Mark Woods

• How to handle conflict in your church like Jesus

  Conflict in churches can be horrible. We are, after all, supposed to be able to get on with each other, and most of the time we do.

• Sutherland Springs massacre: Is arming churches the answer?

  Yet another community has been devastated by an act of random violence. The fact that it was the church in Sutherland Springs seems to make it worse, though all grief is the same.

• Anglicans and Oriental Orthodox agree on doctrine of Holy Spirit

  Anglican and Oriental Orthodox theologians have signed a historic agreement on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.

• House of Lords reform? Let's start with the bishops

  Full-blooded defenders of establishment – the status of the Church of England as the official Church of the (English) nation, with a special relationship to the state and special privileges – are few and far between.

• Weinsteins at Westminster? It's time for the Church to start being offensive

  It's really easy to join in the chorus of condemnation at the predatory behaviour exhibited by powerful people in Hollywood and Westminster.

• Orthodox Patriarch: Russian Revolution was 'catastrophic' for Church

  The October Revolution that heralded the triumph of communism in Russia had 'catastrophic consequences' for religious communities, according to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church

• The Archbishop of Canterbury 'does God' with Alastair Campbell

  Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former spin doctor, famously 'doesn't do God', as he reminds the Archbishop of Canterbury at the beginning of a revelatory interview for GQ magazine.

• The Bible origins of the $1.7 million note by Albert Einstein

  It's the stuff of urban legend – the scribbled sketch on a restaurant napkin by an artist who can't pay for his meal sells for millions after he's become famous.

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  Christianity is banned in Saudi Arabia. Will promised reforms make a difference?

  The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, has declared his intention of returning the country to a 'moderate Islam'.

• The parable of the workers in the vineyard: God gives us what we need, not what we deserve

  The parable usually known as 'The workers in the vineyard' in Matthew 20: 1-16 is a strange tale.

• Reformation 500: Archbishop of Canterbury to mark Protestant and Catholic unity on justification

  A service at Westminster Abbey for the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation will see the Archbishop of Canterbury marking a key point of agreement between the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation.

• On this day: The Treaty of Westphalia ended a religious war in which 8 million died

  The Treaty of Westphalia was signed October 24, 1648, and ended the Thirty Years War.