Motherhood, disappearing and reappearing
// When I arrived home, nine months of maternity leave stretched ahead of me - and that's something you can't write...
Written by Hannah Mudge
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
Let’s get naked
// Jesus’ unpredictable ministry was not the work of someone who had one eye on Jerusalem and one eye on Twitter...
Written by Andy Flannagan
Getting Christmassy and garlic stollen
// Back in the old days, Christmas was a simple affair for me. I’d spent most of December ignoring it and...
Written by James Cary
What’s the point in prayer?
// I pray quite often. But I have to admit, I probably spend more time wondering why I bother.
Written by Sarah Rowe
Unity hurts
// The thought of holding hands, sitting round a camp fire and singing 'kumbaya' with Nick Griffin absolutely fills me with...
Written by Chine McDonald
Bit of a balls-up: 5 things that make testicular cancer easier
// Some situations provide so much natural comedy they make you almost forget you may be making your wife a widow...
Written by Jonty Langley
Is internet dating biblical?
// It seems everything is available if you only think to look for it; even a husband.
Written by Allie Brown
Conkering injustice and NaNoWriMo
// I’m realising how much focus, determination and faith is required to achieve anything of lasting value.
Written by Jim Atkins
Shane Claiborne and the red-letter revolution
// People didn’t walk away from Jesus and say: “Man, he sure doesn’t like gay folks, or he’s so judgemental or...
Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose
Hanging on
// It's not because I think I'm too good for this so nobody should tell me how to do it, it’s...
Written by Hollin Cross
Sorry from the Church
// Becca Dean's letter to young women in the Church, following on from the General Synod vote on women bishops this...
Written by Becca Dean
Selling myself
// I’ve recently been made redundant. Despite that classic response of self-pity, there is comfort in knowing I’m not the only...
Written by Ian Ford
Lest we remember
// Is anyone else surprised that people actually chose to follow Jesus?
Written by Mike Hood
Why we need to say goodbye to grief
// At some point in our lives all of us will lose someone close to us. A parent. A beloved friend....
Written by James Prescott
I haven’t bought a poppy yet…
// Maybe I'll get a pin badge, or a sparkly one like those on X-Factor.
Written by Matt White
Is Sandy a Democrat?
// Could an act of God stop God's own party from winning the US election?
Written by Danny Webster
My flatmate is 93
// For 12 gloriously bizarre months I shared a council flat in Chelsea with a 93-year-old lady called Norma.
Written by threads
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