BEING HUMAN

On March 13, I had the privilege of speaking to the Advisory Board on Ethics of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe, which was gathered for its Workshop on Uncertainty and Preparedness. That this body (representing Protestant churches across the continent) is asking these questions at all is itself critically significant. That they are asking them together with voices from Ukraine, from Finland, from other countries that know what…

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How Russia’s War Against Ukraine Forces Theology to Speak More Precisely It was a privilege to speak today at the Ukrainian Catholic University’s Faculty of Philosophy and Theology, and be joined by colleagues from Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, Lithuania, and other countries, as well as across Ukraine. The seminar was taking place in Lviv, on Ukrainian soil, on March 9, 2026. More than four years have passed since…

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#БутиЛюдиною. Кілька рефлексій про насильство, помісну церкву і те, що в цій публічній “розмові” часто не чують… Є речі, про які помісна церква часто або іноді воліє мовчати. Явище насильства – одне з них. Мовчання може бути з різних причин: через страх, незнання, як діяти, зневіру, байдужість. Але мовчання – це теж не нейтральна позиція. У контексті насильства мовчання завжди виявляється на боці кривдника, хоче воно того чи ні. І…

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Smile on, Gwynplaines! The Man Who Laughs… I have read this book by Victor Hugo three times. The first time was somewhere in my teenage years. It felt like watching an adventure unfold. The second time I read it while studying for my master’s degree in Leuven. By then, the book was no longer an adventure but philosophy, as I was going through a period of inner crisis due to…

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