(Romans 5:8b) Recently Sue and I reflected on a former colleague from a Christian organisation with whom we had invested significant effort to build a positive working relationship. As her supervisor, I ensured she had autonomy and support, intervening only when...

‘Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade…’ (1 Peter 1:4) In her...

Suffering as a Christian: Why it Matters Most of us don’t like the word suffering. We avoid it, pray against it, and often assume something has gone wrong when hardship comes. But Peter writes to believers facing real pressure—misunderstanding, exclusion, even...