Karen Sturrock

• Leadership (with a small 'l'): The gift the church has to share with the world

  With a lack of moral leadership in the US together with a lack of political leadership in the UK, the 'sleepwalking' and 'leaderless world' described by Gordon Brown recently doesn't sound so theatrical.

• Let justice roll down like waters: Why the social gospel is the Gospel

  What do we think the good news – the gospel – is? Is it a purely spiritual message? Or a radical manifesto for those who need it most?

• History lessons: Why a world in turmoil needs to learn from God's future

  Jesus embodied this heavenly kingdom. He saw a future hope breaking into the present.

• Grief is the uninvited house guest. But we need to make room for it

  Grief is inevitable of course after any loss, but in the most final – in death – we find ourselves in the presence of something that is deeply uncomfortable, often inconvenient, and sometimes overwhelming.

• Outsourcing social justice: How a neglected Bible text challenges the church

  Tucked away in a corner of Proverbs 31, a chapter largely remembered for its description of a noble woman, is a challenge to speak up.