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Recovering addicts require our support and prayers
The latest statistics in Scotland have shown the worsening scale of addiction deaths and related problems in the country. In 2020, 1,337 people died from drug-related issues, the highest number registered since records began; the issue has been described as “a national shame” by Scotland’s drugs…
James Loney
Being Human: Listening to voices not valued
I would guess that if you are reading this you are a human, though I haven’t completely given up on the notion of literate animals (they probably find what we write to be so inane they have largely dismissed us). I suspect that our confusion about what it is to be human partly arises from our…
Rose Lynas
The ripples of mission
January 2022 marks the very first Tamil Heritage Month after a recent unanimous vote by the London Assembly to recognise it as such. It offers a chance to spotlight and celebrate the contribution of the vibrant Tamil community in the UK. It also gives us an opportunity to highlight some of the…
Dayalan Mahesan
How we can support Christians in Afghanistan, where faith is costliest?
Last week Open Doors published their annual report of the top 50 countries where Christians experience persecution based on their faith. As a country where religious freedom is virtually non-existent, North Korea has sat at the top of the World Watch List for the past 20 years. However, following…
Nicola Martin
Conversion therapy: Ending abuse while enabling support
The UK government are in the final week of consulting on proposals that will affect England and Wales, in Scotland a parliamentary committee has recently published a report calling for a ban, and in Northern Ireland proposals are expected later this year.
Danny Webster
Developing, exercising and celebrating multi-ethnicity in a united church
What’s the secret to unity? No two parts of the body are the same and each part has an important function that we need to survive. We can apply this analogy to ourselves too – we each have a unique character and specific role that adds value and significance to the bigger family of God. “Yes,…
Carla Jacobs
Hope for asylum seekers
Much that we offered was very practical, from donating warm clothes and suitable footwear to helping them access local services such as buses and shops. Some people questioned why our church was getting so involved in helping these “foreigners” who were mostly from an Islamic background and had…
Stockport Baptist
Hope for the harvest
It turned out there is always a way to sow the seed of God’s word! We adapted. Like many, we started to sow God’s word through social media. Our church has grown during the pandemic through new believers finding community and faith. We met one guy in his 30s in an online Bible study. As his faith…
The Journey Church, Manchester
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
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
4 life-changing habits for good news people in a bad news world
The top three resolutions people make are to lose weight, get fitter or eat more healthily, not surprising after the season of Christmas indulgence, but these are aspirations that tend only to benefit the one making the resolution. My encouragement to you is to implement some rhythms that will…
Phil Knox
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
Why hospitality is so much more than just hosting a good meal
I hope we can all remember a time when we experienced a particularly warm welcome. I imagine we’ve also experienced that sense of “you’re not from round here” when walking into some pubs or sadly, churches. As an Englishman married to a Scotswoman, we’ve spoken about the different habits of…
Richard Powney
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
