How not to have an affair
// I know people who have had affairs. They’re all good people who made stupid mistakes. Stupid mistakes leading to irreconcilably-damaged...
Written by Nathan Jones
Why you’re holy – even if you watch porn
// Sex is everywhere. A constant bombardment. I live in Phnom Penh, a deeply sexualised culture with massage parlours on every...
Written by Steve Edwards
Sex saturation, disconnect and healing
// Christians and the Church are particularly known for passing comment, judgement and instruction about sex and pointing the finger at...
Written by Harriet Long
Wedding night fails: tales from the honeymoon suite
// There’s nothing like the pressure on Christians for a perfect marriage night. From the bride of Christ to the love-drunk...
Written by Charis Gibson
Everyone’s talking about it
// ...apart from the Church it seems. So we thought we'd open up the discussion to see what our community thinks...
Written by threads
Elusive inner peace
// In areas of new age we see a smorgasbord of mystical tradition and practice to get to grips with, and...
Written by Helen Bradley
The story of a generation
// I wanted to join the army in order to be that good soldier.
Written by Chine McDonald
I know I’m stressed when…
// I start talking to myself. In plural ‘We need to buy milk, then we're going to...'
Written by threads
Tips for the socially awkward in party season
// Nervous about the work do or spending every night having to socially interact? Here are a few tips for the...
Written by Ruth Mawhinney
Take the peace
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Written by threads
Breathe
// I’m deliberately abandoning the enterprise of making sense of myself. I breathe in, I breathe out. The silence hisses, neither...
Written by Francis Spufford
Bearers of hope in the middle of despair
// Just when the Goliaths of brutality and despair threaten to overbear, we recall threads of hope.
Written by David Smyth
Photos from the frontline
// Four stunning images from army photographer Steve Blake, including his runner-up entries to this year's Army Photographic competition.
Written by Steve Blake
Breaking free from the vultures
// I did not realise that the relationship I had with a guy I'd known for nearly 10 years was abusive...
Written by Jem Oruwari
The humans are dead (the end of history and our last stand)
// Now you, being an informed kind of person, may think that superhitech singing Kiwi robots with killer dance moves and...
Written by Jonty Langley
The future edition
// threads bring you our first online edition including Jonty Langley on why the future isn't set in stone, Paul Kerensa...
Written by threads
Voices of the future
// A smorgasbord of up-and-coming musicians from Bastille to King Charles.
Written by Angeline Liles
Your history is someone else’s future
// The question is not so much will you make history? The real question is: what kind of history will you...
Written by Matt Summerfield
Decisions, decisions – facing your future
// Wouldn’t it be great to have specific and unmistakable guidance from God, especially for the big questions? Am I in...
Written by Krish Kandiah
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