We know that prayer should form the backbone of Christian ministry, but often we fail to put this knowledge into practice. Peter Tong presents four helpful thoughts on prayer to encourage us to make it our foundation stone.
Our society tends to act as if there are only two types of friendships, besties and Facebook acquaintances. There is nothing in between. You can’t be besties with all your acquaintances, so you deliberately keep them in the shallow end of the friend pool.
We've all felt it: that sad feeling that everyone is in a conversation but me, everyone was invited but me, everyone has someone sitting next to them except me...
Church weekends away can often be uncomfortable and awkward. But as Dave Phillips argues, there’s value in spending time away together: the key is preparing well.
Sandy Grant's reads of the week include a program to help you share the gospel at work, things that encourages church visitors, the idol of sports for parents, plus a reflection on a proposed anti-bullying program.
Four tips for helping others sing with your church from a great music director, songwriter and author.
A practical outline of one woman's approach to reading the Bible one-to-one.
Have you ever had to sit through a church Skype call that was riddled with technical glitches and unhelpful questions? Peter Sholl has ideas to improve your next chat with your missionaries.
The advent calendars that children do over Christmas sometimes seem like they'll never end. It's too much for many families to realistically do a craft every day.