Why I felt better in prison than the pub

// Most girls know how to handle themselves in the face of a group of rowdy boys.

Written by Anonymous

Black Friday: boycott or buy into?

// "But how should we react to a day like Black Friday as followers of Jesus?"

Written by Paul Robinson

Wait for it… Wait for it…?

// "Surely Christians should be the best celebrators during the Christmas period? After all - we know the kingdom of God...

Written by Phil Hoyle

Thanksgiving: How not to give thanks

// Three things we don’t do when someone gives us something

Written by Hannah Malcolm

Why suffering?

// "Oftentimes we wish we could take suffering out of our world while keeping everything else the same. But it doesn’t...

Written by Dr Vince Vitale

An ode to Christmas

// A poem seemed more fitting rather than writing an academic piece on the matter.

Written by Gemma Brown

Does it really have to be all about the presents?

// Two years ago, I announced to my family that I no longer wanted them to buy Christmas presents for me.

Written by Emma Fowle

Sexism in space

// "I’m glad we’re talking about both women in STEM and the Philae news, but it’s like both important issues have...

Written by Emily Sturgess

What’s wrong with rights

// "The sole and most important right any of us have is the right to be called children of God."

Written by Haydon Spenceley

When prayer doesn’t work

// "You heard it here first, ladies and gents: threads Writer Says Prayer 'A Sham'."

Written by Jennie Pollock

The importance of being publicly crap on Instagram

// There is nothing that pushes the inadequacy buttons ...

Written by Mim Skinner

Are we getting the Gospel wrong?

// "The gospel is this an amazing tapestry, woven together throughout the whole Bible and beyond."

Written by Anya Briggs

I’m being suffocated by my iPhone

// "I'm married to my wife, not my smartphone"

Written by Thomas McConaghie

The hope in our stars?

// Why Interstellar is wrong about space travel and right about love.

Written by Caleb Woodbridge

Why should we mark International Day of Prayer

// "Persecution may not feel real to me. But it is real for too many."

Written by Jay Niblett

Broken humanity

// "Memory is hard work."

Written by Lynda Davies

Secret church

// As an 8-year-old I avidly read some classic Christian comics.

Written by Emma Worrall

The persecuted Church is the one you’re in

// Our first in a miniseries on the upcoming IDOP (International Day of Prayer)

Written by Alexandra Davis

3 Christian paradoxes that’ll help you worship

// The Bible is a complex and at times difficult collection of books...

Written by Sam Hailes

I hate walls

// 25 years on from the Berlin Wall falling and we still haven't moved on.

Written by Robin Peake