Christian Faith - Expressing Christian Faith
JUST SEEN - Media, issues and events in the spotlight
Latest Article
What The Penalty Shoot Out Tells Us About Life
It is hard to pity entitled, overpaid footballers. Until, that is, it is reduced to penalties after extra time. Even when you do not care who wins, the drama of the penalty shoot out is so intense and all-consuming that every heart rate quickens.
Is there a more exquisite form of sporting torture?
Sport is laden with cliché, and the refrain, ‘it’s come down to the lottery of penalties’ is an established part
Recent Topics You May Have Missed
When Two Truths Collide, Hushing Inconvenient Opinion, Lebanon, So Last Century, Children Fighting Adult Wars, The Light Sleeper,
Recent Topics You May Have Missed
The New Orthodoxy, The Loop, Of Gods And Men, Trust The Lord Of The market, Not The Masters Of The Universe, The Crime Of The Century, The Finger Of Blame And The hand Of God,
Most Viewed Aug 2024
Black Dog
What can the Church can do to help transform the mental health of a current generation of children and young people? For it is hard to think of a more valuable issue for the Church to be engaged with right now.
A major NHS report in November 2018 into the mental health of children and young people was sobering. Among other findings, it showed that nearly one in four young women has a mental illness, with depression and anxiety being especially common. We know something is not right and it appears to be getting worse for both young women and young men, and symptoms are presenting at an earlier age. Understanding the whole picture is difficult as there are many issues to factor in and the picture itself seems to shift like a kaleidoscope.
- Read More
-
SIMON's VIDEOS
-
PAST SEPTEMBER TOPICS
- BIG MOUTH OR BIG EAR SEPT 2009
- LOWERING OUR DEFENCES SEPT 2009
- MANAGING ANGER-SEPT 2010
- THE LEVELLING SPIRIT-SEPT 2010
- THE NEW ORTHODOXY-SEPT 2010
- MANAGING ANGER-SEPT 2010
- WHO OR WHAT IS TO BLAME SEPT 2011
- BRAND BULLYING AND THE MARKETING OF YOUTH SEPT 2011
- EVEN AS I AM FULLY KNOWN SEPT 2011
- THE SECRET PRAYER LIFE SEPT 2011
- WHAT ST PAUL MIGHT SAY TO THE MIDDLE CLASSES SEPT 2012
- STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS SEPT 2013
- THE ROCK SEPT 2013
Popular Reads
THE FRONTIERS OF AID
Humanitarian aid is distributed in murky places run by the powerful. Should we accept any moral compromises made as necessary to save lives?
Read More
BRAND BULLYING
Brand Bullying And The marketing Of Youth
Britain has constructed a culture which makes children breathe the toxin of materialism.
Read More
EVEN AS I AM FULLY KNOWN
Phone hacking has distracted us from a far more pervasive digital scrutiny of who we are which is changing the world beneath our feet.
Read More
ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
How Not To Be A Control Freak
Weaving the advice of others into something ...
Smug Media
What are the values we should hold to in tackling today's big policy question?
The Call In The Middle Of The Night
Have we become so protective of personal autonomy in following Christ that we no longer submit to external discipline?
Day Seven
When God calls us to rest, he shows us what he can do while we sit back
You shall carry out an audit. If one commandment were to be added to the ten by our generation,