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When God writes the love story: my supernatural marriage setup

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Inviting God into our New Year reset

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The Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025 as parasocial…what does this say for Christian relationships?

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Faith, justice and the call to end violence against women and girls

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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: My partner is suffering from depression and anxiety, and I feel helpless

  • When God writes the love story: my supernatural marriage setup

  • Walking into the New Year with God

  • Inviting God into our New Year reset

  • The Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025 as parasocial…what does this say for Christian relationships?

  • Faith, justice and the call to end violence against women and girls

  • Your top stories of 2025

  • GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: My partner is suffering from depression and anxiety, and I feel helpless

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When God writes the love story: my supernatural marriage setup

2026-01-05T11:02:00+00:00By

Writer Philly Larcombe shares how years of suffering, singleness, and unanswered prayers collided with a breath-taking, supernatural marriage setup. It’s a testimony of God moving long before she could see, or even believe, that he would.

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I’m fine…until I’m not

2025-12-22T14:57:00+00:00By Darla Nelson

Based on an extract from her latest book, I’m Fine. Really?, life coach Darla Nelson looks at why we often hide our true emotions and how honesty sets us free 

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‘I had no doubts that what he’d done was wrong and awful’

2025-12-22T14:57:00+00:00By

Fiona Rugg’s father, John Smyth QC, was accused of decades-long physical, psychological and spiritual abuse of boys and young men in England and Zimbabwe but died in 2018 before any charges were brought. Justin Welby, former Archbishop of Canterbury, stepped down from his role in 2024 because of accusations from the Makin Report in relation to his knowledge of John Smyth’s abuse. Smyth’s children, PJ, Caroline and Fiona, appeared recently in a Channel 4 documentary See No Evil about their father. Fiona spoke with Jemimah Wright before the release of the documentary

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Life Lessons: Living in hope of a reunion

2025-12-22T14:48:00+00:00By

Angie Jones shares the indescribable pain of losing two of her children, alongside the joy of seeing God bring something good out of the sorrow 

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Life Lessons: 81-year-old Enid Cork on moving to the UK in the 60s, support from the local church and working with Mercy Ships

2025-11-26T05:48:00+00:00By Sophia Jones

Enid Cork arrived in the UK from Jamaica aged 17 and hit the ground running. She hasn’t stopped, and here shares from her full life

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Rhiannon Goulding explains how she had to get creative with sharing God’s word with her children as they got older

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On New Year’s resolutions

2025-12-22T14:52:00+00:00By

Rev Katherine Chow encourages us that it’s time ‘to tend to what is beneath the surface’ 

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Your top stories of 2025

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Woman Alive deputy editor Jemimah Wright on the stories that resonated most deeply with readers in 2025. From powerful testimonies to reflections on faith in public life, these are the articles you read and shared the most.

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On New Year’s resolutions

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Rev Katherine Chow encourages us that it’s time ‘to tend to what is beneath the surface’ 

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‘Revival is in my bloodline’

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Jacintha Tagal Cheah is a pastor and leader at Holy Trinity Bukit Bintang (HTBB) Church, Kuala Lumpur. She spoke with our deputy editor, Jemimah Wright, about how God reached the headhunting tribe her family originated from and how she is seeing him move today

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‘We’re all about dating wisely’

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Equipping exploited women for a brighter future

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‘Nobody wants to organise a funeral’

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‘Fragrance, faith and the power of story’

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Non-profit = good; business = bad?

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From Granny’s knitting needles to global impact - the story of Gogo Olive

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Building resilience in order to flourish

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‘It doesn’t feel like a job’

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Life Lessons: Come for the skincare, stay for the heartcare

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‘Solving social isolation, one dog walk at a time’

  • ‘We’re all about dating wisely’

  • Equipping exploited women for a brighter future

  • ‘Nobody wants to organise a funeral’

  • ‘Fragrance, faith and the power of story’

  • Non-profit = good; business = bad?

  • From Granny’s knitting needles to global impact - the story of Gogo Olive

  • Building resilience in order to flourish

  • ‘It doesn’t feel like a job’

  • Life Lessons: Come for the skincare, stay for the heartcare

  • ‘Solving social isolation, one dog walk at a time’