“Praying and playing are both rooted in the same place within me”
As a jazz musician, composer and priest, Rev Dr Tim Boniface is frequently asked which profession ‘comes first’. His response: “I am 100% priest and 100% musician."
Tis Mercy All author Natalie Williams
‘I was regularly in floods of tears because of gratitude and joy’
Natalie Williams is the CEO of Jubilee Plus, and has written books on how the Church can be more engaged with working class people and the poor. John Woods recently interviewed her briefly about her new book Tis Mercy All.
‘I was going to tell God where to go and I was not going to have anything to do with him’
Rev Leanne Fowler was ordained in the Church of England recently but less than 20 years ago she was ready to leave the Christian faith altogether after losing a second daughter to stillbirth.
Former CMS mission partner becomes oldest ever international cricketer at 66
Sally Barton, grandmother of three and a former Church Mission Society mission partner has become the oldest ever international cricketer at 66.
Businessman building faith with LEGO brick workshops
A Bristol man has combined his love of LEGO and his faith in a fun and innovative way to get people talking about some of life’s big questions.
Christian family charities benefit from 177-mile walking challenge
Linking Lives UK and Chapter2 have been the beneficiaries from a marathon 13-day sponsored walk along Offa’s Dyke, carried out by a father and his two sons.
Jo and husband Dan
Why are there so few spiritual resources for adults with learning disabilities?
Resources to help those with learning disabilities to mature in their Christian faith, and to know the love and provision of God amidst mental health struggles and other difficulties, are often in painfully short supply.
‘It was like a light being switched on’- how a baptism changed my life
Jade Walker describes how she came to faith when she attended a friend's baptism
Guest blog: Can a scientist believe in miracles?
From an article by The Faraday Institute, published by Word on the Streets Dr Ruth Bancewicz is Church Engagement Director at the Faraday Institute, where her remit is to equip and encourage UK churches to include engagement with science as part of their regular ministry and mission. She is a member of City…
Retirement doesn’t mean that God is finished with you
Dr Natalie Henley*, GFA World, shares her story. I always used to say the NHS was like the family business. My father was a GP, both my brothers are doctors, and my earliest memories involved being around hospitals, including joining in Christmas staff social events as a family and meeting…