Expect great things

// I guess if you genuinely expect the world to end, then you live in a certain way.

Written by James Silley

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