Life

Another look at millennials – I am one
Another look at millennials – I am one

I have noticed a lack of perspective that struggle is inevitable and a lack of tools to endure hardship, something that builds character and lasting relationships.

Teenagers who don't date are less depressed than their peers in romantic relationships
Teenagers who don't date are less depressed than their peers in romantic relationships

The big romance - and the ensuing heartache - is the stuff of many a teen movie and TV drama, but a new study suggests youngsters may be mentally and socially better off without a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Does a shortage of 'economically attractive' men fuel marriage decline?
Does a shortage of 'economically attractive' men fuel marriage decline?

A new study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests that unmarried women may be snubbing the unmarried men in their circles because they are underwhelmed by their financial and educational circumstances.

Anxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs
Anxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs

Spending time in outdoors, taking time out of the everyday to surround yourself with greenery and living things can be one of life's great joys – and recent research also suggest it's good for your body and your brain.

Saving sex for marriage is good for us
Saving sex for marriage is good for us

Our television programmes, movies, songs, the whole culture promotes sexual anarchy and promiscuity.

What not to think when you're in your thirties and still single
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?

Why we laugh when we know it\'s wrong
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.

A Redesigned Life: what God is doing when He says 'no'
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

Facial recognition: ten reasons you should be worried about the technology
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.

The difference between biblical hope and wishful thinking
The difference between biblical hope and wishful thinking

Hope, as it's used in the Bible, holds none of the uncertainty of wishes.

How do we go from being strangers to having deeply connected relationships?
How do we go from being strangers to having deeply connected relationships?

There are no strangers in the world around us, only potential friends

'It's a national crisis': The UK's birth rate is falling dramatically
'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.

Pure altruism – the connection that explains why we help strangers
Pure altruism – 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.

How faith in God changes even the minute details of our life
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.

How to hear God's voice when life's fallen apart
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.

Cool, calm and collected - or maybe not?
Cool, calm and collected - or maybe not?

I greatly admire Ruth in the Bible. She confronted change so gracefully, it puts me to shame.