Opinion

As the world changes at breakneck speed, can the Church keep up?

Churches have done an amazing job during the pandemic. One of the challenges we face now and in the years ahead, is how we reimagine mission for a world that has pressed fast forward on the remote control of history.

4 tried and tested ways to slow down and reflect

Perhaps it is only when a virus slows the world down that we are able to come off the merry-go-round and take time to reflect?

Why it is more important than ever to shop social

The pandemic has severely restricted economic activities, but it has provided opportunities for businesses to rethink corporate social policies that can help sustainable growth.

Why does God allow us to experience difficulties and disasters?

The Faraday Institute's Dr Roger Abbott speaks to Christian Today about the relationship between God and suffering, and why the truth is so much better than what we may naturally be inclined to think.

My experience of graduating into a Covid world

Graduating has seldom been easy. Jobs are hard to come by and the safety of studenthood dissipates almost immediately. Imagine graduating into a world near-paralysed by a pandemic.

What does Covid have to do with Exodus?

Exodus - and the humble almond - can teach a lot in this Covid time.

Trump should have taken lessons in leadership from Jesus

The problem with power is that it can corrupt us infinitely more than we ever think possible.

The greatest threat to American democracy is not Trump

The reaction to the storming of the Capitol is a far greater threat to democracy than the event itself. And that is something that should greatly concern the Church, because we will inevitably be caught up in the backlash.

A lifeline for women considering abortion

When a woman faces a crisis pregnancy, abortion may be high up in their mind. London pastor Regan King heads up the Pregnancy Crisis Helpline, which is there to let women know that they have options and that abortion need not be the answer.

What will the Church look like post-pandemic?

No one will come through this pandemic unscathed, even without contracting the virus. Therefore, we need to learn the lessons and act on them with great speed.

How to cope with the difficult seasons of our faith journey

You might not think it, but pylons are a wonderful metaphor for our lives as God's children, standing tall, standing strong however much they are beaten by the elements.

Why food poverty and hunger need to remain a priority as the pandemic rumbles on

I have seen people eating clay to stop hunger pangs; villages reduced to consuming grass. What I had not expected to see was children in my own neighbourhood here in the UK with clothes hanging off them, smiling because they had an orange in their food hamper.