All Opinion articles – Page 10
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OpinionDid Madonna hear from God during a near-death experience?
At Madonna’s The Celebration Tour, she told fans that her first word after coming out of a coma and a ‘near-death experience’ was… ‘no’.
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OpinionHere is what I think of the Pro-Life Manchester students
As an advocate of unborn babies, Ruth Rawlins was shocked by the treatment of Manchester University’s Pro-Life Society members. She looks into what happened, and what it means for us
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OpinionIs Scary Spice Mel B a Christian?
Speaking on her podcast, former Spice Girl Mel B told author Elizabeth Day that she spends time praying. Does the former Spice Girl have a faith?
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: Can I kiss boys at parties?
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 wants to know if this kind of casual intimacy makes her a bad Christian?
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Opinion‘I have experienced both the joy and pain of Mother’s Day’
Mother’s Day became painful for Sarah Portal after her mother died when she was 22. Later, she felt the pain of waiting for children via adoption. Now Sarah is a mother, she describes both the pain and the joys of the day.
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OpinionAI responds to questions on workplace discrimination for International Women's Day
A UK based tech-for-good company is celebrating International Women’s Day by giving free access to its AI chatbot trained on the UK Equality Act. Here’s what that means for women in the workplace…
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OpinionWhy we need women at the forefront of AI technology
’As women of faith we should embrace the fifth industrial revolution with faith not fear,’ says Jamie Phear. She says we need women pioneering alongside men to step into the future with leadership that is grounded in ethics and inclusivity.
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OpinionWhat is the best book you’ve ever read?
For World Book Day, the Woman Alive team share their most loved books - from The Secret Garden to Redeeming Love
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OpinionWhy should adults care about World Book Day?
’The benefits of reading are well documented,’ says publisher, Nicki Copeland. She shares why she loves to read and why ‘stories stimulate our imaginations’, long after childhood.
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OpinionMothers don’t need more advice, here’s five reasons why
A few weeks after having a baby, Shakira Peronet said to her husband ‘please remind me to not give advice to new mothers unless they’ve asked for it’. She explains what we can do to support them instead.
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OpinionThe rise of Raye - the singer and her Christian faith
’This is not a neat and tidy tale of finding faith,’ says Alex Noel of multiple Brit Award-winning singer Raye, and her seven year journey to become an independent artist.
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OpinionDo we need Christian hip-hop?
Maxine Harrison says Lecrae is a key player in the Christian hip-hop scene, and asks if it is that far-fetched to think that God could transform a traditionally non-Christian genre into music that glorifies him?
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Opinion‘I would end up in hospital feeling like I was about to have a heart attack and a stroke at the same time’
When Camilla Field started suffering from anxiety, her freedom came through a mix of physical, mental and spiritual help.
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OpinionA Gen-Z guide to modern dating (Christians need help too)
If you’re recently single and hitting the apps, you are going to need to decipher more than just WWJD…
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OpinionEvery Christian needs to know the power in their words
Peju Abuchi felt held back from reaching her full potential because she was constantly looking for the approval of others. She started speaking out the truth from Scripture, and this is what happened…
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Opinion‘Thank God for the Government ban on disposable vapes’
Mary Deller from Hope UK says the Government’s measures to tackle the huge rise in young people taking up vaping are a positive step forward.
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OpinionCéline Dion has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome. How does this kind of chronic illness affect women?
Author Jo Sheringham shares her experience of developing an autoimmune condition, and the lessons God is teaching her as she lives with the disability.
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OpinionShould Christians be more like JK Rowling?
We live in a culture where people are regularly ‘cancelled’ for speaking out against the wider or more popular opinion. Woman Alive’s deputy editor, Jemimah Wright looks at JK Rowling’s experience, and wonders what those of us in the body of the Church can learn from her.
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OpinionKate Garraway has just gone back to work after the funeral of her husband, here is my advice to her, as a widow myself.
Tania West lost her husband two years ago. In an open letter to the TV presenter whose husband died two months ago, Tania shares some encouragement in that she has found God to be faithful, even in deepest grief.
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OpinionCrazy about The Chosen
Julie Wickenden is one of many Christian fans of TV series The Chosen. Not yet caught up? Be prepared for what she describes as a ’roller coaster of emotions’.
