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Defending religious freedom: why Article 18 matters
(6 minutes) Elliott Banks describes how a visit to Christian and Yazidi communities in the wake of Islamic State’s brutal 2014 invasion of the Nineveh Plains helped him understand why religious freedom should never be taken for granted.
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A different Christmas: reflections from the Holy Land
(5 minutes) While Palestinians, be they Muslims or Christians, feel short-changed by the recent Israeli-Hamas ceasefire, there are still signs of hope, says Sami El-Yousef.
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Real men care
(10 minute read) Joseph Evans goes back in history to find a surprising model for manhood and argues that concern for the dignity of women is more fundamental to Christianity and all true religion than we might think.
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Can you have human dignity without Christianity?
(12 minute read) “If human dignity is a Christian concept, what happens to it after Christianity?” asks Nathaniel Peters.
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Alone in Jerusalem
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst finds himself curious about, annoyed, but ultimately captivated by the Holy City.
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Editorial: Ashes to ashes
(1 minute read) In the week when Christians throughout the world received ashes to start Lent, Ronnie Convery thinks of the rubble and ashes of Ukraine’s demolished cities.
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Smile … It’s Lent!
(7 minute read) The Christian season of Lent is as much about joy as it is about self-denial, believes Lisa Fraser.
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Christmas against the Nazis
(5 minute read) Joseph Evans describes how a Christmas ski trip prepared a heroic group of German students for their later anti-Nazi activism.
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Taking the temperature of COP26
(4 minute read) Martin Poulsom of the University of Roehampton in London draws on the Christian tradition to offer a verdict on the recent UN conference and the climate emergency.
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What I learned about God from my atheist friends
(4 minute read) Natasha Pritchard finds her faith bolstered from the most unlikely of sources.
