Life
What is a godly response to the pain of rejection?
I've been blessed to receive many invitations throughout my years but there have been times when I have felt rejected and left out, confused about who really are my true friends.
Preaching and mental health: Do you know who you're talking to?
On any given Sunday, there will be people with many different stories sat in front of us.
Human sexuality: What does the science say?
It is important that when we think about the ethics of same-sex relationships we are thinking in a way that is informed rather than uninformed.
Petrol-head priest appointed as artist-in-residence to Aston Martin
An Anglican priest, artist and classic car fan has landed a dream job combining all his enthusiasms.
'No significant change': Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford and America's lost art of listening
It makes me want to scream, like an impatient four-year-old with a lot to say: 'ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?!?!'
After the cross: Reconciliatory mediation, the continuing work of Christ
We can focus so much on what Jesus once did for us that we forget who he still is for us.
The narrow way: How phone control has become an essential spiritual discipline
In many ways our whole lives are on our phones these days. We don't just make calls and send texts, we organise life on our phone.
Why supporters of marriage should welcome plans for no-fault divorce
The proposal to remove fault-based divorce meets with near universal approval from the legal profession, and also from us at Marriage Foundation.
Happy marriages linked to longer life span
A recent study has found that people in happy marriages have a higher chance of living longer.
We believe in miracles, Brits say
Most UK adults believe in miracles, according to a survey for the BBC â though they are not as convinced of the reality of Jesus' miracles.
The work of the people: What the Ryder Cup is teaching me about leading a church
Sheer Europhilism aside, I have been struck by the way the last three days of golf have stirred my soul.
Church leaders need to move over: it's time to pass the baton to the young
The more I think about it, the more I want people like my daughter in Christian leadership â and I think that they could do it now.
Former lesbian says she's worried about Christian view of sexuality being called 'hate speech'
A former lesbian who's now a pastor's wife says the pastor who helped change her worldview would be accused of "hate speech" today.
How the early Christians were cured of boasting
It is a sad condition of our fallen hearts that when we see God's goodness to others, so often instead of rejoicing with them and praising God, we become envious, antagonistic to their happiness, and discontent with our own situation.
You are what you worship
The word Worship is derived from the Old English 'weorþscipe', meaning worship, honour shown to an object, which has been etymologised as "worthiness or worth-ship"âto give, at its simplest, worth to something.
How does your faith compare to your expectations?
Does the voice in your head sound something like: "I expect God to answer me right away"; "I expect God to tell me what I am supposed to do right now"; "I expect to know all the answers"; "I expect to be better at this"?