Opinion
More equal than others? How complementarianism (mis)uses language to skew the gender debate
Across the world the #metoo movement has exposed widespread sexual abuse, and in the church #churchtoo has done the same.
In 2019 let's sort out gambling advertising
Just as the evidence that tobacco ruins lives helped persuade people of the need for changes to tobacco advertising, we are more aware than ever of the harmful effects of gambling.
Anger: Why it's an underrated Christian virtue
Christian leaders raised their voices, unsurprisingly, to call for more civility, politeness and general niceness.
The truth about Christians who sexually assault others
It was years ago. But it's hard to forget the time you had to tell your team leader that you are experiencing sexual harassment.
10th anniversary celebrations are a tribute to Jewish-Christian dialogue
The Broughton Park Jewish Christian Dialogue Group of Salford, Greater Manchester, met to celebrate its 10th anniversary in a reunion which included members both past and present from all parts of the country.
Transgender tragi-comedy: the House of Bishops' Christmas cracker
When I was training to be a vicar at theological college, a group of friends and I decided to have a bit of a laugh one year by writing a spoof liturgy.
The pain that transitioning can't heal
"I was not suicidal before hormones. Now I often am" - Andrew Long Chu, a man currently fundraising to transition to a woman
America's still in - climate, the US, and the evangelical church
The rest of us can overcome climate change together without America, but it'd be harder.
The idea of a male God is deep-rooted â but wrong
When an archbishop says, 'God is not a father' it's as if the faithful reply: 'Of course, father. You're absolutely right, father.'
The tragedy of murdered missionary John Allen Chau: Some questions
It's impossible to look at a photograph of John Allen Chau, the young American killed by tribespeople on North Sentinel Island, without sadness.
A working toilet could mean freedom for Dalits in India
Manual scavenging is not as much a career choice as it is a birth curse.
The problem with transageism
You knew it had to happen sooner or later. After all, if a biological, chromosomal male who identifies as female can have his birth certificate changed to female, why can't a 69-year-old man who feels like he's 49 have his age legally changed?
Leadership (with a small 'l'): The gift the church has to share with the world
With a lack of moral leadership in the US together with a lack of political leadership in the UK, the 'sleepwalking' and 'leaderless world' described by Gordon Brown recently doesn't sound so theatrical.
Brexit Britain: What is God saying to the UK?
Is God speaking clearly to Britain as it grapples with ongoing divisions and warnings of potential catastrophe in the run-up to leaving the European Union?
Remembering well: Why the church has to embrace the pain of the abused
Our Eucharistic heart should make church a good, safe, and healing place to do all sorts of remembering.
A hundred years after the end of WWI, what should we be saying on Sunday?
In recent years, even though there are no combatants left, Remembrance Day, marking the actual anniversary of the signing, has gained in importance â with two minutes silence being observed in many places.