By Lizzie Hutchison2023-05-23T08:30:00
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As summer holidays are just around the corner, writer Lizzie Hutchison asks if Christian women should wear bikinis.
Probably not, lycra wasn’t yet a thing. But the question of what constitutes appropriate swimwear is one that’s pottered around my brain for many years, and reached its zenith as I was lounging on a giant inflatable duck, in a gold lamé bikini. I was in a swimming pool in France, in case you’re concerned about my hobbies. Now, this bikini certainly covered what I would consider the key areas, and I’d removed the little chain that hangs from under the top-half, because it’s nice to leave something for Kim Kardashian.
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2025-03-26T13:16:00Z
We launched the ‘Woman Alive’ podcast in July 2023 and many of you are already regular listeners. After almost two years, here are the ones that have gained the most attention…
2025-02-28T06:17:00Z By Rebekah Walker
‘It strikes me that women choosing to come out on a dark and rainy Monday evening bears huge similarities to choosing faith in God. Amidst the swirling gales of life and the cold isolation of living in a broken world, choosing to take a step into an environment where we praise God for all his goodness is powerful,’ says Rebekah Walker.
2025-01-22T07:00:00Z By Danielle Finch
‘When our daughter was born, I needed an elective C-section due to placenta praevia. Although far from ‘natural’, Anna’s birth was filled with joy,’ says Danielle Finch.
2025-04-30T05:52:00Z By Suze Gurmeseva
‘Jesus never forced anyone to follow him, yet his unwavering love transformed lives (Luke 22:42, Galatians 5:22–23). You can’t control your husband. But you can let the Holy Spirit shape your own heart and responses,’ says Suze Gurmeseva.
2025-04-30T05:47:00Z By Beth Appleby
‘At a routine check up on the baby, a few days before our planned C-section, her heart rate kept disappearing. Distressed this was the end, I agreed whole-heartedly to an emergency C-section as our church community prayed fervently over Zoom,’ says Beth Appleby.
2025-04-29T05:38:00Z By Jemimah Wright
‘If I ever meet Olivia Colman (one can dream) I would love to chat to her about school, and our experiences of drama classes with Mr Hands, but I would also ask her about her faith, and encourage her that the God she worshipped in chapel choir at school, is the same God who wants a close walk with her today, and to bless her even more than she knows,’ says Jemimah Wright.
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