My ministry has focused on helping the church, and others, rethink our relationship with the rest of creation and our place in God's whole Earth family.  

 

Some of that is captured at ecofaith.org, including eco-faith communities (Bellingen and Adelaide), public talks, short videos and books, and my PhD.

 

My PhD thesis on evolution, ecology and theology was my opportunity to start integrating my past studies in zoology and environmental studies with my faith, and with my profession as a minister of religion. It was prompted by the number of students I met who thought they had to choose between being a Christian, or believing science.

 

I've also been the ecominister at Scots Church Adelaide, a uni chaplain, an environment officer in the Qld Uni Student Union, and a researcher for the Queensland Synod bioethics committee.

 

I have a passion for permaculture, which informs the slow unfolding of our forest home, where we've just finished wombling a "bathroom" and now have running warm water most days.

 

I appreciate the Uniting Church's professed desire for an intellectually credible faith, shaped by contact with contemporary thought, and its desire to remain a place where our diverse membership can continue as pilgrims of faith together.

 

Mobile: 0438 60 90 97 | E-mail: JasonJ@nswact.uca.org.au