Thirdway Featureshttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.ukumbracoChristian comment on cultureenEvery day is like Sunday?http://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/jun-2012/features/every-day-is-like-sunday.aspxMon, 14 May 2012 12:41:56 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/jun-2012/features/every-day-is-like-sunday.aspxTo the chagrin of many Christians and trade unionists, the government will allow more Sunday trading during the Olympics. Jurgen Moltmann argues that the preservation of the Sabbath is an important part of our understanding of our own creation.

 

foraging1.jpgForsaking the Family http://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/may-2012-/features/forsaking-the-family-.aspxFri, 27 Apr 2012 12:09:55 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/may-2012-/features/forsaking-the-family-.aspxfamily1.jpg

Lauren is crying in frustration. Now in her mid-thirties, she has travelled half way across the world to escape her controlling and judgmental mother but the mileage seems to have made little difference. By phone and email, Lauren is still bombarde...]]>Intercession without the groanshttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/features/intercession-without-the-groans.aspxMon, 12 Mar 2012 14:01:30 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/features/intercession-without-the-groans.aspx'Spiritual warriors' have got themselves a bad name in some quarters. Shouldn't true prayer have more to do with active compassion than fighting anything? Dave Andrews on reclaiming and reframing intercession.

FAndrews1.jpgPhysics and the final frontierhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/features/physics-and--the-final-frontier.aspxThu, 08 Mar 2012 11:26:36 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/features/physics-and--the-final-frontier.aspxIs there a scientific argument for an afterlife? Theoretical physicist
John Polkinghorne constructs a case for a human destiny beyond death -
and finds grounds for Christian hope.

Fpolkinghorne1.jpgTrust the whirlpoolhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/features/trust-the-whirlpool.aspxThu, 08 Mar 2012 11:26:36 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/apr-2012-/features/trust-the-whirlpool.aspxA respected academic, devoted mother and self-confessed 'control addict',
Carol Eckerman watched her life fall apart when her husband walked out in her 50s. She tells how she learned to surrender to God in the chaos.

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We live in a flowering of ...]]>Learning to play Godhttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/janfeb-2012/features/learning-to-play-god.aspxWed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:00 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/janfeb-2012/features/learning-to-play-god.aspxThe pace of change in genetic science in recent years has been unprecedented, bringing choices unimaginable to previous generations. John Bryant goes in search of a definitively Christian response to today's bioethical dilemmas.

The power of alonehttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/janfeb-2012/features/the-power-of-alone.aspxWed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:00 GMThttp://www.thirdwaymagazine.co.uk/editions/janfeb-2012/features/the-power-of-alone.aspxWhy do we so often equate solitude with loneliness? In our terminally distracted society, Simon Parke finds radical healing in the simple but unpopular practice of sitting quietly in our own company.