Anti-Slavery Day

// Gemma Wilson is the guest editor for threads this week. Here she discusses slavery – the uncomfortable, horrifying, pressing issue...

Written by Gemma Brown

When can I change the world?

// As Christians we are called to live ‘radical’ lives for Jesus.

Written by Luke Taylor

No sex talk, please, I’m a Christian

// It’s difficult being a single male Christian in a secular environment.

Written by Steve Edwards

Miley, Sinead and attention-seeking open letters

// Does an open letter do more harm than good?

Written by Hannah Mudge

Film review: How I Live Now

// Based on Meg Rosoff’s novel of the same name, this beautiful reimagining of a wartime romance is everything you wouldn’t...

Written by Angeline Liles

Our addiction to self-promotion

// Jesus gives an incredibly counter-cultural example when it comes to profile and promotion.

Written by Jon Kuhrt

Why the furore over Blurred Lines?

// Last week, five UK universities banned the playing of ‘Blurred Lines’ in campus bars and unions.

Written by Annie Carter

Fred’s story

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Written by threads

Doubt

// I used to think that having doubts was a sign of a weak and unravelling faith.

Written by Phil Green

Hope

// Three pregnancies. No babies.

Written by Ruth Garner

Divorce

// I thought this stuff didn’t happen to Christians.

Written by Loretta Andrews

Christians!

// Three terrible reasons to let Christians put you off God.

Written by Jonty Langley

Infertility

// I soon came to realise that infertility and miscarriage were just things that happened to me rather than being things...

Written by Nick Welford

Suffering

// “How can you believe in a God that allows suffering?”

Written by Sara Guy

Unemployment

// Being unemployed is hard work.

Written by Nathan Jones

Don’t let your faith unravel

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Written by threads

I dare you to love your local church

// I love where I live and worship. And it is love; there can be no other explanation for why we...

Written by Kate Pearson

Myth 10: ‘I don’t have the power to change anything at work; I should keep my head down.’

// We can always find a reason not to act, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t.

Written by Anita Smith