Michael Lloyd

RETHINK MEANING

The COVID-19 pandemic has spiritual implications and not just an economic impact. The pillars of people’s lives have been shaken.  Health and economic concerns abound. Will I get sick? Will I lose my job or, worse yet, my career? People’s faith is impacted. Where is God in the midst of suffering in a pandemic? Should we be waiting to return to normal? Or, instead, should we be focused on living through the present circumstances as well as possible. Michael will share some thoughts on rethinking how Christian leaders can effectively impact the marketplace in the present circumstances. 

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Revd Dr. Michael Lloyd is the Principal of Wycliffe Hall and was formerly the chaplain at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford and the Director of Studies in Theology at Christ’s College, Cambridge University. Dr. Lloyd has taught theology and doctrine at the University of Oxford, Cambridge University and St Paul’s Theological Centre, London.  He has published the popular introduction Café Theology and has a particular interest in the doctrine of evil, the problem of pain - and an inexplicable love of cricket.

Michael is the author of a popular-level systematic theology, entitled Cafe Theology, and a regular contributor to a theological podcast called The GodPod. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the Problem of Evil and helped edit a book on the Problem of Evil in the light of evolutionary theory and modern genetics. He loves walking, theatre, puppetry and music – and has an inexplicable love of cricket. A friend once said of him that he has the unique ability simultaneously to raise and lower the tone of any conversation.