Greenflame

Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand

Welcome to Greenflame

The personal website for Stephen Garner


Recent blog posts

Aotearoa New Zealand, Digital Technology, Photography

Out on the street

A couple of weekends ago I took part in the practical part of a street photography workshop. The workshop also featured two online video meetups either side of the physical

Aotearoa New Zealand, General, Photography

Wellington in Black and Gold

The streets of Wellington are one of my happy places. The combination of years spent walking them in high school and when working after university, as well as living in

General, Photography, Technology

Westie power lines and the suburban landscape

One of the dominant features of West Auckland are the series of high tension power lines that run from pylon to pylon across the suburbs – across rivers and creeks,

Digital Technology, Faith & Religion, General, Photography

The Hasty Contemplative: Photography and Spiritual Formation

Really pleased to see my article “The Hasty Contemplative: the spirituality of street photograph” is out now in the latest issue of Refresh: Journal of Contemplative Spirituality (Summer 2023). It’s

Digital Technology, Faith & Religion, Photography

Photography and Spiritual Formation: The Journey So Far

When I started this blog post series a year or so ago I had no idea where it would end up, but after 12 posts it feels like time to

Digital Technology, Faith & Religion, Photography

Photography and Spiritual Formation (12): Nostalgia

Photography quite naturally lends itself to feelings and expressions of nostalgia, where nostalgia might be seen as a deep or wistful yearning or desire to reconnect or return to some

AI/Robotics, Digital Technology, Faith & Religion, Technology

Robot Theology (2)

Way back four years ago, I posted the first part of what I thought would be a series on robots, artificial, and theology. I guess life got in the way

Digital Technology, Faith & Religion, Gaming, Religion and Media

Videogaming Theology

Over at Awkward Asian Theologian, my friend Matthew Tan links to a book review he wrote recently on Frank G. Bosman’s Gaming and the Divine for Humanum Review. Tan, Matthew

Angels, Bible in Popular Culture, Demons, Faith & Religion, Jesus & Pop Culture, Pop Culture, Religion and Media

American Jesus: A Graphic Apocalypse in Three Parts

Reading Mark Millar’s American Jesus comic series.

Aotearoa New Zealand, Comics, General

Comics and Graphic Novels on Waitangi Day

Just a short post today highlighting some comics and graphic novels which might be of interest on Waitangi Day (and through the rest of the year too).