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

Instagram: seeing the world through rose-tinted filters

// Instagram is a symptom of our dissatisfaction with everyday reality.

Written by Rachel Helen Smith

For the prize

// We all have stories we tell ourselves to help make sense of our lives.

Written by Ben Askew

Rahab and the righteous traitor-heroes

// Betrayal of one’s people is underrated.

Written by Jonty Langley

Can you be a Christian and still eat meat?

// The choices we make about what we eat directly reflect and impact how we treat other people.

Written by Sarah Rowe

This is Sparta

// For our 300th post, we asked Carl Beech to tell us just why he loves the epic testosterone-fuelled film 300...

Written by Carl Beech

Bastille: Bad Blood

// "When you just can't shake the heavy weight of living."

Written by Angeline Liles