J John

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  On Lent and 'being' Lent

  This Lent you can focus on saying particular prayers, which is commendable, or on skipping chocolate, abstaining from social media or alcohol. But can I encourage you to prayerfully ponder, remembering that all we are and all we have has been lent to us and that we remain accountable to God?

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  After the 2021 census, the Church needs a more positive and dynamic strategy

  Amid the gloomy complacency, these census figures should be a bellowing alarm, says J John.

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  In memory of Barry Kissell: a balanced man

  The passing of a fellow Christian worker, particularly after long years of service, brings mixed feelings. There is the inevitable sadness but also a curious sense of fulfilment: the awareness of a life lived; a race well run; of 'mission accomplished'.

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  The tragedy of Halloween

  Halloween raises big questions but only gives lies as answers.

• Jen Rees Larcombe 1942-2022

  Jennifer Rees Larcombe was a figure of remarkable importance in Britain and beyond.

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  The passing of the Queen

  These are sad days but, as the Queen herself would no doubt have wished, those of us who are Christians can – should – lift our eyes upwards.

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  Lilias Trotter: Talented artist, dedicated missionary

  Despite persecution and the emigration of believers, the Algerian church has endured and her mission organisation continues today as Arab World Ministries.

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  James Clerk Maxwell: The physicist who had a deep Christian faith

  Here was one of the most intelligent minds who constantly questioned every aspect of how the universe works. Yet he built his life around a biblical Christianity and remained perfectly content with it.

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  A response to some of the familiar arguments in favour of abortion

  Is a foetus really no more than a lump of cells?

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  A godly response to the overturning of Roe v Wade

  Many women silently bear deep mental scars over an abortion and so any triumph must be seasoned with grace, writes J John.

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  Three challenges for the Church from the life of Benedict of Nursia

  What question would the monk behind The Rule of Saint Benedict pose to the Church today?

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  From the comfort of the pulpit to the ugliest of streets

  Five things we can learn from American evangelist David Wilkerson.