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The joke’s on us: why comedy is not always a laughing matter
(6 minutes) In this reflection for Lent and Ramadan, Toby Lees argues we need less cynicism and more contemplation.
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“I am rich and have no idea what to do with my life”
(7 minutes) Vinay Hiremath, the co-founder of Loom, sold his start-up for $975 million to the Australian software company Atlassian in 2023. But in a recent blog post he reveals deep insecurity about the direction his life is taking.
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Lessons from a chance encounter
(6 minutes) Adam Brocklehurst describes how walking the Way of St James gave him a lesson which changed his life.
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On being your brother’s keeper
(8 minutes) Isaac Withers explains what it’s like to experience Down Syndrome brotherhood and how the book brother. do. you. love. me. gets it.
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The friendship of a saint (part 2)
(10 minutes) In this second part of Paul Shrimpton’s exploration of how John Henry Newman practised friendship, he shows that the saint was a true friend to very different people, also in adversity.
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The friendship of a saint (part 1)
(8 minutes) In this article, to be published in two parts over two weeks, Paul Shrimpton looks at the life of the English saint John Henry Newman who taught both by example and word what it means to be a true friend.
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Why work? What my manual labourer father taught me
(5 minutes) A conversation with her father helped Mary Ann Macdonald appreciate that you need to work for deeper motives than money or social prestige.
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Always open: why churches should open their doors
(5 minutes) In a time of crisis and confusion, a church can be a place of refuge from the noise and a source of inspiration. But Phil McCarthy finds too many churches are keeping their doors closed.
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Learning to live in the present
(3 minutes) As the year changes, Katelyn Hannel reflects on her own personal change of decade and what it actually means to ‘live in the present’.
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More than a red dress: learning what love is
(4 minute read) In her second article on love, Nicole Law explains that love must go beyond attraction and desire to truly seek the good of the other.
