The World and Me

Paul McCabe, a former colleague of Sara's, joins The World and Me in today's episode. This is so that he can engage questions with Sara around what it's like to study war, whether wars of choice are moral, to reflect on current wars as well as the rise of Christian nationalism. War is an applied ethical issue and the various problems that are entangled within current conflicts are m...

Cancel Culture conversation with Clare Williams Sarpong. You will find Clare on Instagram as a digital creator with realquestionsuk.  There are many nuances to this conversation. We take justice seriously, as well as exploring the complications about living in a cancel culture age, particularly with the rise of social media.

Sara Stevenson explores a range of thoughts from Jonathan Haidt, Chesterton, C.S.Lewis, CBT and The Hobbit to think about how we start changing the label that we have in being, 'The Anxious Generation'. How do we change the story? The events of Easter are significant in conquering our deepest fear, and that is the catalyst for living one moment at a time in God's strength. Long term...

Manuela Maher joins Sara Stevenson online from Cairo! Manuela works within a university context and is trained in apologetics through @OCCA, The Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics where Sara and Manuela met. Manuela shares some thoughts on how to stick to your moral principles within the workplace. Manuela and Sara discuss examples of how we apply our faith in the public square.

Last week, Sara Stevenson outlined a cumulative case from moral evidence to believe in the existence of God. This drew upon both logical evidence as well as experiential evidence that Christianity provides a path for moral transformation. In this podcast, Dan Lacich chats to Sara about how to navigate shame, moral regrets and forgiveness and outlines what we should expect with moral transformation...

Tara Van Der Vliet hosts Sara Stevenson in a conversation examining the moral evidence for God. Sara explains how an abductive approach, or Sherlock Holmes style investigation, is the most explanatory for why God makes sense of objective moral facts as well as many aspects of human experience and what it is to be moral.

In this episode, Tara Van Der Vliet outlines some of her experience as a Pharmacist who is now working in Global Health. Sara Stevenson and Tara Van Der Vliet outline their ambition to see Christian apologetics bridge effectively to practical care as well as stories and lived experience. Sara and Tara push into some examples of how this might happen and share their hopes for The World and Me to be...

This episode tells the story of 'Global Leadership Geneva Bern', a story that we explored in our documentary (the first video on our YouTube channel). In this interview, Dr Benjamin Levi Moses explains how this charity serves the diplomats and ambassadors of the UN with a Christian ethos. Their incredible lived experiences provide a practical example of how the Christian worldview makes...

In the final part of an intriguing interview with Dr Benjamin Levi Moses, Benji shares a variety of reasons for believing in objective Christian morality. He discusses the work of the United Nations and its founding principles. Benji also makes the point that the necessity of objective morality becomes clear when you are faced with multiple pressures. God provides the authority for advancing human...

This is part 1 of a conversation with Dr Benjamin Levi Moses in which he shares his personal story of growing up in India and moving to Geneva to work with a Christian charity, 'Global Leadership Geneva Bern'. This charity serves the ambassadors and diplomats of the United Nations and over the course of our three part conversation, brings lived experience to our Series 1 Question, '...

We finish the final part of our mini series with a wide ranging conversation that includes engaging with evil and suffering, God and political systems and a consideration of how Jesus taught His disciples to engage with culture in practical ways.  Join Sara Stevenson, Tara Van Der Vliet and Dan Lacich for this discussion.

The World and Me resumes the conversation on 'The Culture Wars' by examining the role of the Church and considering what Church leadership might look like within societal division. What is the Church? What should our expectations be? How do we deal with disappointment and forgiveness? Join Sara Stevenson, Tara Van Der Vliet and Dan Lacich for this multi-faceted discussion.

In this episode, Sara Stevenson outlines the propaganda from Russia concerning the war. Secondly, Sara unpacks two different threats in the West that threatens the world order. One of these relates to the erosion of objective markers for human identity. The other considers how states relate to each other in the international system. Underpinning both is a rising illiberalism in western governments...

In this episode, Sara Stevenson welcomes Professor Paul Copan and Pastor Dan Lacich to the discussion. Many people feel frustrated when they are engaging in an ethical conversation, the debate never seems to make progress beyond 'stalemate' and rarely ends with a positive outcome. Paul, Dan and Sara remind of the importance to analyse the underlying moral worldview and moral framework in...

In this episode, we resume the conversation of how Christianity has become distorted within the 'Culture Wars in the West'. Join us as we discuss the need for multi-faceted skill-sets to come together to solve multi-faceted problems within our divided society, as well as the call on all Christians to reflect both the love and truth of Jesus. 

In this episode, we examine the claim from Putin's regime that Russia are 'the protectors of the Christian faith, whilst the West have turned their back on God.' The weaponising of the Christian faith by this political administration brings clarity to the culture wars in the West. Tara Van Der Vliet hosts Sara Stevenson and Dan Lacich in this discussion.

Co-hosts Sara Stevenson and Tara Van Der Vliet introduce 'The World and Me.' The World and Me is engaging Christian apologetics through broader lenses, aiming to bring ideas, people and places together in the same place.