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Blue Monday: What does the Bible say?
Blue Monday: What does the Bible say?

Today is Blue Monday, the day of the year when we're all supposed to be at our most miserable.

The Jericho road: Jesus' parable is about transformation, not charity
The Jericho road: Jesus' parable is about transformation, not charity

Jesus deliberately set his parable on the Jericho road because it was 17 miles of violence and oppression.

#ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow: Churches aren't good with disability
#ThingsDisabledPeopleKnow: Churches aren't good with disability

Tweets included ones like the old chestnut, 'No, praying for me won't make a difference.'

Archbishop of Canterbury: 'I pray in tongues every day'
Archbishop of Canterbury: 'I pray in tongues every day'

'In my own prayer life and as part of my daily discipline I pray in tongues every day – not as an occasional thing, but as part of daily prayer.'

How to break free from the feeling of 'if only'
How to break free from the feeling of 'if only'

The widest river in the world is not the Mississippi, Amazon, or Nile. The widest river on earth is a body of water called If Only.

What Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz said to his 9-year-old son when he said he didn't feel like going to church
What Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz said to his 9-year-old son when he said he didn't feel like going to church

When Hillsong NYC Pastor Carl Lentz's son, Roman, honestly confronted his father about not wanting to attend church, the father-of-three used the opportunity to teach his young son a valuable life lesson.

Hectic schedules are leaving women feeling tired and overwhelmed - survey
Hectic schedules are leaving women feeling tired and overwhelmed - survey

More than half of women feel overwhelmed by the number of things on their to-do list, a new survey has found.

Emotional impact of divorce on children varies according to age
Emotional impact of divorce on children varies according to age

The emotional toll of divorce is greater on children who were in late childhood or early adolescence when their parents split up, a study has found.

Gillette's opinion-splitting 'We Believe' advert is 'hypocritical', says church minister
Gillette's opinion-splitting 'We Believe' advert is 'hypocritical', says church minister

Gillette's new advert on toxic masculinity is 'hypocritical', even if it does raise some important issues, says the former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.

Most young Christians drop out of church in college years
Most young Christians drop out of church in college years

New research from LifeWay has revealed the challenge churches face in keeping young people in the pews as they head off to college.

Substance abuse more likely among members of the LGBT community - study
Substance abuse more likely among members of the LGBT community - study

Substance use disorders are more prevalent and more severe among sexual minorities, researchers at the University of Michigan have found.

The art of the ordinary: How to let God help us make the best of the life we have
The art of the ordinary: How to let God help us make the best of the life we have

The risk is that people constantly chase the next thing, never settling to invest, never learning to be content with what they've been given.

Counting bricks: a lesson in accountability from a bankrupt church
Counting bricks: a lesson in accountability from a bankrupt church

Just a glimmer of accountability, a chance to support not through blind compliance but by making sure the bricks stack up.

The 'version of you' myth: Why leaders can't afford to fake it to make it
The 'version of you' myth: Why leaders can't afford to fake it to make it

'Fake it to make it' is the worst career advice anyone could ever receive, not because they won't make it, but because of what happens when they do.

Tim Farron on the Brexit debate: It's time to call a halt to physical and verbal intimidation

We need to get past the discourse of insults and triumphalism, and to humanise rather than demonise our opponents.

Pathologizing masculinity
Pathologizing masculinity

The American Psychological Association diagnoses men as the problem