Florence Taylor

• Just Living: What does following Jesus look like in the 21st Century?

  We are living in a globalised world, dominated by consumerism. Environmentalist and theologian Ruth Valerio spoke to Christian Today about how we can engage with, but not be engulfed by, the world around us.

• Mary's Meals: How a Christian-inspired charity is bringing hope to refugees in Lebanon

  A Catholic-inspired charity with a vision to see each child fed and educated has moved into Lebanon to provide school meals for 1,000 children.

• Have we missed the point of the Parable of the Good Samaritan?

  There's a disconnect between how we want to see the world and recognising the role we have to play in it, says Flo Taylor.

• What should evangelicals do about the Virgin Mary?

  Depending on your church background, the question of who Mary is will provoke very different answers. We can all agree that she was the human mother of the Son of God, and for that reason alone she is significant. From this point forward, church teaching diverges rather a lot.

• Nun, Nobel Prize Winner and soon-to-be saint: Who was Mother Teresa?

  As Mother Teresa comes closer to sainthood, find out a little more about the life of this remarkable woman.

• Chinese government to take control of ordination from Catholic Church

  Ordination in China will come under the authority of the government, after two government-controlled Catholic organisations endorsed the plans.

• Photo-essay: Photographer captures a year in the life of a parish priest, and reconnects with his own faith

  A photographer who spent a year shadowing and documenting the life of a local parish priest in South London reconnected with his own faith as a result.

• Christian vigilante group in Myanmar attacked during anti-poppy raid

  Members of a Christian vigilante group in Myanmar have been attacked with machetes during a drug eradication drive that involved destroying opium poppies.

• 2.6 million British children set for poverty by 2020, new report reveals

  Over 2.6 million British children will be living in poverty by 2020 due to benefit cuts imposed by the Conservative government, a new study has found.

• Paddy Power's failure to help gambling addict is 'wholly unacceptable' says Christian charity

  New legislation is needed to hold the gambling industry to account, CARE said, after bookmaker Paddy Power was found to have encouraged a problem gambler to keep betting until he had lost his home and access to his children.

• Why evensong offers something every student wants

  Going to evensong before heading for a pint at the pub was not an abnormal way to spend a Sunday evening, or any evening, during my time at university.

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  When is Easter 2016? Good Friday and Easter Sunday dates for this year

  Easter – the light at the end of the long-Lenten-tunnel – is fast approaching. Flo Taylor goes back to basics to examine the festival at the heart of the Christian faith.