Expect great things

// I guess if you genuinely expect the world to end, then you live in a certain way.

Written by James Silley

Motherhood, disappearing and reappearing

// When I arrived home, nine months of maternity leave stretched ahead of me - and that's something you can't write...

Written by Hannah Mudge

O little town of Bethlehem

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Written by threads

Advent devotions – Christmas day

// Christmas morning

Written by Simon Lang

12 picks of Christmas: Swingle Singers, spoon-playing and the baby Jesus

// A bumper pick of the week chosen by some of our curators and editorial team to get you through the...

Written by threads

Elusive inner peace

// In areas of new age we see a smorgasbord of mystical tradition and practice to get to grips with, and...

Written by Helen Bradley

The story of a generation

// I wanted to join the army in order to be that good soldier.

Written by Chine McDonald

12 alternative Christmas-ish songs

// To get you through the remainder of the season...

Written by threads

Advent devotions – Christmas eve

// The Word

Written by Simon Lang

Advent devotions – day 23

// A parent's love

Written by Simon Lang

Advent devotions – day 22

// What's in a name?

Written by Simon Lang

I know I’m stressed when…

// I start talking to myself. In plural ‘We need to buy milk, then we're going to...'

Written by threads

Advent devotions – day 21

// Thought

Written by Simon Lang

Tips for the socially awkward in party season

// Nervous about the work do or spending every night having to socially interact? Here are a few tips for the...

Written by Ruth Mawhinney

Let’s get naked

// Jesus’ unpredictable ministry was not the work of someone who had one eye on Jerusalem and one eye on Twitter...

Written by Andy Flannagan

Advent devotions – day 20

// Thank-you

Written by Simon Lang

Our great expectations

// Fleeing his childhood ways, Pip heads out into the wider world without any real sense of direction.

Written by Bryony Young

Advent devotions – day 19

// But angels don't sing...

Written by Simon Lang

Advent devotions – day 18

// Human yet divine

Written by Simon Lang

Israel: God’s promise fulfilled

// The word ‘Israel’ is on nearly every page of our Bibles. Yet few Christians give today’s modern state a second...

Written by Sam Hailes