What’s in a name?

// “A name, for me, is a short way of working out what class that child comes from,” Hopkins said.

Written by Ruth Garner

If God invented sex, how come it’s so complicated?

// What no one ever told us is how complicated sex can be when you are married.

Written by El Edwards

Resurrection: from religion to real faith

// It is possible for someone to attend worship, hear the stories and pray, yet never know the life-giving reality that...

Written by Cris Rogers

Do we really need leaders?

// Perhaps, like a candidate on The Apprentice, we feel the need to start each task by appointing someone to take...

Written by Matt White

Weren’t we all going to change the world?

// God’s plan meant excitement, risk, facing down knife-wielding lunatics in alleyways, welcoming drug addicts into my home, letting them raid...

Written by Fiona Spence

Two become one? The great surname conundrum

// Hannah Mudge asks if you take your husband's name if you're letting down the sisterhood?

Written by Hannah Mudge

Myth 5: Work sucks! Early retirement is the dream.

// Sat in a taxi at 2am, after another 16-hour day, I wonder what on earth I’m doing with my life.

Written by Jeremy Moses

Glued to the box

// Hi, my name is Sam and I’m an addict…

Written by Sam Buck

Strengthen your core

// What does it mean for a Christian to strengthen their core? This question was brought on by a recent revelation...

Written by Graham Stevenson

Is our evangelism like spiritual mugging?

// If a passing pedestrian is about to be caught in a bomb blast and doesn't know it, then pulling them...

Written by Danny Webster

Girl about town: Get a room!

// I, Girl About Town, pledge never to become one of those couples. You know the ones that take Jesus's words,...

Written by Girl About Town

We found love in our silver years

// Kathy, 80, and Henry, 78, recently married after meeting through the internet. We caught up with the newly-weds to find...

Written by Henry and Kathy Johnston

World’s best dad?

// A report out this week from the Centre for Social Justice revealed that there are nearly two million single parent...

Written by Jennie Pollock

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.

Written by Mim Skinner

Gluttony: If ‘you are what you eat’ then what are we becoming?

// The only categories of books to experience a recent rise in sales are food and drink, and religion.

Written by Rachel Helen Smith

Lust: Is it really all that bad?

// It's his shoulders that are deadly. I'd like to claw at them. I'd like him to push me against a...

Written by Andrea Boden

Envy: Why Facebook is making us all green

// Motherhood is, so far, the worst stage of life for becoming envious. The problem is there will always be someone...

Written by Hannah Silley

Wave the banner high

// The courage, tenacity and verve of the suffragettes is one which should inspire us all. It was far from the...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Greed: Why more is never enough

// Greed is always there. Greed wants more, no matter what the cost. Greed tells you it's just this once. A...

Written by Matt Crossman

Girl about town: The talker

// Girl about town's quest for love continues but this time she can't get a word in edgeways. It's just that...

Written by Girl About Town