All posts by Thomas McConaghie

Thomas McConaghie is our coordinator of all things threads. He's part of the leadership team in his local church in Belfast, geeks out on all things healthy cities, consumes football almost as much as food and loves a good biography. He's married to Laura and is a dad to Ezra.

The madness of modern life

// The heart of our flawed modern life is the myth and illusion that life is something for mankind to conquer and control.

Written by Dave Luck

The new commandment

// We are not primarily known as Jesus disciples through Bible-reading, our song-singing or church-attending. It's through our love for each other.

Written by Phil Hoyle

Words of life and death

// It seems to me that all those involved in Charlie’s heart-breaking situation need words of kindness, and that as followers of Jesus it should be the hallmark of all our interactions, both in person and online.

Written by Ruth Perrin

Stop leaving evangelism to the professionals

// Acts has a lot to say about non-professional evangelism.

Written by Thomas McConaghie

Just another blog about running and raising money

// Everyone seems to run a marathon these days.

Written by Amaris Cole

3 things I’ve learned about community living

// Acts 2 isn't always as rosy as it can seem, but it's worth persevering with.

Written by Ryan Galpin

Your body is a gift

// It's not merely an instrument, to do with as we please.

Written by Mike Tyler

Where is God in the change?

// Approaching a life-changing decision and wondering how we process it with our Father.

Written by Yvonne Dodoo

What we loved in June

// Our monthly wrap-up of articles, videos and quotes that inspired us this month.

Written by threads

The sheer stupidity of porn

// Three biblical examples of sheer stupidity and a Spirit-led thought above it.

Written by Nick Franks

How do you run a pop-up food waste café?

// How hard is it to run your own food waste event? Where do you even start? Surplus Kitchen let us in on their secrets.

Written by Matt Long and Jonathan Cherry

When is enough, enough?

// There's always enough in our God. Part of our series on food waste, written by our friends at Tearfund.

Written by Julia Kendal

Diary of a food waste saboteur

// Because we all love a good challenge ... the latest post in a series on food waste by Tearfund.

Written by Jack Wakefield

Will the supermarket giants ever compromise?

// There is no national mandatory food waste target and not enough pressure on retailers. Our series on food waste, written by the team at Tearfund.

Written by Nikki Dravers

Are millennials to blame for the food waste mountain?

// Or are millennial pioneers paving the way for a different approach? A new series on food waste, written by our mates at Tearfund.

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Give us this day our daily bread

// Gather the pieces. Let nothing be wasted. The first post in our series on food waste by Tearfund.

Written by Clare Lyons

Is ‘self-actualisation’ really the key to success?

// And when it comes to being successful, do we know it when we see it?

Written by Liz Bradley

Lessons from our spiritual ancestors | part II

// More book recommendations to help you on your spiritual journey.

Written by Tim Bechervaise

Is there such a thing as a truly informed voter?

// It feels like the more knowledge you have about politics, the less certain anything is.

Written by Tim Wyatt

Distractions, desire and destiny

// When we know someone isn’t God’s best for us we spend our time rationalising our choice to keep pursuing them. It won't work.

Written by Bex Finney