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Creative ministry: Rebuilding worship
Communal singing continues to be regarded as one of the most dangerous things you can do amid the coronavirus pandemic, and yet, as Geraldine explains, “song and singing have always been dangerous weapons”. They shared what they’ve learned about creative worship since March last year, how they’ll…
Helen Locke
A small step towards justice
Media attention over the Xinjiang detention camps has increased since the pandemic as the scale of abuse has worsened. More information has been uncovered over the treatment of the Uyghur people and other ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang. Reports of torture, rape, sexual abuse, forced…
Leading in the storm
I’m reminded of Jonah in the storm and the boat breaking up, wondering what to do. They tried to throw things overboard, they called on their gods whilst Jonah lay sleeping, but really the only thing that was going to work for them to survive the weather and the water was to call on the name of the…
Gavin Calver
Abba, Father...
By lament I mean an honest, heartfelt conversation with God. This is based on the belief that God is just, faithful and steadfast in His love for us. It is the sharing of who we are and how we feel, believing that something needs an upfront articulation. It is a bringing forth of our perplexity,…
Fred Drummond
Supporting the country's bereaved
When we combine the coronavirus deaths with the usual deaths per annum and additional deaths from reduced healthcare, our country is now, alarmingly, experiencing a ‘tsunami of grief’, with 1:4 people having lost loved ones since the start of the pandemic, all in traumatic circumstances. At the…
Rev Canon Yvonne Richmond Tulloch
Being present when words seem hollow
The so-called Spanish flu was different, as the information exchange was far less, scientific and medical knowledge was nowhere near the complexities of today, and society wasn’t as mobile. I am head of chaplaincy for Guy’s and St Thomas’ and Evelina London Children’s hospitals, and for the London…
Rev Mia Kyte Hilborn
With God in the storm, and after
But away from emergency and critical care other stories unfold. We remember patients, not just with COVID-19, fighting illness and disability on the wards, alone, struggling with imposed isolation, just when they needed the love of their families most. We have watched them suffer alone and die…
Prof Steve Sturman
New 'normal', new 'formula'
Acts 16 is one such story as Paul and Silas, imprisoned in Philippi for freeing a young lady from an evil spirit, experience a violent earthquake that shakes the prison’s foundations, causing the prison doors to fly open and everyone’s chains to come loose. Just imagine being there. But, just a few…
Andy Frost
“Micah doesn’t have the God-stamp”
“Micah can’t create anything, he just destroys it, he can’t figure hard things out and he can’t make friends with anyone – why can’t Micah come to church with us any more, because he doesn’t have the God-stamp?” The following day as I succumbed to the back-to-school social media photo streaming,…
Donna Jennings
Job Creation Project: Catalyse Change co-founder talks “releasing kingdom potential” in business
Rich: "Catalyse Change has been set up to release 'kingdom potential'" At the heart of Catalyse Change and CREO, the charity's initiative for entrepreneurs, is the belief that God’s people are to embody and extend God’s kingdom now as in heaven, wherever God has placed them. Rich says, “That might…
Jo Evans
Connect with your elected representatives
The Evangelical Alliance longs to see Christians engaging with their public representatives in a productive and encouraging way, but we recognise that sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. We hope that these resources will help you begin to build relationships with your public…
Emerging from lockdown: changes for churches from 17 May
UPDATED 17 MAY 2021
Danny Webster
Line of Duty: being human between blurred lines
Mercurio’s stroke of genius is how he seamlessly stitches fact into fiction, with closing clips on each character’s future fate and references to real life crime scandals. And, in how we permitted a viral hysteria around the fictional “H” to dominate news headlines and social media over the past…
Donna Jennings
Connect resource: Wales (Welsh language)
Mae’r Cynghrair Efengylaidd yn dyheu am weld Cristnogion yn ymgysylltu â’u cynrychiolwyr cyhoeddus mewn modd adeiladol ac anogol, ond mi rydyn ni’n cydnabod y gall weithiau fod yn anodd gwybod ble i ddechrau. Ein gobaith ydy y bydd yr adnodd hwn yn eich helpu i ddechrau adeiladu perthynas gyda’ch…
Four ways Christians can connect with their MSPs in this new parliamentary session
So we at the Evangelical Alliance Scotland produced Connect: A guide to engaging with your MSPs, a practical guide to help you begin to build relationships with your political representatives and encourage you to support them through prayer and communication. Connect: A guide to engaging with your…
