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What The Penalty Shoot Out Tells Us About Life

The Neighbour From Hell

Uncivil War

China's Red On Red

Imagined Community

Let's Hear It For England
(In The Nicest Possible Way)

The Day The World Should Have Ended

The Cruel Sea

Rivers Of Blessing: The Windrush Generation At 75

Attention Extinction

Talking With Strangers

Why We Are Not In A Post-#Metoo World

The Places We Choose Not To Look

Talking About The End Of The World

On Politicians

The Limits Of Long Term Planning

Putting Men In The Picture

A New Politics Of Care

The Lost Art Of Listening
The skill we need the most is the one we are rapidly

I'm Sorry, Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do That

Mao Zedong - Or Jesus Christ - Thought?

Why How We Handle Sundays Is A Litmus Test Of What We Value

The News Where We Are

Rolf Dobelli is on a mission: to stop people watching

Dictator Chic

Authoritarian leadership may be fashionable today,

Silicon Valley Blues

In giving more time and attention to bad things online,

Go In Turmoil To Try And Serve The Lord

Controlling China

Of all the subjects to weigh in on, free speech in US

Black Dog

What can the Church can do to help transform the mental health of a current generation of children and

Common Humanity Politics

Of all the subjects to weigh in on, free speech in US universities provokes perhaps the most fervid

The Wall

Most generations are defined by an event or a year. For one cohort it is 1989 and the collapse of the

Oslo's Outlier

Is there a case for dramatizing real-life terrorism? It was an old mantra of the UK government not to give

Why God Doesn't Look Like Elon Musk - Or Adam Smallbone

Of all the subjects to weigh in on, free speech in US

Beating Ploughshares Into Swords

The work of diplomats is unglamorous and involves

The Black Wave

What happens in a community when it is overwhelmed by natural disaster and the cameras have moved on?

The Truth Is Out There

The first Gulf War in 1991 did not take place. This was the judgment of the philosopher Jean Baudrillardr

What The Church Can Do For The Cause Of Social Mobility

There should be no postcode lottery when it comes

The Second American Civil War

Stories can bend round our resistant consciences like a free kick round a wall. ‘American War’ is one such.

From Norway To Nowhere

The building and demolishing of a fragile peace accord reveals a sad truth: violence is so much easier

The Bystander

There are some encounters in life you know you will never forget even as you are having them.

And The Point Is?

We prefer to live without space between our experiences, giving an endless sense of flow which

Why The Wimbledon 1975 Men's Final Has A Message For The Speed Addicted

Why The Church Of England Reminds Me Of The England Cricket Team In The Nineties,

Kiwi Apocalypse

Speculation about the future can be an excuse not to think about the present,

What Does It Mean To Be A Patriotic Christian?

A defining political challenge to the global Church
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Life And Death On Lampedusa

The wordless documentary, Fire at Sea, will never be bettered in its genre .TMI. It’s the abbreviation of our

The Repetition Of Palatable Lies

As the word of God slips from shared memory, shriller voices hold sway. Truth is becoming a commodity,

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Drowning Girl

Why do some people scare us in what they are prepared to do for others?

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Why Face To Face Is Always Best

The benefits of looking someone in the eye and making a connection are out of this world

London's Soul

The strength of a city is not measured in its economic output but in the quality of its relationships

The Things We Should Never Have Said

As we age in Christ, some have to battle for their ...

Barnabas People

No follower of Jesus is perfect, but some set a compelling high standard. What distinguishes those who are most alive with the faith?

On Standing In The Desert

Any church wishing to make a distinctive contribution to its locality should identify where the wilderness is and join the people they find there

China's Syndrome

Nations are defined not only by what they remember, but by what they forget. What does this tell us about modern China?

Shame On You

The symbolism of the scapegoat bearing the burden of a community’s failings has been supplanted in the

The Hairdryer Treatment

How do we best motivate the people around us?
‘It’s not binary, you can be a decent person and

After The Snow

Does our response to a sudden moment of crisis define us or not? The acclaimed Swedish film Force

Something Cosy In The State Of Denmark

True community may be more edgy and uncomfortable than we imagine

The New Salvation By Works

While there is much to admire in a generation that wants to get things done,there are some things we need to unlearn if we are to have a healthy sense of

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