Borrowing time

// A reflection on Ecclesiastes.

Written by Joanna Leighton

3 people we don’t pray for

// Ahead of National Prayer Weekend, we look at the people we're least likely to pray for

Written by Emily Owen

5 authors you didn’t know were Christian

// This article was written for the GOODFRUIT Literary Contest - organised by GOODFRUIT in collaboration with threadsUK.com.

Written by Dee Atkins

Sticks, stones and snouts

// A brief response to '#piggate'

Written by Nick Parish

Can you be a Christian and a glamour model?

// Last month, a Nuts and Zoo glamour model was baptised off the coast of Cornwall.

Written by Beth Gault

Burrowing beyond the uncomfortable

// None of us have been put here to settle.

Written by Hannah McPhillimy

We have to talk about our future

// Acceptance and welcome aren’t real if they depend on one fitting into a culture-shaped box.

Written by Dave Magill

Why we’re all just dying for a little bit of honesty

// What is it about the church community that makes us so tempted not to be honest with one another?

Written by Emma Fowle

The day I lost hope

// As I stared at the ashes where the flame had been, I decided that I was finished. Later that day, I tried to take my own life.

Written by Rachael Newham

Why I was wrong about writing off Giles Fraser

// Disagreement shouldn't mean dismissal

Written by Tim Wyatt

5 ways to help a friend with mental illness

// It can be a little scary trying to pick the right thing to say, so here's some advice from Rachael Newham from Think Twice.

Written by Rachael Newham

Barely human

// At some point in the future, we’ll forget our common humanity and will return to what we know best - ourselves.

Written by Matt White

Having my roots done

// In the midst of newness, development or change, not everything we leave behind stays behind.

Written by Matt White

5 surprising joys from a Wi-Fi-free holiday

// It’s the epitome of ‘first world problems’, enough to make a quivering wreck out of your average millennial.

Written by Robin Ham

What’s my dream?

// Having the liberty to dream, allowing ourselves the freedom to dare to dream and discover the things that make our...

Written by Pete Waugh

So you have a dream. Now what?

// As we celebrate the 52nd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have A Dream speech, here are six thoughts...

Written by Gemma Brown

A night at the Village Vanguard

// How a night at New York's most famous jazz bar helped me understand the diversity and unity in the Church.

Written by Stu Bothwell

Sunken ship – recruiting now

// We messed up.

Written by threads

Boarding the sinking ship

// I don’t know how we avoid the iceberg, but I do know that abandoning ship isn’t right either – someone’s...

Written by Liz Clutterbuck

The problem with being pro-something

// Being 'anti-something' is easy.

Written by Cameron Stewart