January | 2022 | Magazine

Don’t avoid adoption to ‘protect’ your biological children, I gained two brothers when my mum and dad chose to live by faith and not fear

2022-01-07T09:30:00+00:00By Lizzie Fraser

Lizzy Fraser explains the power of importance of adoption from her own experience with her brothers, and adopting two children herself.

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I found myself in a church-cult, here’s how to spot the signs

2022-01-06T09:30:00+00:00By Tola Doll Fisher

From kicking off when her family missed a service to dictating how she did her hair, Tola Doll Fisher’s pastor showed some seriously problematic behaviours. Here’s how to work out if you’re in a church cult.

Whether it’s good news or bad, knowing the future won’t make 2022 any easier… Jesus will

2021-12-31T08:25:00+00:00By Tola Doll Fisher

As we welcome in a new year, and all the good and bad that may hold, Woman Alive’s editor Tola-Doll Fisher reassures us that even if trouble is ahead, we have all we need in Christ

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Love on a bicycle

2021-12-17T11:24:00+00:00By Clare Blake

Two newly married couples, Dawn and Tim Laundon and Matt and Coco Morley, told Clare Blake what they learned on their life-changing cycling trips

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‘Singled Out in a Couple’s World’

2021-12-17T11:24:00+00:00By Christa Smith

Christa Smith spoke to Jemimah Wright about her new book, which aims to break the stigma of singleness

Looking to the year ahead

2021-12-17T11:24:00+00:00By Maxine Hallett

A stencil on my wall reads: “HOPE makes all things work and FAITH makes all things possible.” It is a constant reminder to me that there is only one way to turn my helplessness into hopefulness – by fixing my eyes on the Lord, breathing him in and inviting him ...

Five things I have learned about… setting goals

2021-12-17T11:23:00+00:00By Cathy Madavan

Cathy Madavan shares how she plans ahead in order to embrace a new season

January 2022 Book Club - You recommend…

2021-12-17T11:22:00+00:00

I read this book while I was bringing up our kids. It really helped me to meet God daily on a deeper level through listening to him using ancient Christian practices like lectio divina. It also got me thinking practically about my role within our family and what I needed ...

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January 2022 Book Club

2021-12-17T11:22:00+00:00By Amy Boucher Pye

This month Amy Boucher Pye is reading…

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Living with long COVID

2021-12-17T11:22:00+00:00

We have all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and many are still suffering its effects months after contracting the virus. Respiratory nurse and lecturer Debbie Duncan shares what is has been like for herself and others coping with long COVID

Don’t avoid adoption to ‘protect’ your biological children, I gained two brothers when my mum and dad chose to live by faith and not fear
I found myself in a church-cult, here’s how to spot the signs
Whether it’s good news or bad, knowing the future won’t make 2022 any easier… Jesus will
Love on a bicycle
‘Singled Out in a Couple’s World’
Looking to the year ahead
Five things I have learned about… setting goals
January 2022 Book Club - You recommend…
January 2022 Book Club
Living with long COVID