Opinion
Why failure doesn't have to mean the end of a faithful life
Failures, big and small, are God's ways of prying open our eyes to see what we'd never see otherwise.
School assemblies and the sound of silence?
Should non-denominational schools be prevented from offering an act of worship which has until now been the law in this country? And should these schools even be taken to court by offended parents?
Grumpy or Godly? What Christians might learn from mindfulness
Christians should, quite rightly, reject any metaphysical teaching accompanying mindfulness. But learning to step back and view our thoughts, sensations and emotions; well that, it seems to me, is an entirely different matter.
State schools, collective worship and confused expectations
Publically funded schools which are not designated "faith schools" are required to hold a daily act of worship which is "wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character", whilst faith schools are in fact subject to different regulations.
A spy and a small prayer
A small prayer said hundreds of miles away may just have made all the difference for possibly one of the most important spies in post-War history
How do we get from Sunday disciples to whole-life disciples?
We often think in terms of binary opposites, it's either church or the rest of life, and either scattered or gathered. And it's never as simple as that, it's both
Out of the darkness: Is the secularist faith in decline?
We hear a great deal about the decline of the Church and the decline of the Christian faith in today's West. But I wonder if we are also seeing something else â the decline of the secularist faith.
Crazy golf in cathedrals: a tool for mission or compromising the sacred?
Writer and theologian Ian Paul considers whether cathedrals should be used as playgrounds.
Dear Joshua Harris, my heart aches for you in so many ways
It seems that you thought that Christianity was a series of formulas. Formulas for marriage. Formulas for systematic theology. Fear of choosing the wrong formula. Fear of failing to live up to your formula.
Some serious doubts about the new identification of biblical Ziklag
Why is it that not everyone is convinced this town is indeed Ziklag? After all, no one disputes the date of the original Philistine and Israelite settlements.
For disabled people experiencing hate, the Church offers little refuge
The church is giving a disproportionate amount of time to just two characteristics of the Equalities Act, and virtually ignoring some of the others such as race, age and disability.
What if life doesn't have to be pain-free to be full?
As the rest of the world waited expectantly for midnight to usher in the new year I sat by my sister' bedside willing time to stand still. She was dying at just forty-four.
Was Pascal right about God and belief?
Pascal's Wager has become a notorious reason to believe in God but science is starting to back up his idea that what we do makes a difference to what we believe
What's the point of a yet another new translation of the Bible?
The Rev Henry Wansbrough OSB, the editor of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible, reflects on challenges and casualties of translating the Bible.
Churches, where is your Athens?
People are receptive to the Gospel but the Church needs to find the spaces to communicate it effectively, says pastor and blogger David Robertson
Is Justin Welby a 'Cultural Marxist'?
The Archbishop of Canterbury isn't advocating 'Cultural Marxism' but cultural sensitivity, which is a wholly different sort of thing.