Cartwheels, bricks, marbles

Amanda vividly remembers the moment when she cried at her kitchen table in front of her three children.

At the time, her 14-year-old daughter was lying on the floor, her 12-year-old son had his head in his hands and her six-year-old girl was doing cartwheels around the room. Why the tears? Well, all this was happening in the middle of her family Bible time.

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Time to prepare

“Christians have a tragic ability to fall out with each other. While the Holy Spirit seeks unity in the gospel, we often do the devil’s work for him…”

Digital souls?

Google CEO Sundar Pichai | photo: wiki

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a concept that excites some and frightens others. But, whatever our reaction, it is increasingly becoming a big part of the technological landscape…

Handling a relapse

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Seeing people change is a heart-warming experience…But what do we do if it all falls apart? It happens. Months, years, decades later, the sins or struggles can resurface. How do we help people process the pain and despair?

Showing us the door

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In the run-up to the snap General Election, called by Theresa May for 8 June, Rico Tice was interviewed for Radio 4’s Today regarding the issue. If Christians are seen as inherently unfit for public office because of their beliefs, it would effectively mean that we are excluded from the ‘inclusive’ society.

The not-so-lonely planet?

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In April astronomers announced the discovery of an earth-like planet.

Cave time

Chris Sinkinson with the grandson of Kando, the dealer who brought the Dead Sea Scrolls to light, and one of the few original Dead Sea Scroll jars.

 

February 2017 saw the announcement across all news media of the discovery of a new Dead Sea Scrolls cave…

Polarised society

The election of Trump and Brexit are seen as part of a conservative (small c) backlash against multi-culturalism and the moves towards globalism of recent years. ‘The world has changed’, we are told.

The forgotten art of listening

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As I write, the signs look ominous for much of our world…

Forgiveness was new to us, but not to our language

 

Today, 95% of the Umanakaina people follow Jesus.