My church: stick or twist?
// So there’s my dilemma: I’ve committed for the long haul but I sort of wish I hadn’t.
Written by Anonymous
Nomad: Change takes time
// The world’s your oyster. The sky’s the limit. Anything is possible. And what’s more, you can live anywhere you like!
Written by Luke Smith
This may hurt a little…
// "Living in community sounds great. Yet in reality, I wonder if it's just too hard and we're too scared to...
Written by Matt White
Depression: it’s time for the Church to talk
// "Most of the key characters in the Bible wouldn’t be given a clean bill of mental health."
Written by Haydon Spenceley
Robbed in church: 4 things I learnt
// My handbag was stolen from under my chair in church...
Written by Sarah Stone
You are what you do?
// "Perhaps it is time to stop and ask ‘what drives me?"
Written by Hilary Walker
Spiritual abuse: why the Church needs to pay attention
// For some people, the experience of being in church can lead to hurt, pain and distrust.
Written by Lisa Oakley
The beauty of church diversity
// "Where else in the world would you find the street-sweeper not just sat next to the university professor but actually...
Written by Dan Steel
Church: we are all in this together? Yeah right.
// We should arrive broken and leave restored.
Written by Luke Taylor
A ropey and dysfunctional community
// "Jesus’s disciples were a nightmare too. They ditched him on prayer nights out, pretended not to know him when he...
Written by Mim Skinner
Recreation, selfies and being known: happy birthday Facebook
// "And yet, Facebook is social. It may be designed to revolve around me but it really does engender community."
Written by Danny Webster
Learning to appreciate
// You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
Written by Rachel Holmes
Have we lost the art of neighbourliness?
// It is our job as Christians to be those annoying neighbours who bake cookies like ‘desperate housewives’, coo over the...
Written by Becky Steed
Blessings in the things that are not
// Blessed are the high net worth individuals for they will fund the social justice initiatives
Written by Emily Bowerman
Introversion: the elephant in the room
// There’s an ‘elephant in the room’ that’s been intruding on Western social culture for a while now, and let’s not...
Written by Anya Briggs
False advertising
// “Shiny happy people holding hands”
Written by Becky Steed
Can you be a Christian and… ask lots of questions?
// “There’s a great tactic you need to know”, she said in hushed tones.
Written by Claire Jones
What am I like to live with?
// Grow up and tell the truth in love
Written by Clare Thompson
Young at heart
// Have we forgotten the older generation?
Written by Jess Trigg
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