In 1983, Miranda and Peter Harris and their three children (a fourth born later) moved to southern Portugal to establish Cruzinha: the very first A Rocha field centre, near the […]
Have you ever heard of the five Rs? Here they are: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. They are a useful model when you want to get started with fair […]
Two weeks ago, tropical storm Megi hit the Philippines, killing 42 people, and causing 17,000 people to flee. As Rodel Lasco says, ‘climate risks and climate hazards are an […]
“Well, I had to see a counsellor. I’ve never seen a counsellor. As a scientist, you’re not trained to deal with emotion, it’s just driven out of you.” This is […]
Shouldn’t poverty alleviation be the biggest global priority? Isn’t the world going to end anyway? Are climate activists trying to play God? These are all questions raised by well-intending individuals, who may not view climate change as a high risk. By addressing these questions, we can argue that Christians, and members of all faith systems, can play a key role in leading climate action.
There’s a phrase in Singapore, where I grew up, which has come to describe an aspect of our national psyche – kiasu. The word has come to mean a fear of losing out. Being kiasu is rooted in a deep insecurity, a state of being which isn’t unique to Singapore. We are deceived by a heart-breaking lie: that God has not given us all we need to thrive.
A friend this week asked me why I love the sky so much (‘I do mean that question genuinely’, they said). It gave me pause because I hadn’t considered my love of the sky to be overly notable. I also hadn’t actually ever given thought to the reasons why I do, in fact, love the sky.
