So, as someone who was unable to have children, what meaning did the eunuch’s sterile life hold in the face of mortality?

It marks an opportunity to think especially about how we grow God’s kingdom and show more of who Jesus is in the year ahead.

"People not pronouns" By Andrew Bunt, explores our responses to people's experience of gender in a careful and pastoral way.

"If marriage is good, singleness is also good".In this extract from an interview with John Stott shares some thoughts and reflections on his single life.

Julian Hardyman’s book “Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Fresh Pathways to Spiritual Passion” deep dives into the idea of Jesus as a Lover, primarily through the Song of Songs. Hardyman takes care to show how “the Song” (as he refers to it) is not just an exploration of human love but also divine love, not just in terms of Jesus’ love for the church, but on an individual and very personal level. 

Caring is (of course) a biblical concept. The two senses of “care” in the English language are mirrored in our practical experience of caring. Showing concern and kindness to others comes with a cost, and caring people are often prone to experience their care and compassion for others morphing into burdens for themselves that they cannot carry.