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Creative ministry: A gateway to the gospel
They’ve also produced regular broadcasts on BBC and RTE TV and Radio, often producing scripts for services as well as music. 'Patrick', the most recent of NIA’s concerts, was an evening of music and stories to celebrate Ireland’s patron saint, livestreamed from Belfast Cathedral. I spoke to…
Helen Locke
Scottish National Party election profile
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centrist party founded on the aim of delivering an independent Scotland. They are currently the largest party in Scotland in terms of their membership, MSPs in the Scottish Parliament and Scottish MPs in Westminster. They have formed the three devolved…
Scottish Green Party election profile
The Scottish Green Party is an environmentally focused party, with their policies often being classified as left-wing, which currently holds five parliament seats. Whilst they are only the fourth largest party in the Scottish Parliament, their status as one of the only parties supporting Scottish…
Are COVID-status certificates a passport to restricted religious freedom?
New regulations have been frequently published hours before they come into force, subject only to a simple vote for subsequent approval without any scope for amendments or meaningful debate. All of this could fade into comparative insignificance if vaccine passports are used and required in some of…
Danny Webster
Creative ministry: The heavens declare…
King David sang about how God speaks to us in Psalm 19, starting with a meditation on His glorious creation: "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge." Then, what seems like a…
Helen Locke
Creative ministry: Rebuilding worship
Communal singing continues to be regarded as one of the most dangerous things you can do amid the coronavirus pandemic, and yet, as Geraldine explains, “song and singing have always been dangerous weapons”. They shared what they’ve learned about creative worship since March last year, how they’ll…
Helen Locke
Leading in the storm
I’m reminded of Jonah in the storm and the boat breaking up, wondering what to do. They tried to throw things overboard, they called on their gods whilst Jonah lay sleeping, but really the only thing that was going to work for them to survive the weather and the water was to call on the name of the…
Gavin Calver
Supporting the country's bereaved
When we combine the coronavirus deaths with the usual deaths per annum and additional deaths from reduced healthcare, our country is now, alarmingly, experiencing a ‘tsunami of grief’, with 1:4 people having lost loved ones since the start of the pandemic, all in traumatic circumstances. At the…
Rev Canon Yvonne Richmond Tulloch
Being present when words seem hollow
The so-called Spanish flu was different, as the information exchange was far less, scientific and medical knowledge was nowhere near the complexities of today, and society wasn’t as mobile. I am head of chaplaincy for Guy’s and St Thomas’ and Evelina London Children’s hospitals, and for the London…
Rev Mia Kyte Hilborn
With God in the storm, and after
But away from emergency and critical care other stories unfold. We remember patients, not just with COVID-19, fighting illness and disability on the wards, alone, struggling with imposed isolation, just when they needed the love of their families most. We have watched them suffer alone and die…
Prof Steve Sturman
Job Creation Project: Catalyse Change co-founder talks “releasing kingdom potential” in business
Rich: "Catalyse Change has been set up to release 'kingdom potential'" At the heart of Catalyse Change and CREO, the charity's initiative for entrepreneurs, is the belief that God’s people are to embody and extend God’s kingdom now as in heaven, wherever God has placed them. Rich says, “That might…
Jo Evans
Emerging from lockdown: changes for churches from 17 May
UPDATED 17 MAY 2021
Danny Webster
Line of Duty: being human between blurred lines
Mercurio’s stroke of genius is how he seamlessly stitches fact into fiction, with closing clips on each character’s future fate and references to real life crime scandals. And, in how we permitted a viral hysteria around the fictional “H” to dominate news headlines and social media over the past…
Donna Jennings
What was in the Queen’s speech?
This year’s speech operated slightly differently because of social distancing, so only a few MPs and Lords were able to attend the speech in person. The speech covered various items including the NHS, policing, infrastructure, education and housing. There are a number of items that are particularly…
Job Creation Project: a conversation with Joëlle Warren MBE
Joëlle Warren MBE founded recruitment firm Warren Partners in 1999, and runs her business with an ethos based on Matthew 7:12: “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.” Joëlle is a founding partner of Warren Partners, a leading UK executive search firm which supports and…
Jo Evans
