Life

Pastor selling prized possession to raise money for charity
A Welsh pastor waited and saved for 20 years to buy the classic car of his dreams. Now he has decided to give it away to raise funds for charity.

How to tell if you go to a hipster church
Hipsters are filling up the pews in churches across the UK, here's how to find out if yours is one of them.

Red faces for UKIP in Twitter gaffe mistaking cathedral for a mosque
Unwary post highlights the risk of using social media.

Reflection: The electric shock of the gospel
Do we have a problem with the word 'repentance', asks David Baker?

Ten sins that we now take less seriously
If we were to make a list of the things that wrong or offend God, what would go on it? Martin Saunders thinks the list has changed over the years.

Meet Santa's little helpers: all 1,792 of them
Thai children break Guinness World Record for largest gathering of elves.

The power of the popular: Should Christians engage more with the media?
Sarah Lothian asks what could happen if Christians engaged more with the popular media?

Mother who had all four limbs amputated is thankful for the gift of life and her husband's faithful prayers
What a difference a year can make. This time last year Kristan Seaford was fighting for her life and doctors had told her family to brace themselves for a final goodbye.

We've all been there... eight awkward moments you can't avoid in church
Simply raising your hands in worship without accidentally smacking the person next to you on the head is sometimes a big ask.

The murder of a young cousin turned Lacey Sturm against God but later He saved her from suicide
Flyleaf singer Lacey Sturm had given up on God as a young girl when her cousin was brutally murdered, but years later, on the day she decided to take her life, He intervened in a way that left her in no doubt He was good and loved her.

Mother says Christian faith is the reason she and her husband have adopted 29 children
When we think of large families we might think of five or six kids, but the Briggs have surpassed that figure several times over.

Six keys to taking dominion over your financial breakthrough
Martin Saunders gets in touch with his inner TV evangelist.

Six things I have learned about God's perfect timing
Claire Musters on learning to understand God's 'not yet'.

Volunteers unearth one of Britain's oldest churches
Volunteers have excavated the sixth-century St Piran's church.

Limbless evangelist Nick Vujicic: 'Fear can cripple you more than having no legs'
Nick Vujicic had a word of encouragement for people feeling knocked back in life: don't let fear hold you back.Â

Raise a glass for the (un)happy bride and groom
If you thought you'd had enough of the endless engagement/wedding/anniversary/more anniversary parties, then look away now, because divorce celebrations are the latest phenomenon to hit the US.