idea January / February 2012
The Games: an opportunity to be more inclusive
The Paralympics is the world’s second largest sporting event and provides churches with an immense opportunity to both engage with their communities and profile the needs of the most vulnerable and excluded people group in our society.
My hope for 2012
We asked Christian leaders, including some of the Alliance’s leadership team, what they are hoping for in 2012. Here’s what they said...
When faith meets fashion
Chine Mbubaegbu meets the owners of a luxury ethical fashion brand that is making waves with royalty, celebrities and the media...
The big interview: Chris Duffett
If you go down to Peterborough town centre on a Thursday afternoon, you’re sure of a big surprise. For you are likely to come across a jovial character and his willing helpers standing in the middle of the square offering free hugs and donuts to anyone who wants them.
Spirit breaks out
In the autumn of 2011, worship album Spirit Break Out achieved the unthinkable. It broke into the top 10 of the iTunes chart, bringing worship music to the masses. Chine Mbubaegbu spoke to Tim Hughes, co-founder of Worship Central – the collaborative behind the album – about worship for today’s generation and the trials of being a local church worship leader...
The science vs faith debate
Are Christians as clued-up as we should be when discussing science, faith and scientific practices? In this opening to our series in which Christian scientists explore a range of topics, Professor Keith Fox shares his thoughts...
Should Christians protest?
Canon J John of the Philo Trust looks at whether protest has a place in Christian life...
See for yourself
The village of Cajamarca lies in the Andes, in northern Peru. Traditionally, the land has been enough to sustain the poverty-stricken families who call it home. But things are changing.
God has not abandoned us!
During the last few months of 2011 the headlines spoke for themselves – ‘Going down? Europe’s fate in the balance’; ‘Are we failing our children? The UN’s verdict on Britain’s parents’; ‘Floods return - Pakistan’s worst ever’; ‘The time bomb’s ticking under us all - UK’s ballooning personal debt’
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