Opinion
Why, as an evangelical, I'm falling in love with Celtic liturgy
Just what has the Celtic tradition got to offer evangelicals? Are there any pitfalls?
Bishop George Bell was a hero who saved Jewish children. It is time his reputation was restored
In our contemporary world of social media and soundbites, it is often the case that heroism is rapidly forgotten and reputations rapidly betrayed.
Unequal pay is an affront to God â here's a way you can help your female colleagues
The respected BBC journalist Carrie Gracie's resignation as the broadcaster's China Editor has re-lit the firestorm about unequal pay between men and women. Gracie stood down after she discovered she was being paid tens of thousands less than men doing the same job, and accused the corporation of 'unlawful pay discrimination'.
How Christian 'prophets' are breaking the third commandment
There's a story going round at the moment about a 'prophecy' that God will remove North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un unless he becomes a Christian.
The Queen and Billy Graham
The Queen is big budget, beautifully produced and the dialogue and plot are West Wing sharp.
S***hole countries: A lesson in geography
Travel broadens the mind, it's said. Well, perhaps: but it depends on how you travel, what you see and whom you meet.
Religion is not about data, and Artificial Intelligence is a cheap imitation of the God I worship
A recent model designed to prove how AI could even write its own scriptures testifies to the flawed understandings of religion.
Why Oprah's Golden Globes speech stands for the hope, hypocrisy and hubris of Hollywood
'What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have.' It's nice soundbite for the TV news, but it's nonsense.
Why the great silence from our politicians over Iran?
I don't think I have ever met an Iranian who was not highly intelligent, good looking and sophisticated.
Why we should not legalise assisted suicide
The case for a more 'liberal' approach to assisted suicide was based on the argument that individual choice and radical individual isolationism trump the reality of human existence as set in families and communities, and within boundaries.
Solomon and the secret of happiness â wisdom from Ecclesiastes
ow are we to pursue happiness? That is the great quest for Solomon, who so far has tried, wine, women and song and yet found that the burden of eternity outweighs them all.
A time to die? Why I believe in the right to choose
Don't tell me that the time of someone's death is purely God's business. That at the moment when all a human soul wants is for it to end, God stands at the end of the bed and says: 'No my child, it is my will that you suffer just a few more days.'