Why I am a Christian

// "When I came back to God, I found power to change the things that I thought were inherently hard-wired into...

Written by Natalie Williams

Pigeon Christians

// "If people of faith don’t learn to communicate in accessible, comprehensible ways and if the language that we use hasn’t...

Written by Andy Tilsley

Time to climate-proof the future

// "All is not lost. While the IPCC report does make for grim reading, it tells us there is still time...

Written by Tomi Ajayi

Doing relationships badly

// "You know what relationships aren’t supposed to be? An exercise in working out who is ‘best’ for you. "You know...

Written by Hannah Malcolm

Gwyneth, Chris and conscious uncoupling

// "No matter how it is euphemistically defined, the stark sadness of divorce cannot be masked by redefining it as ‘conscious...

Written by Annie Carter

Helping Cambodian street children in a way you couldn’t possibly expect

// "Tearfund are working to make villages places people want to stay, and by dealing with the root causes, doing more...

Written by Danny Webster

Gaining the approval of others – it’s just not pleasing

// "If our view of ourselves is built on what others say or think about us, then we are not believing...

Written by Lucy Cooper

Activism and narcissism and the ‘no make-up selfie’

// "If going out without make-up is a biggie for you and you’ve braved it this week, then truly and unsarcastically,...

Written by Mim Skinner

Vanity at a price: time to rethink that manicure

// "For this ‘privilege’ of consumer freedom we enjoy, a great price is often being paid by someone else. That price...

Written by Amelia Abplanalp

God wants us to speak up

// "Bob Crow and Tony Benn were both atheists, but they spoke up against injustice, inequality and the things they believed...

Written by Hannah Kowszun

The whole truth and nothing but the truth

// I often imagine the courts of law as a biblical representation of judgement day in the next life.

Written by Lizzy Millar

A response to ‘Pick’n’mixianity’

// "I believe the Bible contains the truth about the Word of God – Jesus Christ. It reveals truth about the...

Written by Dave Griffiths

All-singing-all-dancing-mummy #fail

// Everything is a balancing act when you’re a parent, let alone a single one.

Written by Loretta Andrews

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

The dangers of Pick’n’mixianity

// "Steve Chalke recently suggested that on the contrary, the Bible is not divine revelation but conversation. In his article Have...

Written by Caleb Woodbridge

Beyond redemption?

// "Redemption begins with remorse and repentance, so clearly Lee Rigby’s killers have a very, very long journey ahead. And who...

Written by Tomi Ajayi

Muncle: If there’s a God, then what’s He up to?

// "I’m having lunch with the singer-songwriter Muncle in his trendy Dalston flat. We’ve just played a game of table tennis...

Written by Ed Mayhew

5 thoughts on women in church leadership

// "All of you – please, please, please be nice when you talk about this. I don't care how wrong you...

Written by Hannah Malcolm

When girls go missing

// "Why were these two girls collateral for such a large sum of money? Why does an already tragic tale of...

Written by Felicity Cowling

Let’s get angrier

// "But flip anger over, and we discover that it has an amazingly constructive power. Anger reveals to us the things...

Written by Alexandra Lilley