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Faith on the pitch
Three in four football clubs have Christian players in their first-team squads, is just one of the headlines from the latest research by Christians in Sport
Finding faith on the field: a summer of sport is the church’s opportunity
With the World Cup just around the corner, Scripture Union share how sports can connect churches with children and young people.
Responding to violence and division in Northern Ireland
Head of Evangelical Alliance NI David Smyth considers how Christians can be ambassadors of reconciliation during times of unrest
The best of friends: how Race Across the World’s Jo and Kush expose a friendship crisis
The bond between the best friends highlights a growing friendship crisis – and offers lessons for the church
When pornography enters a marriage: the quiet struggles couples endure
Drawing on her experience, Jo Hewlett, together with her husband Jez, offer hope that God can bring renewal after the unimaginableVoices from the Evangelical Alliance
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Rooted in love
Inspiring reflections to guide and uplift us as we strive to live in love.
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Finding Jesus series: Kelly from Newtownabbey
Kelly shares how grief led her to faith, and how Jesus brought her from darkness into light.
From darkness to light
Rani Joshi shares how stories from the Finding Jesus research resonate with her own experience of coming to know Jesus from a Hindu background
Behind the mirror: Michael Jackson and the search for identity
With the King of Pop back on our screens, Heather Carruthers explores how his life reveals the deep needs inside all of us and the difference knowing Jesus makes.
The meaning crisis behind the anxious generation
Young people are more anxious than ever – here’s what helped me, writes Mark Gilmore
Praying for the Scottish Parliament election
A resource to help you pray at this significant moment
Is the assisted suicide bill finished?
“Let us not become weary in doing good,” Mark Gilmore reminds us – even if assisted suicide legislation is reintroduced
Why the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill fell
MSPs saw the risks and voted against the bill
What Gen Z worries about: how the church can engage with a searching generation
Lydia Gilbertson unpacks why Gen Z is searching for meaning and how the church can respond with hope and truth
Hopeful new legislation passes in Scotland, supporting care-experienced children
How this new bill aims to reduce the inequalities for children and young people who have been in care