All Opinion articles – Page 11
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OpinionWomen in South Korea are faced with having a job or having children
Becky Hunter-Kelm is grateful for the Flexible Working Bill, passed earlier this month, which will help working mothers in the UK hugely. She takes a look at how without flexible working conditions, women in South Korea are choosing not to have babies.
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OpinionAre date nights the secret to a healthy Christian marriage?
A new report from the Marriage Foundation reveals that intentional time spent together as husband and wife can make all the difference.
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Opinion‘Reading the Bible in my native language changed everything for me!’
Having studied the Bible in English all her life, Jamaican born Karen Roach was amazed to find the New Testament translated in her native Creole.
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Opinion'I studied Church abuse and this is what I think about the Mike Pilavachi allegations'
”When initially faced with allegations the instinct across denominations has often been to protect the leader first,” suggests Rachel Mataraki. She says that instead we must learn to bear witness to the suffering of those that come forward.
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OpinionVinted or Primark? Why Christians need to be involved in the fight against fast fashion
Hannah Wickens explains why the recent French bill to curb budget clothing manufacturers is so important, and looks at what we can do to be less wasteful with our clothes.
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OpinionA Shia Muslim finds Jesus through her Christian landlord
Rae Bowdler was born and raised in an Islamic family, but she says, ’Jesus changed the trajectory of my life.’
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OpinionDating apps not working for you? Here’s why you might be getting the matches but not the marriage
Human development researcher Tori Wells, looks at the psychology behind modern app-based searches for love.
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OpinionMoving on from divorce as a Christian woman
When her marriage ended, Sally Hope felt she had lost her identity and began to question who she was without it.
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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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OpinionHalf the world will vote this year - what does it mean for us as Christians?
At least 64 countries (plus the European Union) are holding national elections this year. That is 49% of the world’s population. Jenny Sanders asks how, in the global shift, we can respond as Christians.
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Opinion‘I was a psychic medium, until I got so scared and ran to Jesus’
Elizabeth Smith would sit in a darkened room with other mediums in a séance and allow spirits to possess her body. ’We believed we served the “light” and brought healing to people and the earth,’ she says, until she discovered the dark side, and realised Jesus is the only way, the truth, and the life.
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OpinionI quit social media when the Holy Spirit revealed the damaging way I interacted with it
Woman Alive editor, Tola Doll Fisher first left Facebook, then Twitter, and finally Instagram. She defends her choice to go against the majority and shares why the decision has proved beneficial.
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OpinionReview of Cabrini: The inspiring journey of a pioneering nun
Cabrini (2024) starring Cristiana Dell’Anna, John Lithgow and David Morse tells the true story of Italian immigrant Frances Cabrini, a Catholic missionary who persuaded a hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children living in the slums of New York City in 1889. Sue Gray gives her review of the story of America’s first saint.
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OpinionFor people with autism, walking into a busy church can be a sensory nightmare
Church life can be overwhelming and challenging for autistic people, says Triona Brading. On World Autism Awareness Day, here are some helpful starting points for discussions with the autistic people in your congregation.
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Opinion‘Fashion icon Iris Apfel inspired my walk as a Christian’
Iris Apfel became world famous for her vivid, colourful dress sense and trademark oversized glasses. A successful businesswoman in the textiles and interior design sector who served the White House for over nine presidencies, Iris was well known for being outspoken, her daring style and embarking on a modelling career at 97 years old. Becky Hunter-Kelm shares how Iris’s attitude has encouraged her.
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OpinionIt’s Good Friday and we know that death must precede resurrection. This is how I understood the principle…
This Easter weekend Bethany Anderson is reminded that sometimes, things have to die in order to come back to new life.
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OpinionDid you know that Nicole Scherzinger is a Christian?
Beauty, fame and success are hard things for humans to carry, and Nicole Scherzinger has all three. Jemimah Wright discovered how the former Pussycat Doll’s faith keeps her grounded, and why she is not ashamed to tell the world about it.
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OpinionChurches can help us move past the very British fear of death
Rev Canon Yvonne Tulloch, CEO of charity AtaLoss, has been on a mission to address the UK’s ignorance over death, after her husband died suddenly. Here she explains why we need to train churches in bereavement support.
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OpinionThe women from our history books who knew that without Christ, we can do nothing
Hope Bonarcher remembers some amazing women whose unshakeable faith demonstrates that when Christ is our foundation, we can move mountains.
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Opinion‘I am a Palestinian Christian and will be retracing the steps of Jesus to find hope this Easter’
Grace Al-Zoughbi’s family’s tradition is to go to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and walk in the footsteps of Jesus starting from Bethphage to the Mount of Olives. She shares why it is so important to retrace his footsteps during this season.
