Woman Alive Contents

 

Ideas and inspiration

10 COVER Want to boost your spiritual fitness? Three women share what works for them

22 Bringing people together How three churches are meeting the needs of their community

36 Inspiration for the month ahead Four ways to boost your joy

38 COVER Make the most of spring Great ideas to celebrate the season of hope

 

Reflections

 7 Prayer for the month Asking God to transform us

37 Joni Eareckson Tada on the love that never ends

40 Veronica Zundel considers the problem with many of our church structures

50 Man Alive Andrew Graystone recalls how God showed him a better plan for his future

 

Real lives

14 Love on the mission field Dating in a different culture has very different rules, as two young missionaries discovered

17 New series! Singled Out Hopeful Girl opens her diary again to share the ups and downs of being a single woman in the Church today 

18 Baroness Elizabeth Berridge on her calling to politics, making an impact and the importance of prayer

29 Working her way out of poverty A young woman’s battle to change her life

32 COVER ‘Counselling was my path to healing’ One woman’s story of confronting her fears

 

News & views 

 8 Your letters on good friends, generosity and what Woman Alive means to you

41 Next month Looking ahead to our March issue 

42 Bookclub Recommended reads for Lent and an interview with Catherine Butcher

44 Weekend Things to do and treats to win this month

49 Great places to stay Beth Eden Guest House in Llandudno is warmly recommended

 

Good advice 

21 COVER The secret of success How to make the right resolutions for the year ahead

26 COVER How to finish well Why we all need to think more about our own mortality

30 COVER What you need to know about counselling How it works, what it costs and other important questions

33 Natural well-being How to lift your mood in the winter months

34 COVER Are you doing what God wants? Understanding Paul’s teaching in Ephesians 4