Life

• Home, leadership and loneliness: How 'conditional belonging' can ruin a ministry

  It is increasingly difficult to talk about 'home' in a manner that resonates positively with most people.

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  Government's tax policy is discouraging lower income families from marrying, says Marriage Foundation

  Britain's tax system is acting as a barrier to marriage for lower income parents, the Marriage Foundation has said.

• #SheToo: How should we understand violence against women in the Bible ?

  A new podcast series is set to explore some of the Bible's 'texts of terror' – the stories that portray extreme violence against women, often avoided by preachers.

• In-tension-al faith: Moment and journey in practice

  The first step in learning to embrace the idea of journeying with Jesus is precisely to recognise that, at whatever point you find yourself on the journey, you are where you are.

• It takes a church: How I learned that caring for the poor needs a community

  Over the last 20 years I have become increasingly aware that it takes a whole Christian community to love and care for the poor.

• 7 tips to help the mental wellbeing of new mums

  Although many may be familiar of what having a baby entails, it is worth being reminded of the challenges that mothers go through so they can be fully supported at this time.

• Pilgrimage: The ancient spiritual discipline that moves us nearer God

  'A pilgrimage is a devotional practice consisting of a prolonged journey, often undertaken on foot or on horseback, toward a specific destination of significance.'

• Student cracks code of shorthand manuscripts left by Baptist 'patron saint'

  Coded documents left by one of the founders of the modern missionary movement have been deciphered by a student at the University of St Andrews.

• Saying farewell: How do we move on when a much-loved church leader leaves?

  I was so desperately sad to see my vicar go that I married his brother-in-law just so I could keep in touch.

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  What is God's wrath? John Piper shares six things you need to know

  Desiring God founder John Piper recently gave a message about what he called "six truths" regarding the nature of God's wrath.

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  3 reasons why you shouldn't fear the future

  Despite scientific advancements, greater education, fewer diseases, longer life expectancy and more money and resources than ever before in history, this age is known not for its peace, but for its persistent anxiety.

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  When you have no prayers left

  When I'm silent, heaven still answers.

• Let's get the saints out and into circulation

  We seem increasingly to be living in 'interesting times' where our society is torn by division, instability and polarisation.

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  Transgender family: dad was a woman, son is transitioning

  In Britain's first multigenerational transgender family, stepdad was a woman and son is becoming a daughter

• #NationalComplimentDay: Why it's not as easy as it sounds

  The world is full of short-tempered people, angry at things they read or hear, or that their day hasn't gone well. What better way to spread a little sweetness and light?