All Real life articles – Page 9
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ArticleChanging the world one pizza at a time
Award-winning entrepreneur Bridget Callaghan is the founder of Well Kneaded, a London-based pizzeria and social enterprise bringing connection and restoration. Here she explains how it all started
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Article‘My husband came out as transgender’
In the spring of 2015, Pam Jones’s husband of 24 years wrote her a letter explaining that they wanted to be known as Chrissie. Their rugged alpha male persona had been a mask, an act of performative masculinity to protect their true self, which was, and always had been, intrinsically feminine
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ArticleFive things I have learned about…life balance
Cathy Madavan shares the methods that have helped her avoid paralysis from too much choice
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OpinionWe stand in the gap for women working in the sex industry, we laugh, grieve and pray with them because it's what Jesus did for us
Reaching out to women in the sex industry is vital frontline work. Here, Beloved’s Emily Carter explains that in a time when women’s stories are manipulated to either promote or demonise sex work, they choose not to conform to either of these, but instead to stand in the gap.
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OpinionI had two children by the age of 17 and then I started taking heroin, I felt chained and trapped… until someone spoke to me about Jesus
Julie McAddock is the co-founder of Street Connect, a charity that offers hope to those battling addiction. Here she shares her personal story of transformation from being trapped in the depths of addiction with her children in foster care, to complete freedom through Christ.
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OpinionI volunteer for YMCA - seeing young people given a safe place to stay when they’re used to rough sleeping is incredible
Janet Spencer had been out of the workplace for nearly thirteen years, caring full time for her adopted son, Zeph, when one day she felt a quiet tug to volunteer at YMCA Exeter. Little did she know what lay in store.
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OpinionI haven’t set foot in church since mine bullied me after a brain injury, yet I’m closer to God than ever
After a life-change injury Macaila Britton thought her church would rally around her, but instead she claims she was ostracized and asked to leave for giving up her volunteer roles.
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ArticleShining a light on Black British history
Lola Jaye wrote her new book The Attic Child during the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, in 2020. Here’s what she told us about how the story unfolded
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Article‘No matter what we’ve been through I’ve never lost hope’
Colleen Haynes Sheehy married a man with a disability, against her family’s advice. Sadly he passed away, but she went on to marry another man with the same disease
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ArticleThe Baby Whisperer
Sue Gray describes how she became a doula and why she is passionate about helping mothers and newborns
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ArticleGod, me and ADHD
Margaret Reed Roberts was diagnosed in her late 40s. Here she describes the unsettling journey it has taken her on
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ArticleCelebrating 40 years of Woman Alive!
‘It’s so exciting to be heading up a brand with such rich history and potential’
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ArticleA Prayer for The Queen’s Jubilee
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee means big celebrations for many of us this month –loved ones and neighbourhoods coming together, family gatherings and street parties, rejoicing and commemorating this special occasion of 70 years of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen.
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Article'I love Jesus and Gucci'
We discovered Tina RoseLawless via her Instagram account (@TinaRoseLawless). Enchanted by the photos of Tina in high-end fashion, her beaded creations and colourful style, our editor Tola-Doll Fisher was curious to find out more about the woman behind what is fast becoming a signature brand
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ArticleA celebration of gospel
Cassandra Maria is a presenter, producer and content creator for Premier Gospel. The radio show is hosting the Premier Gospel Awards on 18 June in London and Tola-Doll Fisherasked Cassandra some questions about herself, as well as the much-loved gospel show
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OpinionI’m healthy and in my 30s but I’ve planned my funeral, including recording a message to be played - people think it’s crazy
Writer Lauren Windle explains why she decided not to leave her dying words to chance, but instead to record them to be played at her funeral and why she thinks it could be the most important thing she ever says.
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Article‘I have never experienced a relationship like this’
Vicki Keir shares her story of failed marriages – including discovering abuse in her home – and the faithful God who has given her hope and joy again
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Article‘Singing has helped me with fear and anxiety’
Singer Elle Limebear talked to Jemimah Wright about being the daughter of Delirious? front man Martin Smith and her own call to the music industry
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ArticleStruggling to read the Bible? There’s a game for that!
Alice Bond’s passion for communicating the Bible found a new outlet, which God had given her in a dream: Biblios, the Bible in a box
