Laidlaw College
Volume 27/Issue 3/2020
Editorial
As I write, today on the 11 May, the New Zealand Government announced that the COVID-19 limitations are to be further reduced from ... Read more…Guidelines for Contributors
Stimulus welcomes the submission of material for Publication. Read more…A Beautiful Light: An Aesthetic Reading of Isaiah 60–62
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you (Isa 60:1).[1] The spirit of the Lord GOD is ... Read more…A Pandemic, Science, and Faith
From the perspective of a biomedical scientist, the COVID-19 pandemic raises questions about the relationship between science and faith. Read more…A Gift of Friendship
At the beginning of lent in 2020 I began an Ignatian retreat-in-daily-life, using the First Spiritual Exercises developed by Michael ... Read more…Pastoral Considerations for a Pandemic
“Providing pastoral leadership in a pandemic” doesn’t appear in the handbooks of our seminaries and colleges. Read more…19/20
it isunstable internet connectionlego pressing sharp into foot fleshangry words exchangeddiminishing bank balancejob insecurity it ... Read more…Rhythm and Redemption: Lessons from the Monastics about Life in Confinement
From the outside, the monastery may seem like a prison. Read more…Coping with Coronavirus Disappointments: Five Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A version of this article was published on the ABC Religion & Ethics website, Monday 30 March, 2020, ... Read more…What to do with the Stranger?
Change has accelerated in our globalised world. Read more…Reading Philippians in a Pandemic
In recent weeks, I have been reading through Paul’s letter to the Philippians. It is interesting how our current context, living as we ... Read more…Pastoral Care from Prison
On Monday 23 March, the New Zealand government announced that the country was in Alert Level 3 and with forty-eight hours’ notice, ... Read more…Why Did Luther Not Flee From the Deadly Plague?
Martin Luther lived through the plague. He did so because he deliberately chose not to flee from it. Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic that ... Read more…ST Imulus: Friday Drinks
TGIF (with a nod in the direction of the Throne Room, because it was the Boss who created Fridays in the first place); it sure has ... Read more…“For such a time as this:” A Clarion Call in a Time of Crisis
Esther 4 is a sad chapter. Read more…Understanding the Pain of Identity Loss Brought on by COVID-19 Through the Lens of Genesis 3 and 11
COVID-19 has stripped many of us of all but essential needs. Read more…Structured for Mission: The gift of COVID-19
As the world responds to the COVID-19 pandemic the temptation could be to “pour energy into obsessing how to change structures and ... Read more…Cyprian’s Response to an Epidemic
Societies of the first centuries of the common era were no strangers to epidemics.[1] Read more…
