A few weeks ago I wrote a short blog asking how we can better support single women in church, especially those over the age of 30. I was deluged with responses, and it became clear to me that we are not doing a good job in this area.

A few years ago the faithful were excited to discover that hot new rap artist, Kanye West, was a Christian. Excitement gave way to disappointment. But wealth and celebrity clearly can't protect Kanye from suffering.

We never cope with loss as well as we think we will. It is easy to imagine loss, but impossible to imagine what loss will feel like.

Britney Spears burst onto the global music scene in 1998, a sexy teenager proudly wearing her faith and her virginity on her sleeve. The virginity was a predictable early casualty, and the faith is MIA at the time of writing. It's fair to say that mega-stardom has not been kind to Britney.

Christians have always had a troubled relationship with AC/DC, kind of like gazelles have always had a troubled relationship with lions. So what should a Christian make of AC/DC?

There is never enough time, we are all "time poor". So why on earth would I agree to write a weekly column for this website? After all, writing is so, so time-consuming.