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 30, 2026

Society & Culture Arts

Podcast: The Saint John's Bible Heritage Edition at Regent and Beyond

The Saint John's Bible Heritage Program

The Saint John’s Bible is a handcrafted work of sacred art and Scripture, featuring over 160 illuminations. This conversation explores its history, craftsmanship, community engagement, and how artful, communal reading invites a slower, deeper encounter with Scripture.

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All Resources: Theology

Jan 29, 2026

Theology Bible Spirituality

Perfection and Speech about God’s Character in the Old Testament

Matthew Lynch

Exploring Old Testament portrayals of God, this article challenges perfectionist theology that isolates divine traits like mercy or nonviolence, arguing instead for an embedded, relational understanding of God’s character grounded in Scripture.

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.

Nov 4, 2025

Spirituality

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 27, 2025

Arts Spirituality

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 22, 2025

Spirituality Arts

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 15, 2025

Society & Culture Spirituality Theology

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 8, 2025

Spirituality World Christianity

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 2, 2025

Spirituality

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.

Sep 25, 2025

Arts Society & Culture Spirituality

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 22, 2025

Spirituality Society & Culture

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 16, 2025

Spirituality Theology

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

Spirituality Podcast World Christianity

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

Spirituality

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

Spirituality Bible

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

Bible Spirituality

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

Bible Spirituality

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

Bible Spirituality

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.