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5 questions to ask as seasons change

Claire Musters Sat 30 Oct 2021 5:48 BST

You may be in a season of bounty and joy, rather than darkness and pain. Whatever season you are currently walking through, as you begin to sense change, here are some helpful questions to ponder.

Pandemic driving up demand for exorcisms - Catholic priest

Staff writer | Tue 26 Oct 2021 8:56 BST

A Catholic priest has claimed that the pandemic is behind a rise in people asking for exorcisms.
The Queen and her Christian faith

Gavin Ashenden | Mon 25 Oct 2021 9:35 BST

The strange paradox is that the Queen's virtues are admired on all sides, but stripped of the recognition that they are profoundly Christian in character.
The importance of integrity and truth for Christians working in the media

Peter Crumpler | Sat 23 Oct 2021 10:04 BST

"Speaking the truth can be threatening and costly. Jesus ended up on a cross for it," said Tim Pemberton, Head of Religion and Ethics for the BBC's audio output.
'Manifesting' might be the latest Gen Z craze but the Church has its own version too

Heather Tomlinson | Sat 23 Oct 2021 10:04 BST

The New Age concept of 'manifesting' - thinking something into being - is not so different from the idea of 'name it and claim it' popular in some corners of the Church.
When churches are ready to livestream for evangelistic purposes but not for the disabled

Kay Morgan-Gurr | Thu 21 Oct 2021 8:50 BST

How would you feel if you need the livestream to continue to access church, but the church announces they are only keeping it to act as an outreach to those nervous about church?
Squid Game: Netflix's new Korean drama is brilliant, revealing and dangerous

David Robertson | Tue 19 Oct 2021 10:44 BST

Squid Game is a morality tale but one that offers no answers.
What we can learn about evil from the demon-possessed man and all those pigs in Mark 5

Archie Catchpole | Mon 18 Oct 2021 11:40 BST

Mark 5:1-20 should be a happy story, given that Jesus deposes a demon and saves a man's life. But it's not. It's unsettling (and not only because pigs die). It exposes the ugly reality of evil – especially as Jesus expels it.
Celebrating the 'God moments' in life

Staff writer | Sun 17 Oct 2021 10:59 BST

Jeff Lucas has a word of encouragement for Christians struggling with the pressures of life and the pandemic: remember what God has done for you.
Contact, listen and bless - 3 ways to support the bereaved

Staff writer | Sun 17 Oct 2021 10:58 BST

Christians in bereavement ministry have been sharing how the Church can be there for people experiencing the loss of a loved one.
How churches can beat the internet

Peter Crumpler | Sat 16 Oct 2021 6:34 BST

If churches want to encourage more people to come through our doors – and we do – we need to look at what's on offer.
Why all the Marys in the Gospels?

Annie Sanderson | Thu 14 Oct 2021 8:11 BST

From birth to the cross, Jesus' story can be mapped through his encounters with women called Mary.
Hidden in plain sight: Nympha and the other women leaders in the early church

Martyn Whittock | Thu 14 Oct 2021 8:09 BST

There are several first-century women leaders to be found in the letters of Paul. Who were they and why are they significant?