Today’s young people are navigating tough terrain: cultural pessimism, social isolation, online outrage, and a growing hesitancy to express their thoughts openly. Teachers carry the weight of guiding students through these challenges while shaping school cultures marked by generosity, clarity, and hope. Dr Natasha Moore speaks into this moment with depth, nuance, and refreshing joy.
An award-winning author and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity, Natasha holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Cambridge. Her books For the Love of God and The Pleasures of Pessimism engage honestly and hopefully with some of the preoccupations of our cultural moment. With more than a decade of working alongside teachers and school communities, she offers clear insight into contemporary trends, the contributions faith has to make to the public square, and the challenges facing young people today.
Natasha’s sessions are marked by rich storytelling, humour, and precise, accessible language. She helps students understand the forces shaping their outlook – from the widespread pessimism many young people feel about the future to the pressures of identity and belonging – and gives them tools to think deeply, disagree well, and act with courage. For teachers, she offers encouragement grounded in realism: an invitation to approach their vocation with confidence, open-heartedness, and a renewed imagination for the good their work can accomplish.
Her talks leave audiences with something rare: space to breathe, to reflect, and to rediscover hope.
Natasha is based in Adelaide.
Speaking Topics
Welcome to the Apocalypse
Young people today are surrounded by messages that the world is collapsing – climate fear, global instability, online anxiety – and many carry a heavy sense of hopelessness. This session helps students and staff recognise where this pessimism comes from, how it shapes their outlook, and how to respond with clarity rather than despair. Natasha offers a grounded, thoughtful pathway toward hope, agency, and resilience, showing how the Christian story reframes fear with purpose and possibility.
Building Bridges in a Broken World
Christians often feel pressured or defensive in an increasingly polarised culture. This session reframes cultural engagement not as a battle to be won but as an opportunity for generous, open-hearted influence. Natasha explores themes of public faith, religious freedom, disagreement, and hope, helping educators resist “culture wars” thinking and instead cultivate a posture of wise, confident compassion. A session for staff seeking clarity, courage, and a renewed vision for shaping school culture.
Agree to Disagree?
In an age of outrage, many students feel afraid to express their views – or quick to shut down others. This session explores why disagreement feels so risky today and how we can recover the skills of humility, patience, and genuine listening. Natasha gives students practical tools for navigating difference without fear or hostility, showing that it’s possible to hold strong convictions and still love those who think differently.
The Life-Changing Magic of Mess
Gen Z is the most digitally connected – and yet one of the loneliest – generations in history. This session explores why real friendship feels so hard, why we gravitate toward “safer” online interactions, and why the best things in life require risk, awkwardness, and mess. Natasha speaks with humour and honesty about loneliness, connection, and the God who embraces the mess of relationship with us. A hopeful invitation for students to choose real, embodied community over curated distance.
How to Change the World
Students are constantly told to “find your passion,” “follow your heart,” and “change the world” – messages that are inspiring but often overwhelming. Natasha offers a more grounded vision of purpose shaped by the Christian idea of vocation: we have something meaningful to contribute, but we’re not required to carry the weight of the world. This session helps students and teachers think about responsibility, calling, and the freedom that comes from knowing we’re part of a bigger story.
For Natasha’s availability and other possible topics, reach out to our booking team.
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