holy temple.
Sep 16, 2025
From the Magnificat to the "Blue Marble": Reflections on 21st-Century World Christianity
Diane Stinton
Mary’s Magnificat and the "Blue Marble" photo both reveal God’s great reversals—uplifting the lowly and expanding global faith, mission, and unity.
Sep 16, 2025
Must Theology Be Practical? Musings for Theology’s Current Moment
Graham Hoppstock-Matson
Theology bridges thought and practice, guiding believers to know God deeply and live faithfully, uniting mind and action in the life of the church.
Sep 16, 2025
Video: Mabiala Kenzo on Postcolonial Theology | Walk & Talk
Mabiala Kenzo, Jessamin Birdsall
An interview on the significance of postcolonial theology for the renewal of Christian theology worldwide. Kenzo reflects on how perspectives from the margins can challenge and enrich dominant theological frameworks, and he shares his hopes.
Sep 16, 2025
Mother God: Theology Born in Pain
Yare Vargas
A mother reflects on how becoming a parent reshaped her understanding of God—not as a distant male figure, but as a suffering, enduring Mother. Through pain, exhaustion, and silence, she discovers a divine presence rooted in love, sacrifice, and the quiet strength of femininity.
Sep 16, 2025
Audio: Knowing God
J.I. Packer
In this talk, J.I. Packer reflects on his classic Knowing God (1973), originally developed from a series of articles. He emphasizes its central message: knowing God is not mere knowledge but a personal relationship of trust, response, and vulnerability.
Sep 16, 2025
A Mutual Exchange: Why Theology Needs the Church
Rhonda M. McEwen
The article calls for theology to be rooted in the lived experience of the local church, highlighting a contextual, practical, and dialogical approach. It urges theological institutions to engage with real-life issues through partnership with congregations, fostering “theology for life.”
Sep 16, 2025
Learning to Enjoy Joy: God’s Gift for Moments like This
Sebastian Dortch
A journalist caring for parents with dementia reflects on the deep challenges, mortality fears, and faith struggles this brings. Through Scripture, personal trials, and caregiving, he learns joy is not earned but gifted by Jesus, and often discovered in hardship and surrender.
Sep 16, 2025
Podcast: Indigeneity, Spirituality, and the Church
Cheryl Bear
Singer-songwriter Cheryl Bear explores the intersection of Christian faith and First Nations culture. Is Indigenous spirituality monotheistic? How does it relate to the gospel, and how does Jesus redeem cultural narratives? (This episode of the Regent College Podcast was recorded on Sept. 25, 2020.)
Sep 16, 2025
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Imagination for Being Human
James Smoker
Coleridge reimagined humanity not as machines, but as divine image-bearers with moral freedom, imagination, and mystery. He saw each person as unique, interconnected, and capable of friendship with God, a vision opposing dehumanizing views of his time and affirming sacred personhood.
Sep 16, 2025
Cave Spirituality: A Sermon on Psalm 142
Ross Hastings
Psalm 142 reveals “cave spirituality”—a space of lonely, honest lament. David cries out from grief, loss, and fear, yet finds refuge in God. Lament invites raw emotion, silence, and lucidity. Even in deep sorrow, God meets us, and community begins to form again.
Sep 16, 2025
I Am Because You Are: Reclaiming an Identity in Christ Upended by the South African Story of ‘Apartness'
Linda Chonco
Struggling to embrace my identity in Christ after Apartheid's lies, I seek healing by reclaiming God's truer story over the one that wounded me.
Sep 16, 2025
Faith that Makes Us Indigenous
Marcelo Vargas A.
This article explores Christian faith as a new Indigeneity, rooted not in land or ancestry, but in the Kingdom of God, reshaping identity, home, and belonging.
Sep 16, 2025
Podcast: Wisdom in a Secular Age
Gordon Smith
Gordon T. Smith reflects on how the Church can thrive in a secular age. Drawing on Scripture and his book Wisdom From Babylon, he explores whether post-Christian culture is a threat—or an opportunity—for faithful and wise Christian leadership.
Sep 16, 2025
Podcast: Urban Geography, Race and Gentrification
David Leong
In this episode David Leong discusses urban geography, race, and gentrification. He examines how urban development affects communities of color and explores the role of the Church in addressing these challenges.
Sep 16, 2025
In the End is the Beginning: Reflections on Why We Love Stories About the End of the World
Mary McCampbell
Contemporary fascination with apocalyptic and dystopian stories reflects deep cultural anxieties and a longing for meaning. These narratives expose the failures of secular progress, critique societal complacency, and ask enduring human questions about purpose, identity, and hope amid collapse.
Sep 16, 2025
Artificial Intelligence and the Diminishment of Human Identity
Jens Zimmermann
True danger lies not in machines thinking, but in losing our personhood and sense of being truly human.
Sep 16, 2025
Will There Be AI Zombie Songs in Heaven?
Jonathan Lipps
Human creativity reflects divine design and personal growth; unlike AI-generated art, true art stems from soul, struggle, and transformation.
Sep 16, 2025
When the Soul Grows Weary: An Invitation to Humility
Claire Perini
Feeling overwhelmed and weary, the author found healing through rest, humility, spiritual practices, and encountering God in life’s messiness.
Sep 16, 2025
The Scars of the Resurrected Christ: What They Teach Us About Trauma, the Christian Life, and Vocation
David C. Wang
Explores how Christ’s scars speak to trauma, emotional formation, and ministry, calling for a theology that embraces woundedness and healing.
Sep 16, 2025
MAID and the Given Life
Jared Borders
This article explores Canada's MAID program through historical, theological, and ethical lenses, challenging the notions of autonomy and suffering. It calls the Church to respond with compassion, a theology of life as gift, and a commitment to care rather than eliminate suffering.
Sep 16, 2025
Podcast: A New Language for the Sexual Crisis of Our Generation
Sarah C. Williams
Sarah Williams explores today’s sexual identity crisis, urging a deeper grasp of history and more nuanced language to foster healthier conversations about marriage, sex, and identity.
Sep 16, 2025
Podcast: Climate Theology and Storytelling
Everett Hamner
Everett Hamner shares how his Regent journey shaped his focus on ecotheology, climate literature, and global crises. Drawing on works like Richard Powers’ Playground, he weaves science, faith, and art to imagine truthful, hopeful futures.
Sep 16, 2025
Disruptive Questions Posed in Love
Conor Wilkerson
At Regent’s atrium, “disruptive questions posed in love” spark growth—humble, heartfelt inquiry that deepens faith, learning, and human connection.
Sep 16, 2025
Limiting Love and Excluding Empathy?
Krish Kandiah
This article critiques how Christian faith is being misused to justify exclusion and hate in right-wing politics. It calls the Church to reclaim its prophetic role through true discipleship, rooted in love, justice, and the radical, inclusive message of Jesus.
Sep 16, 2025
Why the Church Needs Sociology
Jessamin Birdsall
Sociology helps the church see and understand social realities that shape human behavior, offering insight into issues like race and class. While theology gives vision, sociology offers tools for diagnosis. Together, they help churches more effectively pursue justice, inclusion, and transformation.
Sep 16, 2025
The Paradoxes of God’s Physical Presence in the Old Testament
Matthew Lynch
The Old Testament wrestles with the paradox of seeing God—depicting Him as near yet veiled, visible yet ungraspable, always beyond human comprehension.
Sep 16, 2025
Reading with Strangers: A Hermeneutics of Hospitality
Brittany N. Melton
A hermeneutics of hospitality invites diverse voices to the table—reading the Bible with openness, trust, and a life-giving, communal lens.
Sep 16, 2025
Six Surprising Ideas the KJV Translators Had About Other Bible Translations
George Guthrie
How KJV translators valued all Bible translations as tools for God's mission—welcoming updates, variety, and ongoing improvement for the Church.
Sep 16, 2025
The Practice of Lament: Teaching Students to Grieve Biblically
Alejandra Ortiz
A reflection on teaching lament through Scripture—showing how biblical lament invites honest, prophetic response to pain, injustice, and hope in God.
Sep 16, 2025
Is Lectio Divina Just Making Stuff Up?
Bruce Hindmarsh
Lectio divina, often misunderstood as exotic or mystical, is reclaimed here as the historic and prayerful reading of Scripture. Rooted in Christian tradition, it integrates reading, meditation, prayer, and contemplation, drawing believers into deeper communion with God through Scripture.
Sep 16, 2025
Podcast: Gender in the New Testament
Amy Peeler
Amy Peeler explores Mary’s role and God’s inclusion of women in Christianity, reflecting on Jesus’ maleness, God’s fatherhood, and Paul’s views in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11. Her thoughtful, encouraging approach sheds light on often-overlooked aspects of faith.
Sep 16, 2025
Video: Art, Conflict and Healing: Case Studies from Northern Ireland, China and Ukraine
Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin
This lecture explores contemporary artists—Bogside Artists, Ai Weiwei, and Ukrainian creators—whose powerful works respond to conflict and oppression.
Sep 16, 2025
Poetry: Genesis
Jolene Nolte
Rainbows are rare here because they require both rain
and a low-angled, unobscured sun...
Sep 16, 2025
The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art
Jonathan Anderson
Religion has shaped modern art, yet art history often ignores it. This article urges deeper study of theology’s hidden role in contemporary art.
Sep 16, 2025
The New Jerusalem
Daniela Amestegui
A multicultural tapestry reimagines the New Jerusalem as a familiar, earthly city where God's Spirit weaves together diverse cultures in sacred unity.
Sep 16, 2025
"Music for the Brain and Booty"
Jonathan Saunders
Snarky Puppy’s music blends groove, intellect, and community, resisting reductionist views of humanity. Rooted in gospel, it unites body and spirit, revealing transcendence through deep human experience and offering a vision of the image of God made whole.
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Stanley’s “Holy Box”
Iwan Russell-Jones
Stanley Spencer’s “holy box”—the Sandham Memorial Chapel—honours WWI soldiers with art that blends the sacred and the everyday. His vivid Resurrection paintings portray embodied, joyful renewal—revealing hope, holiness, and divine presence in ordinary life and human suffering.