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Not so ordinary peopleEditorial

Issue publishedFebruary 2008 Author John Buckeridge

John Buckeridge meets two apparently ordinary people who have extraordinary stories to tell.

How to handoverFeature

Issue publishedFebruary 2008 Author Andy Peck

Most churches and charities have no contingency plans for when the present leader moves on, trusting instead that ‘God will provide’. This can have disastrous consequences, leaving the organisation directionless.

No man's landFeature

Issue publishedFebruary 2008 Author John Buckeridge

In UK churches women typically outnumber men by almost two to one. The absence of working class men in church is even more stark. In the first of a two-part interview, John Buckeridge talks to Carl Beech, chief executive of Christian Vision for Men, about where we’re going wrong.

Helpful or harmful?Feature

Issue publishedFebruary 2008 Author Roger Harper

Reiki has never been more popular in Britain - but how should Christians view it? Roger Harper investigates.

Hooked on porn sitesDear Maggie

Issue publishedFebruary 2008 Author Margaret Ellis

I am a guy with a great heart for God, scripture, church and mission; though I feel so hopelessly inadequate in terms of sexuality. I hear from people at college and in the press what everybody else seems to be up to. So I went onto web sites, to educate myself about sexual issues but I quickly got hooked on porn sites...

The day I first encountered GodThe Day I

Issue publishedFebruary 2008 Author Joanne Appleton

Former heroin addict Barry Woodward tells Joanne Appleton about one strange night which eventually led to his conversion.

Its life... but not as we knew itWebwatch

Issue publishedFebruary 2008 Author John Allan

John Allan concludes his exploration of ‘life coaches’.

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