Life
The secret to successful outreach: Just listen
What makes community? How on earth do we build it and sustain it?
Opium addict and derelict: The extraordinary life of Francis Thompson, Christian poet
Francis Thompson is remembered for some of the greatest spiritual verse in the English language.
Living waters: Why we need to pray for God to fill us to overflowing
The gospel is for every day, not just the day we were saved, because all the time God is saying, come to me.
Dare to Care: We should be kinder to each other, says Girls' Brigade film
A Girls' Brigade mission initiative has launched a new film exploring the issue of kindness.
Faith, patience and a thick skin: How ethical investment can change the world
Archbishop Welby recognised that raising awareness of the inherent injustices of the UK tax and welfare system would far outweigh any criticism he may receive for his comments.
It's a daily choice: How adoption shaped my view of love
I would like to be able to say that love for my children happened all at once, but instead I'm learning what true love really means â and it has nothing to do with feelings.
Beyond remembrance: Why we need to do something different with our future
Our well-intentioned rationality does not change our hearts. Our good intentions are often just that.
Is an armistice needed for divided nations and churches?
We have witnessed the rise in populism and nationalism, not least across Europe but wider afield too.
Church of Scotland releases eye-witness accounts of Kristallnacht
The newly-released document contains 'truthful observations and trustworthy accounts by eye witnesses' to the wave of Nazi-orchestrated violence on November 9-10, 1938.
The Spice Girls and Westlife can do it â sort of. Why can't Christians deal with comebacks?
Maybe some doors are too heavy to hold open? Maybe some burnt bridges can't be rebuilt?
Magazines show a village at war
Parish magazines published in a Hertfordshire village from 1914 to 1918 reveal poignant insights into life in the rural community during the First World War.
80 years after Kristallnacht: Why Jews keep the 'commandments'
Even nowadays, some mitzvot can only be carried out in the Land of Israel, but that still leaves Jews in the Diaspora with a few hundred mitzvot that we should carry out daily.
Are parents getting it right in teaching children the faith?
I've often heard it said that many Christian parents expect the church's Sunday school or youth group to be the main teacher of faith in their child's life.
21-year-old explains why she's saving herself for marriage
A 21-year-old woman has explained why she is going against the cultural grain and saving herself for marriage.
Why your church leader matters less than you think
All of them had the quality of caring more than others than they did about themselves, and of being personally nurtured and upbuilt by giving rather than receiving.
Churches called to mark Adoption Sunday
The campaign comes at a time when there is a need for a further 8,100 foster carers to meet the need in the UK. In England.