“You cannot find peace by avoiding life” – Virginia Woolf

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” Maya Angelou

“Using complementarian theology to justify abuse is like defacing a “Do Not Enter” sign until it says, “Enter.” Consider five reasons why complementarians, of all people, should have the least tolerance for spousal abuse.” Complementarians Should be Toughest on Abuse

‘A Ford car trying to be a Cadillac is absurd, but if a Ford accepts itself as a Ford, it can do many things that a Cadillac could never do: it can get in parking spaces that a Cadillac can never get in. And in life some of us are Fords and some of us…

Emmanuel’s very own Alice Ievins pens a great article here exploring disability and God’s design. “Having Jesus is enough. And that’s never clearer than when everything else is taken away.” Disability, Doubt and the Design of God

‘It takes a whole church to raise a child.’ Ed Moll & Tim Chester, Gospel-centred Family, p.83.

We often opt to speak to our close friends on a Sunday rather than chat to the person sitting alone. Rebecca McLaughlin explains 3 great reasons why it’s imperative we don’t get too comfortable at church. Make Sunday Mornings Uncomfortable

‘No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.’ Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, p.161.

People are lonelier than ever—even though opportunities for social connection have exponentially increased. How did social isolation become such a disturbing trend? And how can the church respond to the loneliness epidemic? How Your Church Can Respond to the Lonliness Epidemic