All posts by Miriam Skinner

Mim is a twenty-something from London who has migrated to the North (but has unfortunately not found warmer weather). She's passionate about living sustainably, Christian community, playing scrabble and growing vegetables. She has been known to write songs about disabled mice and rap in French under the alias Mir-I-am (drop a beat now).

The glorification of glory stories

// The dominant form of story in our gatherings and conferences are those of victory. It's important to not forget the...

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The maybe culture

// Seems like we're miles away from the honesty and integrity of ‘letting your yes be yes and your no be...

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A spoonful of sugar helps the gospel go down

// It's OK to admit you're nervous and don't have the answers.

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The importance of being publicly crap on Instagram

// There is nothing that pushes the inadequacy buttons ...

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Notes on a women’s conference

// Women I don’t know are staring into my eyes, saying things like: “You’re an amazing woman of God”.

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What the Church can learn from drag

// Recently, thanks to a friend, I have been dipping my toes in the pool that is the drag scene.

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Graduation fail: welcome to the life party?

// WHERE IS MY BALL? I’M WEARING PRETEND EYELASHES

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A better way to be a do-gooder

// The culture of the professional do-gooder is disempowering to the individual wanting to lace their ‘do-gooding’ through the fabric of...

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WWJD? Stick it to the Man

// "I’m not suggesting we let ourselves be consumed by the burden of injustice, but I wish I had more of...

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Activism and narcissism and the ‘no make-up selfie’

// "If going out without make-up is a biggie for you and you’ve braved it this week, then truly and unsarcastically,...

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A ropey and dysfunctional community

// "Jesus’s disciples were a nightmare too. They ditched him on prayer nights out, pretended not to know him when he...

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PTL for Fruitful Evange: The jargon virus and the need for inclusivity

// "Like many other young charismatic evangelicals, I grew up in youth ministries that rejected much of the traditional church language...

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The hierarchy of sin

// And top of that list... you guessed it: sex.

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Introducing: Jesus the hipster

// "Trendy Christianity might bring people to church but friendship keeps them there, and sometimes friendship does not look trendy."

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On freedom and armpit hair

// The average woman shaves 7,718 times in her life for an average of 10.9 minutes a-go.

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No hugs please, we’re British

// Along with excessive hugging we’ve embraced singing worship songs with a Texan twang, and doing pastoral care in Starbucks.

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Flatulence, Irreverence and the Holy Ghost

// We were discussing, at a church youth group for 11 to 12-year-olds recently, who the Holy Spirit was.

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6 side-effects of salvation

// When you become a Christian, the ratio of hoodies to other types of clothes in your wardrobe will rise dramatically....

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Let’s ‘cha cha slide’ for Jesus: The rise of prescriptive worship

// If the whole church that was singing ‘we bow down’ actually bowed down, it would be carnage; we’d have to...

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Give to Cameron what is Cameron’s?

// The early Christians were all over breaking the law.

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