All Opinion articles – Page 25
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OpinionI believe God opened the door to me becoming a beauty queen in my fifties
JeanAnne Roberts’ beauty pageant dream was crushed almost 40 years ago, but she was amazed to find God resurrected it; when she was 55.
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OpinionFrom the infidelity ‘curse’ to alleged physical abuse, Strictly reveals our need for a Saviour
From the ‘Strictly Curse’ to recent allegations of bullying and abuse, will the UK’s favourite light-entertainment show be axed? Jemimah Wright takes a look at the twenty- year history of Strictly Come Dancing.
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: How many dates does it take to know if there’s real potential?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we answer someone who wants to know if she should keep dating a guy she was set up with
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OpinionWhy are app developers looking out for vulnerable women at the Olympics but the Church isn’t?
The tech industry shouldn’t be paving the way to keeping women safe; it should be us, says Sally Hope, as she looks into what is available to protect women at the Olympics and Paralympic Games.
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OpinionIs USA presidential nominee, Kamala Harris a Christian?
With a Baptist father, Hindu mother, and Jewish husband, Jemimah Wright considers where Kamala Harris might stand on faith and religion.
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OpinionTV show ‘Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace’ on God rescuing an abandoned baby
Rachel McArthur speaks of being abandoned in a long-stay car park and her adoptive mother, Phyllis McArthur, said God stepped in to rescue her in the nick of time. Val Fraser shares her thoughts on the episode.
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OpinionActress Jessica Alba still believes in God but no longer practises Christianity
Sophie Dianne looks at what we know of Jennifer Alba’s faith journey, and disagrees with her claim that there is a lack of female role models in the Bible.
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OpinionIs there a correlation between global disasters and the hand of God?
Jenny Sanders suggests that even though we’d like to blame God for environmental uproar, many are the direct or indirect result of human folly.
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OpinionShould Christians be rich? Does having a lot of money mean you won’t go to heaven?
Why does it seem less holy to be rich? Is it ok to be loaded? Jemimah Wright looks at the question of money and suggests a prayer to help us get perspective.
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OpinionDiane Abbott MP has been named ‘Mother of the House’
In looking at Diane Abbott’s new title, Alex Noel asks, who is your ‘mother of the house’ and as Christians, what does the role entail?
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OpinionI used to follow Zendaya’s advice in Spiderman to expect disappointment, until I realised Jesus’ way is better
In a world that regularly disappoints, Rebbeckah Condo – like many of us – developed coping techniques. An unlikely source of resilience tactics came from Zendaya’s character, MJ in Spiderman, until she realised there may be a better way.
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OpinionDoubting the Bible almost shipwrecked my faith
Ruth Clemence reflects on a time when she wondered if the Bible could be trusted. For her, it led to a depressive cycle followed by anger, cynicism and disconnect from the Lord
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I was dumped, and now I can’t move on
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here Dr Kathrine McAleese speaks to a woman who can’t get over a break-up.
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Opinion‘God told me to transform a van into a beauty salon’
When Mariana Matos gave her life to Jesus, she asked him to use her but never imagined it would be through blessing vulnerable women as a beautician.
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OpinionReaching midlife as a Christian woman (avoid having a crisis and embrace saying goodbye to youth)
Hannah Wickens shares some of her own experience of reaching her forties, and suggests some ways we can reframe the future as a place of hope rather than sad decline.
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OpinionI think Queenie contains a message for all of us
Self-confessed ‘telly-addict’ Rev Bryony Taylor gives her review of Queenie, and says it reminded her that we are all just looking for acceptance.
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OpinionSir Keir Starmer has invited us to join his ‘Government of Service’
Alex Noel asks how might Jesus’ leadership style benefit both us and our new Prime Minister, and gives us tips on how to be better servant leaders.
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OpinionIs Elon Musk’s Starlink and the internet morally neutral?
When more and more people are isolated rather than connected is the Internet having the opposite result to its so-called “purpose” of connecting us, asks Anna Fothergill
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OpinionWomen are rising to prominence in European politics, representing the hard right. What’s the Christian response?
As the United Kingdon’s general election happened yesterday, Sharmila Meadows looks at the rise of Marine LePen in France, and asks what it could mean for the country
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OpinionHow somatic therapy with Jesus changed my life
When Perry-May Britton discovered that if you are massaging someone who doesn’t feel safe then no matter how skilled you are, their body won’t allow you ‘in’, she was intrigued and it led her to become a somatic coach.
