Opinion

A working toilet could mean freedom for Dalits in India
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
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
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?
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
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?
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 – with two minutes silence being observed in many places.

From sea to stinking sea? America's verbal cesspool

'O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain...' So begins one of the best loved patriotic songs in the United States, 'America the beautiful'.

Donald Trump, morality and amorality
Donald Trump, morality and amorality

Maybe I shouldn't be shocked by a world leader sidestepping an inconvenient truth.

Why the New York Times freaked out about Trump's gender definition plans

The breathless hysteria quickly spread to other media outlets, the LGBT community, and its allies.

#MeToo has finally come to India, but will it make a difference?
#MeToo has finally come to India, but will it make a difference?

There are countless millions of women from India's remote villages and hamlets whose stories we will probably never hear. If the #MeToo movement is to make a difference for them, it will be by ensuring the rule of law works for them, too.

The Ashers bakery case: What does the judgment mean for Christians?
The Ashers bakery case: What does the judgment mean for Christians?

What were the legal issues, and what do they mean for Christians generally?

Following Christ to show love to our neighbours
Following Christ to show love to our neighbours

When we look deeply into the parable of the Good Samaritan, we are confronted by a picture of radical love for those in need.

Same sex marriage and Scripture: An affirming evangelical view
Same sex marriage and Scripture: An affirming evangelical view

I believe we should be looking to expand our understanding of marriage in the light of the questions asked of those Scriptures by our understanding of sexuality and gender today.

Toxic masculinity: Why we should stop calling God 'he'
Toxic masculinity: Why we should stop calling God 'he'

Is this actually what the story of Genesis is all about? Are we being given an insight into the root cause of so much of our cruelty and suffering?

It's simply wrong to imply prostitution is just another career choice
It's simply wrong to imply prostitution is just another career choice

The not-so-subtle message seemed to be that if you want to pay off your student debts, why not sell your own body so others can exploit you for money?

Kavanaugh and Ford: An American tragedy
Kavanaugh and Ford: An American tragedy

The problem with nuclear war is that there are no winners. And that, in a nutshell, is what American legislators are now discovering.