When social action is not enough
// "We often prefer charity to justice because challenging systems involves inevitable conflict with powerful vested interests for whom the system...
Written by Andy Flannagan
Let’s talk about circumcision
// "But FGM is an Islamic issue, so it’s just the Muslim mind-set that needs changing, right? Wrong. Tragically, it turns...
Written by Tomi Ajayi
The Wolf of Wall Street
// "Some have criticised The Wolf of Wall Street for glamorising the lifestyle of these money-grubbing conmen, but such critics are...
Written by Peter Marsay
Boy about town: the Twitter-candy crush saga
// I suppose I could unfollow her, block her, exorcise her from my life.
Written by Boy About Town
A belated happy birthday Facebook – from someone who never joined
// "I concluded early on that I wanted to cultivate friendships in the real world and the friends I had who...
Written by Annie Carter
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
Singleness is meant to be a gift, right?
// "And so I am learning that not only is there a joy in being single, but there is joy to...
Written by Megan Prosser
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
Hand-me-down faith
// "Religious correctness is as obnoxious as its political namesake to both those who believe and those who don't, and should...
Written by Dave Griffiths
When suffering won’t go away
// "As Dietrich Bonhoeffer said: “Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.”
Written by Luke Barrs
Play second fiddle
// "Leonard Bernstein, the late conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, was once asked to name the most difficult instrument...
Written by Andy Tilsley
From the sublime to the ridiculous
// Woody Allen once wrote in his widely-read private journal: “How can I believe in God when just last week I...
Written by Ed Mayhew
This year I’m going to get bored
// "And most importantly, stopping gives us the chance to connect with our maker. It gives Him the chance to break...
Written by Lucy Mizen
PTL for Fruitful Evange: The jargon virus and the need for inclusivity
// "Like many other young charismatic evangelicals, I grew up in youth ministries that rejected much of the traditional church language...
Written by Mim Skinner
How we rob ourselves of happiness
// "The UK has been ranked 16th in the world’s happiness index (2013), but is among the highest in opportunity and...
Written by Anya Briggs
Finding him in the void
// "But in our emptiness lies true potential. It seems as if the man in Jesus’ story missed the point. The...
Written by Esther Andrews
God and politics?
// "The age old maxim that faith and politics don't mix is perhaps the only way to keep your hands clean...
Written by Nicola Hulks
Is your Facebook life your real life?
// "Treasure the squeals of excitement from your friends more than the number of likes and retweets you get when you...
Written by James Watts
How to be a Christian Woman
// "And above all, don’t worry. Stop feeling guilty. God loves you just as you are."
Written by Hannah Malcolm
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