Advent devotions

// Simon Lang brings us daily devotions for Advent

Written by threads

You can’t handle the truth

// Morality might not be considered cool, but if we want ethics then we must first know where they come from.

Written by Danny Webster

Wrath of Khan

// Is religion the last great taboo in comedy? Stand-up comics, Greg Davies and Russell Howard offer their insights.

Written by threads

US sitcom star’s attack: unnecessary, unseemly and un-Christian?

// Angus T Jones could do something more worthwhile than stirring up a peripheral and subjective debate about the virtues or...

Written by Ashley Vaughan

Is internet dating biblical?

// It seems everything is available if you only think to look for it; even a husband.

Written by Allie Brown

Conkering injustice and NaNoWriMo

// I’m realising how much focus, determination and faith is required to achieve anything of lasting value.

Written by Jim Atkins

Shane Claiborne and the red-letter revolution

// People didn’t walk away from Jesus and say: “Man, he sure doesn’t like gay folks, or he’s so judgemental or...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Thank God for the women bishops veto

// If Jesus can joyfully submit, then I’m going to fight my instincts to be the boss and try my best...

Written by Catherine Brooks

White ribbons, Led Zeppelin meets Hillsong, and murderous cats

// Hannah Mudge brings us her pick of the week...

Written by Hannah Mudge

Hanging on

// It's not because I think I'm too good for this so nobody should tell me how to do it, it’s...

Written by Hollin Cross

Live Review: The Staves

// Village Underground, London, 19 November 2012.

Written by Lynda Davies

The politics of the jungle

// The US elections, the PCC polling fiasco and an MP visiting the 'I'm a Celebrity jungle', have all made me...

Written by Zoë Hart

Sorry from the Church

// Becca Dean's letter to young women in the Church, following on from the General Synod vote on women bishops this...

Written by Becca Dean

Beneath the floorboards

// In church, we dare not let our neighbour in the pew know of our unconquered sin because they are righteous...

Written by Jonty Langley

Muse as marmalade, Christian heavy metal and Auntie BBC

// Jonty Langley brings us his pick of the week...

Written by Jonty Langley

Selling myself

// I’ve recently been made redundant. Despite that classic response of self-pity, there is comfort in knowing I’m not the only...

Written by Ian Ford

Lest we remember

// Is anyone else surprised that people actually chose to follow Jesus?

Written by Mike Hood

Mind the milestone

// By the time you read this, I'll be 40.

Written by Jennie Pollock

Why we need to say goodbye to grief

// At some point in our lives all of us will lose someone close to us. A parent. A beloved friend....

Written by James Prescott

Letting go on the dance floor

// I am far more expressive in a club than I am at church. I dance like no one is watching....

Written by Phoebe Thompson