Singleness: What’s all the fuss about?

// Miriam Skinner implores us to stop rabbiting on about relationships.

Written by Mim Skinner

The church of Biodanza

// While taking a class in Biodanza, Alex White hugs strangers, gets his face stroked and realises it's really not that...

Written by Alex White

We don’t want to talk about it

// The Christian world, and more importantly the world of Rick Warren and his family was rocked with the news that...

Written by Rachael Newham

Putting the right shirt on

// Wouldn't it be great if people were drawn to me not because of the colour shirt I am wearing, but...

Written by Tim Bechervaise

Maggie and me: on Thatcher, sin and grace

// As soon as I start to take it upon myself to decide who's in and who's out, I can't help...

Written by Chine McDonald

It’s a baby

// In an abandoned half-built building in Lebanon, Katie Harrison discovered Syrian refugee families sheltering, and one very tiny baby.

Written by Katie Harrison

Settling for scraps

// He dismissed her with silent awkwardness, leaving her to feel that she was not good enough.

Written by Danny Webster

The guest service; a question of balance?

// This Easter, I attended a service that was definitely not aimed at guests, seekers, or new Christians - no more...

Written by Hannah Mudge

Compassionate capitalism

// Why some people have a responsibility to earn the big bucks

Written by Hannah Kowszun

The UK is not skint: in defence of social security

// Those in work are not subsidising those on benefits. Those in work often are those on benefits.

Written by Andy Walton

When it all gets hazy

// The way I see it, we can hang an awful lot on whether Jesus rose from the dead. See, if...

Written by Luke Briggs

Is the welfare system Christ-like?

// In short, the UK is skint.

Written by Gareth Streeter

Why faith should hurt

// God never promised that staying close would be easy.

Written by Claire Musters

On godliness and giving blood

// I could be giving myself to a drug dealer, a gang leader, a child abuser or murderer.

Written by Chris Ware

Washing away the dirt that chokes

// By washing the feet of 12 young offenders in a penal institute, Pope Francis has begun his papal ministry with...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

The return of The Voice and the demise of talent

// Why is anyone still watching?

Written by Angeline Liles

The Top Gear approach to church

// I spend a lot of time in church feeling pretty bored and laughing politely at jokes that I would ignore...

Written by Jamie Cutteridge

What living with room-mates taught me about marriage

// I’ve learned as much about marriage from brushing my teeth next to my room-mates as I have from any sermon,...

Written by Lyndsey Graves

Vampires, shampires and sin

// Vampires are everywhere: comics, TV, films, even smart-phone skins and Lego key-chains.

Written by Jon Horne

The British Good Samaritan

// In the week we’ve seen the awful conditions and dire need for emergency funds in Syria, we can be proud...

Written by Joe Ware