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Faith, patience and a thick skin: How ethical investment can change the world
Faith, patience and a thick skin: How ethical investment can change the world

Archbishop Welby recognised that raising awareness of the inherent injustices of the UK tax and welfare system would far outweigh any criticism he may receive for his comments.

It's a daily choice: How adoption shaped my view of love
It's a daily choice: How adoption shaped my view of love

I would like to be able to say that love for my children happened all at once, but instead I'm learning what true love really means – and it has nothing to do with feelings.

Beyond remembrance: Why we need to do something different with our future
Beyond remembrance: Why we need to do something different with our future

Our well-intentioned rationality does not change our hearts. Our good intentions are often just that.

Is an armistice needed for divided nations and churches?

We have witnessed the rise in populism and nationalism, not least across Europe but wider afield too.

Church of Scotland releases eye-witness accounts of Kristallnacht
Church of Scotland releases eye-witness accounts of Kristallnacht

The newly-released document contains 'truthful observations and trustworthy accounts by eye witnesses' to the wave of Nazi-orchestrated violence on November 9-10, 1938.

The Spice Girls and Westlife can do it – sort of. Why can't Christians deal with comebacks?
The Spice Girls and Westlife can do it – sort of. Why can't Christians deal with comebacks?

Maybe some doors are too heavy to hold open? Maybe some burnt bridges can't be rebuilt?

Magazines show a village at war
Magazines show a village at war

Parish magazines published in a Hertfordshire village from 1914 to 1918 reveal poignant insights into life in the rural community during the First World War.

80 years after Kristallnacht: Why Jews keep the 'commandments'
80 years after Kristallnacht: Why Jews keep the 'commandments'

Even nowadays, some mitzvot can only be carried out in the Land of Israel, but that still leaves Jews in the Diaspora with a few hundred mitzvot that we should carry out daily.

Are parents getting it right in teaching children the faith?
Are parents getting it right in teaching children the faith?

I've often heard it said that many Christian parents expect the church's Sunday school or youth group to be the main teacher of faith in their child's life.

21-year-old explains why she's saving herself for marriage
21-year-old explains why she's saving herself for marriage

A 21-year-old woman has explained why she is going against the cultural grain and saving herself for marriage.

Why your church leader matters less than you think
Why your church leader matters less than you think

All of them had the quality of caring more than others than they did about themselves, and of being personally nurtured and upbuilt by giving rather than receiving.

Churches called to mark Adoption Sunday
Churches called to mark Adoption Sunday

The campaign comes at a time when there is a need for a further 8,100 foster carers to meet the need in the UK. In England.

Heckling Jeff Sessions: Lessons about patience from a pastor's protest
Heckling Jeff Sessions: Lessons about patience from a pastor's protest

We've recently had to start a new list in our house. It's not my son's letter to Santa, that started back in March. This is a list of 'banned words'.

£10,000 prize for Tonbridge church in Ecclesiastical volunteering competition
£10,000 prize for Tonbridge church in Ecclesiastical volunteering competition

Ecclesiastical, the UK's leading church insurer, ran the competition to celebrate the role of church volunteers who devote their time and energy to support their local communities and church.

Seafarers in crisis: How a Christian ministry is dealing with the fallout from piracy and abandonment
Seafarers in crisis: How a Christian ministry is dealing with the fallout from piracy and abandonment

Sailors' Society's Crisis Response Network (CRN) provided support to its 100th case this week, with piracy, death at sea and abandonment accounting for almost two-thirds (59 per cent) of those supported.

Churches and Christians urged to pray for the media
Churches and Christians urged to pray for the media

The initiative is being promoted by Christians in Media, a UK network and community that supports, encourages and inspires Christians who work in, and with, media.