Life

• Christian charity worker plans ultramarathon pilgrimage in aid of Middle East refugees

  Dr Mark Calder, 36, will retrace the steps of Celtic saints and cover a total of 1,725 miles across Scotland and Northern England over the next eight months.

• Happy Tuesday: God is (still) with you

  In our culture, once the festivities finish the malaise manifests.

• A two-word argument against 'transgender liturgy'

  After all, shouldn't churches welcome transgender people? Didn't Jesus come for everyone – especially those often marginalised or discriminated against?

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  Is guilt good?

  It seems to be that guilt can bring life, or death.

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  Young people who self-harm are more likely to commit violent crime

  Researchers at King's College London and Duke University's Center for Child and Family Policy found that young people who self-harm were far more likely to commit violent crime than those who did not.

• 'This Is My Story': Paul Beasley-Murray on a life in ministry

  If there's a collective noun for British Baptists it would be something like 'an argument'.

• What do Christians really celebrate at Epiphany?

  This Sunday churches in the Western tradition will be marking Epiphany, traditionally the end of the Christmas season.

• Is this the greatest hymn of praise to Jesus ever written?

  On this day in 1792 died Edward Perronet, whose hymn is sung all over the English-speaking world.

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  Kids in YouTube video told abortion is God's plan and no different from a 'crappy dentist appointment'

  'It was like a crappy dentist appointment or something. It was just like, blah — a body thing that was kind of uncomfortable but then it was over and I felt really just grateful that I wasn't pregnant anymore,' Amelia Bonow told the kids in a YouTube video

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  What does your toddler say about you?

  Human behaviour is acknowledged to be made up of a complex intermingling of innate being and the environment to which someone is exposed – the nature vs nurture tension.

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  More married couples putting off divorce for the sake of their children

  New research has found that more married couples with children in the UK are choosing to stay together as divorce rates continue to fall.

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  Sleep better and lose weight: the health benefits of abstaining from alcohol

  Researchers at the University of Sussex also found that just one dry month led to lower levels of alcohol consumption throughout the year

• New recycling process could help your Christmas tree lead a surprising second life

  It wouldn't be Christmas without a tree, but which is more sustainable – a real tree or a plastic one?

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  Going to the movies and museums cuts risk of depression

  Older people who regularly go to the movies and other cultural events are nearly a third less likely to have depression.

• Now and Not Yet: What the Bible says about the Kingdom of God

  Nothing illustrates both the challenge, and the fundamental importance, of developing In-tension-al Faith more than those words 'now' and 'not yet'.