Ann-Louise Graham
Ann-Louise Graham worked as a broadcast and radio reporter with BBC domestic and the BBC World Service in Latin America for four years, including some work with street children. She later worked with the International Organization for Migration in Cambodia on counter–sexual trafficking initiatives protecting women and children, and in West Africa as a regional communications adviser for World Vision International. Now back in the UK, Ann-Louise is a freelance writer and biblical counsellor, trying to bring those two passions together. Her book, The Anxiety Lie a Christian Woman’s Roadmap to Freedom is available on her website christbasedthinking.org
Opinion“The world is falling apart—but do I have to fix it?” How to fight injustice without being crushed by it
Ann-Louise Graham explores how Christians can respond to overwhelming suffering and injustice without becoming paralysed by guilt or crushed by the sheer scale of the world’s problems. In an age of constant bad news, she asks whether faithfulness means recognising that while we cannot fix everything, we can respond to the opportunities God places in front of us.
OpinionWomen over 40 are being written off. But what if we’ve been looking for our worth in the wrong place?
Women over 40 can feel increasingly invisible in a culture obsessed with youth, career success and constant reinvention. Writer, Ann Louise Graham asks what happens when we stop measuring our worth by our jobs and achievements and instead discover our identity and purpose in Christ.
OpinionMental health awareness: 'The call of Scripture is not only to hear truth but to walk in it'
Counsellor, Ann-Louise Graham says, “Awareness without application does not lead to transformation. In a culture drowning in information, this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (11 - 17 May) theme of “taking action” is a timely reminder that the Christian life has always been about transformation through applied truth and obedience.”
ArticleWhy are [Christian] women so obsessed with being liked?
Ann-Louise Graham explores how our natural desire for approval has been distorted by the Fall and reminds us that we are all invited to live out of the security of being loved by God
OpinionBible beliefs on trial? The unexpected twist in Dr. Räsänen’s case
Former BBC reporter, Ann-Louise Graham, raises a timely question about freedom of expression in an age of shifting legal boundaries. Could what we publish today one day be judged under laws that do not yet exist?
Opinion'A moral turning point for Christian women at work?' Why the Employment Rights Act 2025 could transform millions of lives
According to Ann-Louise Graham, new workplace reforms could significantly improve security, leave rights, and health support for women.
OpinionThe World Economic Forum in Davos says AI will replace Christianity - this is what I think
Writer Ann Louise Graham responds to Yuval Noah Harari’s provocative warning that artificial intelligence could one day “take over” religion. Drawing on Christian theology, lived faith, and global experience, she challenges the idea that belief is merely word-based—and asks what machines can never truly replace.
OpinionDying well: upholding the sacred value of life in a culture of choice
Ann-Louise Graham reflects on the Assisted Suicide Bill through the lens of her faith and her experience caring for her dying father, exploring what it truly means to die well.
OpinionHave we forgotten God in our debates on abortion?
Ann-Louise Graham reflects on recent UK legislation on abortion and assisted suicide. She argues that these debates reveal a deeper cultural shift away from a God-centered view of human life.
OpinionAre doctors over diagnosing mental health conditions and turning biblical, anthropological problems into illness in the process?
‘Commentators argue that, unlike physical disease, mental health diagnoses are typically not based on tests like blood work or scans. Rather, they stem from the standardized categorization of behaviours and other symptoms. The challenge, they suggest, is that once someone is “labelled” with a particular diagnosis, they may mistakenly believe they have an inherent biological flaw - which can ironically hinder their recovery,’ says Ann-Louise Graham.
ArticleAre Christian women biblically illiterate?
Ann-Louise Graham considers how well we know the Bible and ponders whether the Church and its women’s ministries are to blame
OpinionMarriage is not the only pathway to reduced loneliness
‘The American Family Survey suggests that while marriage plays a significant role in combating loneliness and achieving life satisfaction, it is not the sole factor. In fact, church attendance is another key means to tackling loneliness, and this applies to all Christian women, whether married or single,’ says Ann-Louise Graham.
OpinionThere would be fewer church scandals if there were more female pastors...or would there?
‘Regardless of one’s stance on female pastors, the notion that increasing their numbers would resolve church scandals is misguided. Women’s hearts are no less prone to sin than men’s, even if the manifestation of that sin may differ,’ says Ann Louise Graham.
OpinionAre Christian women being good helpmates or are we all just ’mankeeping’?
‘Researchers suggest that a major issue with “mankeeping” is a lack of reciprocity - the burden it places on women’s time and well-being is not matched by a corresponding investment from men,’ says Ann-Louise Graham.
OpinionAtheists now outnumber theists in the UK – but it’s not all bad news
Ann-Louise Graham says that Christians now being perceived to be the ‘bad guys’ resonates not because this is a novel concept, but because it has long been the reality. She encourages us to stand firm under opposition.
OpinionWhy the Bible should inform the assisted suicide bill and not be divorced from it
‘The Bible extensively addresses the sanctity of life, and how believers should approach suffering, death, and God’s sovereignty over life and death,’ says Ann-Louise Graham, in the light of former Archbishop George Carey suggesting the contrary.
OpinionHas prayer become a ‘thought crime?’
Ann-Louise Graham discusses the arrest of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for praying outside an abortion clinic, and says this case highlights the risks of criminalizing religious expression.
ArticleThere are domestic abusers in our churches
Ann-Louise Graham unpacks the uncomfortable, disturbing and often hidden subject of domestic abuse among Christians and explains the misapplication of scripture by perpetrators
OpinionHappiness is a fundamental human goal, but what does the Bible say about it?
The UK may be ranked twentieth out of 146 countries in the happiness stakes, but as Christians, our joy does not come from the subjective evaluation of our lives, but the objective truth of the gospel says Ann-Louise Graham.
ArticleMission & burnout
Author Ann-Louise Graham looks at how we can stay in ministry without going under
