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Hope from altar to kitchen table
There was an interesting mood at Pinner Baptist Church's final in-person prayer meeting in 2020. We knew coronavirus existed, but not much about it. We knew lockdown was coming, but not for how long. We knew things were about to change, but not how much! At this prayer meeting, our pastor, Manoj…
Hope 15:13
Hope for the hungry
They helped to bring together a small group of local charitable organisations: Pall Singh;Asian Concern;The Mosque Kitchen;Panjabi Junction (Asian Women's Project); andSt Peter's Church. It was agreed that because of the hardship many individuals and families were facing, we should explore setting…
Asian Concern
Hope through the arts
My husband and I are artists who enjoy expressing God's love through various art forms and are associates of the like-minded group Arts Release. It all started with our church’s arts-based missional community, called The Maker’s Place. The vision was for “an informal group, focussed on art and…
Liz Waugh McManus
Violence against women and girls (VAWG): a personal reflection and a policy response
Leah Houston is in her second year studying theology at Belfast Bible College and currently on placement with us at the Evangelical Alliance NI. Here, Leah shares her thoughts and feelings considering the murder of Ashling Murphy: “It could have been my friend, it could have been my sister, it…
Danielle McElhinney
Why should Christians care about the government's plan to "Level Up"?
At its core, levelling up is intended to be a solution to the prominent problem of regional inequality. The Office for National Statistics found that in 2018, household income in the east of England was about five per cent higher than the UK average, and productivity was about five per cent lower.…
Nicola Martin
Stories of Hope 2: Welcome to the series
God continues to move powerfully through you. You have continued to look out for fellow believers and those who do not know Jesus personally. Good news has been proclaimed in word and deed to communities across the UK and lives have been touched and transformed by His work. This small collection of…
Anna Seevaratnam
Cost of living crisis: replacing anger with action
I must admit, as I have listened to politicians explain how it’s all going to be okay, and bank owners instruct employees not to ask for pay rises, I have felt angry. What do they know about feeling the squeeze? Will any of them have to choose between eating and heating as so many lower income…
Jo Evans
Djokovic, Sub-Postmasters & Giuffre
Episode 3 explores Djokovic weighing up his tennis career and vaccination, the Post Office scandal and Prince Andrew as we look at how justice is achieved
Music of heaven
I am part of a group that works to equip churches in intercultural worship, and when we visited churches, I was tired of the members there stating that my English is very good or telling me how they have links to a certain country which neither of my parents are from. But I smiled politely and…
Jessie Tang
Let us pray for the Ukraine crisis
Join us in prayer for the escalating invasion of Ukraine by Russia
Living with Covid?
With almost immediate effect, all the rules in England relating to what happens if someone tests positive for Covid will be removed and replaced with advice for how to manage the illness. This means that as well as individuals not being required by law to isolate, those who live with them will not…
Danny Webster
7 crucial "levelling up missions" the church needs to know about
At the beginning of February, the UK government published their 332-page white paper on levelling up, detailing the regional inequalities that exist throughout the UK and the policies that they are putting in place in attempt to eradicate these. The main feature of the paper is 12 missions,…
Nicola Martin
A church toddler group transformed my life. What could your group do?
In reality I think that my journey to faith started long before this. I was always quietly interested in spirituality, and churches fascinated me. I had met many Christians in my life and was always struck by their positivity, contentedness and kindness. I certainly had lots of questions that I…
#WorldBookDay, sight loss, and the best-selling book ever written
I remember aged nine on holiday in Cornwall being totally absorbed by my first reading of Lord of the Rings. And as a young man, one book that stood out was Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline which I re-read many times and can now recognise the impact it has had on my journey with the Lord…
Tim Jeffery
Ukraine, Nationalism and Gender Identity
In episode 4 Peter, Damilola and Danny are back to discuss the news, in a week that is now dominated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
