Romance: embracing the imperfect reality

// The big romance I’d dreamed of having was not unfolding. Going out with someone in real life was really bloody...

Written by Ruth Mawhinney

The sound of love

// Happy Middle of February Day, everybody!

Written by Angeline Liles

The single guy: ousting the elephant in the room

// Loneliness is a reality for guys. It can creep in like an unwelcome guest at a dinner party full of...

Written by Paul Meneely

Everyone’s talking about it

// ...apart from the Church it seems. So we thought we'd open up the discussion to see what our community thinks...

Written by threads

About a bride

// I still remember seeing her for the first time that day. Dressed in white. Stunning. Beautiful. Radiant. I gasped, momentarily...

Written by Simon Lang

Black Mirror: On social media and being not-so-gone

// In Charlie Brooker's fable there is no happy ending.

Written by Chine McDonald

Brian McLaren: a faith that listens

// "Whatever a person's religion, everyone has a choice."

Written by Chine McDonald

Criticism: taking it on the chin

// Those who criticise are, in the words of Bridget Jones, 'jellyfish'. They’re quick, they’re sharp, and they come out of...

Written by Clare Reay

A duty of care

// Let's not think the whole apple is rotten through and state care bereft of beauty and care.

Written by Richard Woodall

Hero or broken man? Denzel shines in Flight

// An alcoholic in denial, we see what happens to a man who is a reluctant hero.

Written by Kirk Dunn

A tale of two cities: church and long-distance relationships

// I could just have called this article ‘Living on the Eurostar’, for I have entered into a phase of life...

Written by David Salisbury

Why you shouldn’t follow your dreams

// We won’t change the world by each trying to be a one-man band, following our own dream.

Written by Jude Munday

Lance Armstrong and the pursuit of truth

// Every society from the ancient Greeks to modern day has enjoyed a fascination with the discovery of truth.

Written by Hannah Silley

Live review: Daughter

// "Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong" (Youth)

Written by Angeline Liles

Motherhood: year one

// Unlike most sane mothers-to-be, when I was pregnant I read up about birth and how to change a nappy but...

Written by Charis Gibson

Human dignity: Kafka might have an answer for atheists

// Some have argued that if it weren't for the Christian faith and the theology that underpins it, human rights would...

Written by Lauri Moyle

Confessions of a single British guy

// One possibility is to kill two birds with one stone, snare a guy and increase the number of guys in...

Written by Danny Webster

The grey murkiness of life

// My life hasn't been a black and white experience. I have thanked God for my situation, I have raged at...

Written by Tanya Marlow

Pirate partners or minions?

// Often I rely upon my creator to give me my orders like some cosmic gamer in the sky

Written by Cris Rogers

Three reasons you should ask that girl out

// What if she laughs? What if she rolls her eyes and then makes fun of us with her friends later?...

Written by Cory Copeland