Life
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What not to think when you're in your thirties and still single
Something must be wrong if you are not married by your mid-thirties, right?
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Why we laugh when we know it's wrong
Rather than always being "wrong", laughing when we shouldn't can be a way of shaping our ethical beliefs by interacting with others, testing out the limits of right and wrong.
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A Redesigned Life: what God is doing when He says 'no'
There are simple principles we can apply to help us make sense of life when it doesn't go as planned
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Facial recognition: ten reasons you should be worried about the technology
Activists, politicians, academics and even police forces are expressing serious concerns over the impact facial recognition could have on a political culture based on rights and democracy.
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The difference between biblical hope and wishful thinking
Hope, as it's used in the Bible, holds none of the uncertainty of wishes.
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How do we go from being strangers to having deeply connected relationships?
There are no strangers in the world around us, only potential friends
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'It's a national crisis': The UK's birth rate is falling dramatically
It may not seem a cause for concern. But with an increasingly ageing population, and Brexit due to impact on the number of non-British workers in the employment market, the UK is facing a population crisis.
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Pure altruism â the connection that explains why we help strangers
The question of why human beings are sometimes prepared to risk their own lives to save others has puzzled philosophers and scientists for centuries.
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How faith in God changes even the minute details of our life
A lot has changed since I finished my five-month Discipleship Training School (DTS) with Youth With a Mission (YWAM). Everything from my relationship with God, to my friendships, to the way I brush my teeth.
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How to hear God's voice when life's fallen apart
A cancer diagnosis is awful enough, but I'd lost my sister to this ravaging disease just six weeks before and my mom six years before that.
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Cool, calm and collected - or maybe not?
I greatly admire Ruth in the Bible. She confronted change so gracefully, it puts me to shame.
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How too much 'self-care' is hurting us
Self-care no longer simply means to be able to take a small amount of time out of your schedule to do something relaxing and enjoyable for yourself. It has come to mean constantly doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it
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The three words Christians need to hear when they are lacking courage
Hallmark has likely done a few hundred more variations on the theme, with the glossy sunrise and lighthouse images to go with them. Why? Because the need for these simple words of encouragement is universal.
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The Lord's Prayer and what it has to do with me
We don't really think about how important our part in this is.
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Parents' drug, alcohol and tobacco use negatively impacts all areas of child well-being â new study
Parental alcohol use had similar risks for child well-being as tobacco use, which suggests that just the use of a substance could be harmful for child well-being.