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Hope in the face of death
We are only just seeing the beginning of this. I believe that we haven’t recognised the heavy burdens placed on healthcare staff during this time, and there will be many challenging conversations over the coming years as we fully process this season. My role as a spiritual care coordinator and the…
Christine Uhlig
Emerging from lockdown in Scotland
This week saw the biggest step yet to reopening church buildings in Scotland as places of worship were permitted to reopen for corporate gatherings of up to 50 people from Wednesday 15th July. This is very positive news and is earlier than originally planned by the Scottish Government. Following…
Kieran Turner
Equally precious in God's sight
My mother and another aunt were both allowed to attend the funeral but they chose not to. My aunt has underlying health conditions and my mother was understandably anxious about the risk of contracting COVID-19 in the process of leaving the house. Herein lies a distressing consequence of…
Carl Knightly
Kick-starting community restoration with CAP
Having been by the side of those who need practical, spiritual and emotional support since the beginning of the crisis, local churches are perfectly placed to support individuals and families through the next phase of this trying time. So Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has launched Kick Start – a…
Naomi Osinnowo
NOW CLOSED: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Government has now introduced the Hate Crime & Public Order (Scotland) Bill into Holyrood. This bill arrives following a two-year process including the Lord Bracadale review and a further Scottish Government consultation. Having been introduced to parliament the lead Justice…
Values or praxis?
Everything on the list sounded great, and some were extremely important to us as a faith community. However, we soon realised that many of us could not remember why certain programmes and activities had started. This didn’t mean they were bad things, just that we had been doing them for so long…
Fred Drummond
Message Live
With challenging teaching and inspiring stories that equip and fire us all up to go and share the love of Jesus with our friends, families and communities, Message Live is online every day, with loads of bitesize shows to choose from. Shows include: Eden: The Walk – how to live your life on…
Why and how we do justice
The pandemic has exposed inequalities here in the UK with the coronavirus disproportionately affecting people from BAME communities, families being pushed into food poverty, and many struggling with mental health issues. The global picture is stark too: The World Bank defines extreme poverty as…
Catherine De Souza
Hope Spaces
A new website has been launched to help people to pray – maybe for the first time. www.hopespaces.com is a multimedia, interactive site for anyone who wants to try praying, the spiritually curious and anyone looking for hope. It includes a specially-made film to help people call out to God and a…
One big idea: Raising the 'R number' of the gospel
The reproductive number ( R ) is, according to the Government’s website, the average number of secondary infections produced by a single infected person. It is basically a measurement of how contagious a society is. An R number of 1 means that on average for every infected person there will be one…
Changing Church Toolkit: Sharing Jesus
A series of resources for your leadership team on how to think missionally and share this gospel in this moment
10 top tips for nurturing gospel opportunities
Read our 10 top tips for your leadership team on how to share the good news of Jesus
Five key questions for nurturing gospel opportunities
Check out our 5 key questions for your leadership team on how to share the good news of Jesus
TAG Talk: Political and Economic Theology
In this TAG Talk live from Tuesday 14th July, we were be joined by John Risbridger, minister at Above Bar Church and Philip Powell, a lecturer at the Jubilee Centre. Together with Host Revd Dr David Hilborn, Principal of Moorlands College, they will be discussing public and economic theology. You…
Christian servant-leaders in society – a call to prayer
Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount is often viewed as a call to be salt and light. But Matthew’s Greek rendering of Jesus’ words is in a present tense: “You already are,” not “You should become.” The presence of God’s Kingdom, of people filled with God’s Spirit, among the nations of the…
Gordon Matheson
