Opinion

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  We need to stop using tragedies to make political points

  The blame game is all too easy after attacks like the one in Sydney

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  A 'zero waste' lifestyle and the challenge to the church

  Jo Herbert-James is on a mission or, should I say "on a journey" towards a God-honouring 'zero waste' lifestyle in a world where, at present, it seems like 99 per cent of what we buy is thrown away within six months.

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  Christian suffering: What happens when there is no happily ever after?

  It is wonderful that prayer is answered and people or relationships are mended. But what about those for whom there is no end to the problem, no healing and no end to the pain? What do we say or think about them?

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  Is America too sick to recover?

  Let's have honest conversations about all the relevant (or, possibly relevant) issues.

• Could Boris Johnson really force through a no-deal Brexit in the middle of an election? A constitutional lawyer weighs in

  Corbyn should also be asking whether the government would, in the first instance, breach the caretaker convention simply by recommending to the Queen that polling day take place after 31 October.

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  Guns, evangelicals and the Bible: some uncomfortable truths

  In such a confused world it is always helpful to get some facts – not all of which fit the narratives we are fed by the various sides.

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  Why failure doesn't have to mean the end of a faithful life

  Failures, big and small, are God's ways of prying open our eyes to see what we'd never see otherwise.

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  School assemblies and the sound of silence?

  Should non-denominational schools be prevented from offering an act of worship which has until now been the law in this country? And should these schools even be taken to court by offended parents?

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  Grumpy or Godly? What Christians might learn from mindfulness

  Christians should, quite rightly, reject any metaphysical teaching accompanying mindfulness. But learning to step back and view our thoughts, sensations and emotions; well that, it seems to me, is an entirely different matter.

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  State schools, collective worship and confused expectations

  Publically funded schools which are not designated "faith schools" are required to hold a daily act of worship which is "wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character", whilst faith schools are in fact subject to different regulations.

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  A spy and a small prayer

  A small prayer said hundreds of miles away may just have made all the difference for possibly one of the most important spies in post-War history

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  How do we get from Sunday disciples to whole-life disciples?

  We often think in terms of binary opposites, it's either church or the rest of life, and either scattered or gathered. And it's never as simple as that, it's both