Awesome lunches, white people mourning Romney and more

// Danny Webster brings us his pick of the week...

Written by Danny Webster

Alt-J: An Awesome Wave wins Mercury Music Prize

// Combining diverse musical styles to create what some have awkwardly named ‘folk-step’, it’s probably more accurate to class Alt-J as...

Written by Lynda Davies

A grey area

// While we were getting our collective knickers in a twist, others were casting theirs aside with abandon. Christian viewpoints once...

Written by Vicky Walker

I haven’t bought a poppy yet…

// Maybe I'll get a pin badge, or a sparkly one like those on X-Factor.

Written by Matt White

Be still

// Time takes you by surprise, when you want it to stay it flees with indecent haste. And when we long...

Written by Danny Webster

Worship who?

// The amount of energy we put into sustaining a cyclical pattern of meetings, worship sets and ultimately a wider Christian...

Written by Dave Griffiths

Satan’s light party: 5 ghoulishly weak arguments against Halloween

// If you’re reading this, you’re (hopefully) still alive. That makes you one of a few survivors. May God have mercy...

Written by Jonty Langley

Moustaches, freedom and transatlantic translation

// Angeline Liles brings us her pick of the week...

Written by Angeline Liles

Is Sandy a Democrat?

// Could an act of God stop God's own party from winning the US election?

Written by Danny Webster

I love meat

// Bacon, steaks, burgers, chilli con carne, chicken fajitas, pizza topped with meat, meat balls. But as much as it pains...

Written by James Cobbett

The busyness conundrum

// I remember a simpler time, when I didn't have to pay someone to slap me for being unproductive in order...

Written by Dan Preston

A Year of Biblical Womanhood

// In defence of Rachel Held Evans...

Written by Chine McDonald

My flatmate is 93

// For 12 gloriously bizarre months I shared a council flat in Chelsea with a 93-year-old lady called Norma.

Written by threads

I wish every church said this

// We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, yo no habla...

Written by Jon Acuff

Choosing gratitude

// Some days I simply wake up already feeling fed up and frankly feeling quite sorry for myself. Hiding under a...

Written by Lucy Cooper

Starbucks and tax-dodging

// It's scandalous for giant companies to get away with paying less than 1% tax

Written by Joe Ware

Redefining ‘pro-life’, pencil collecting and turny buttons that lie

// Joe Ware brings us his pick of the week...

Written by Joe Ware

Why do we watch James Bond?

// Bond is not a teacher, nor are his films parables. We watch them because they are enormous fun.

Written by Alex Baker

Religious espionage

// I've ended up with a dual persona, a personality which subtly transforms depending on the company I'm in.

Written by Lauren Belcher