All Friendship articles
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OpinionI thank God for my mother (who is also my best friend)
‘In this mother-and-daughter relationship, we are fiercely for each other, fiercely opinionated and fiercely determined to set an example for what a mother-daughter relationship could and should look like,’ says Jessica Stark.
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ArticleHow is your Church responding to the loneliness epidemic?
Danielle Finch shares sobering statistics with a challenge to recognise that God calls all of us to look out for and care for our fellow human beings
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OpinionGalentine’s Day is a reminder of how God brought together the editor and deputy editor of Woman Alive magazine!
In 2020 Jemimah Wright wrote an article about friends she had never met, one of them happened to be Tola Doll Fisher, Woman Alive’s editor. In celebration of Galentine’s Day, the global holiday that celebrates women’s friendship, we are re-publishing this article, and thankful to say, five years on, Doll and Jemimah have met face to face, and remain very good friends - and now colleagues!
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OpinionWhat the Olympics taught me about female friendship
The Paris Olympics ended in August, and as the Paralympics continue, Michelle Tant writes about what impacted her the most - seeing the touching signs of female friendship between the athletes.
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OpinionGirls Aloud are reuniting! What can girl bands show Christian women about friendship?
‘Girl bands have come to epitomise the best and worst of female friendship,’ says Alex Noel as she takes a look at some of our favourite female groups.
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OpinionIn a marriage obsessed society, I have found covenant friendships are just as significant
Female friendships are a gift for those married or single. Maxine Harrison looks at the trend of making a ’covenant’ friendship with a best friends to mark the significance of the friendship.
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I have been “friend-dumped” and I don’t know what to do.
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ the Woman Alive panel answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us a confidential email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we help a reader who has fallen out with a friend and doesn’t understand why.
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Opinion'I will always celebrate Galentine’s Day'
Abi Louise Roff shares how four friends in her life have been an invaluable support, and why we women should keep looking out for each other.
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OpinionHow easy are you to get on with on a scale of Claudia Winkleman to Katie Hopkins?
Author, Dolly Alderton first coined the ’how easy are you to get on with’ scale in her Sunday Times column. Writer, Alex Noel discusses this and advises some self-reflection in the light of what the Bible says
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ArticleRedeeming mixed-sex relationships
Bobbi Kumari believes that this generation has an opportunity to redeem mixed-sex relationships so that they become pure and honouring
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OpinionWhat I’ve learnt about friendship from 12 years at the school gate and how the Bible helps
Rachel Allcock reflects on her years as a primary school mum and the relationships she's built at the school gate.
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OpinionI had to learn the balance between hospitality and boundaries - Jesus had it down
Tori Wells operated a "come one, come all" attitude towards hosting, until a friend challenged her to put some boundaries in place.
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OpinionYou’re not a Martha or a Mary - you’re a daughter of Christ
Author Amy Boucher Pye explains why we shouldn’t fall into the trap of cultural typecasting of these famous biblical sisters.
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OpinionEnvy can drive a wedge between relationships, here are five signs to look out for
Writer and broadcaster Deanna Fletcher tells of her experience of a toxic friendship and shares five things to look out for in an envious friend.
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OpinionA Christian take on Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby’s very public rift
Tabloid journalist Lauren Windle fills us in on what’s been happening with the This Morning presenters and offers a Christian perspective on the front-page fallout.
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OpinionIs it possible to reconcile without an apology? The Bible tells us yes
Ada Hilton shares her reflections on building bridges and not always needing to be right.
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OpinionChristians need to get better at saying 'no' - and it's not selfish
Writer Natalie Baird-Clarke explains that, even though Christians are terrible at saying "no", we need to learn to care for ourselves.
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ArticleIsn’t it time the world listened to women?
In her own unique way, Veronica Zundel celebrates women, but anguishes over the unequal way we can be treated
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ArticleFive things I have learned about…female friends
While it took her a while to develop close friendships with women, Cathy Madavan shares why she believes they are invaluable
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ArticleFive things I have learned about…leadership (the hard way!)
With her usual disarming honesty, Cathy Madavan shares about the ups and downs of being a leader
