Adrian Drayton

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Gratitude as Action: Practising Thankfulness When You Don’t Feel It

Many people treat gratitude as something you feel only when lifelines up neatly. The faith tradition takes another view. Scripture presents gratitude as action. You choose it. You practise it. You let it guide the way you see God and the people around you. Feelings may or may not follow, but the practice shapes your […]

Adrian Drayton · 18 January 2026

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Why Your Presence in Christian Community Still Matters

Gathering with other believers is still a central practice for Christian life. You can access sermons, music, and teaching online, but Scripture calls you to something more than receiving information. Hebrews 10:25 urges you not to neglect meeting together, because the Christian life grows through shared commitment, shared worship, and shared accountability. When you gather, […]

Adrian Drayton · 31 December 2025

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Matt Redman on Mystery, Tension, and a Season That Still Disrupts

By the time Christmas rolls around, most of us know exactly what to expect. The songs are the same ones we’ve heard for years. The images feel second nature. Even the story comes wrapped up neatly, familiar and reassuring, asking very little of us beyond showing up. Singer/songwriter Matt Redman is not a fan of […]

Adrian Drayton · 23 December 2025

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Living with Inner Peace When the World Feels Uncertain

When the world feels uncertain and restless, the call to inner peace can seem out of reach. News cycles move from one crisis to the next, and even within your own circles there may be grief, division or fatigue. Yet the Christian understanding of peace is not about avoiding turmoil. It is about recognising that […]

Adrian Drayton · 10 December 2025

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Choosing Forever: Faith and Love in the New A24 Film Eternity

A24’s film Eternity places you in a world that asks questions about life, love, and what lasts beyond death. Directed by David Freyne, the story follows Joan (Elizabeth Olsen), who arrives in the afterlife to discover she has one week to decide where to spend eternity. The choice is complicated: she must decide between her […]

Adrian Drayton · 4 December 2025

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Plur1bus Episode 5: When Care Becomes Control

Episode 5 of Pluribus titled “Got Milk” pushes the story into sharper territory by focusing on power, responsibility and the uneasy space between care and coercion. The fallout from Carol’s use of the truth serum has altered the hive’s behaviour. Their visits to her home are sparse and subdued. The ease and confidence they once […]

Adrian Drayton · 1 December 2025

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Actors Say They Were Unaware Their Voices Would Appear in Fox News’ Life of Jesus Podcast

Fox News is facing growing backlash after several prominent actors, including Kristen Bell and Brian Cox, said they had no knowledge that their past voice performances would be used in the network’s forthcoming faith-based podcast, The Life of Jesus. The 52-episode series is set to launch on November 30 as part of Fox’s new religious […]

Adrian Drayton · 27 November 2025

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The Traitors: Revenge, Redemption, and the Gospel According to Claudia Winkleman

Don’t judge me, but I’ve recently become a fan of the UK version of The Traitors, specifically the most recent season on Channel Ten, Celebrity Traitors. Sure, in a landscape of prestige television, The Traitors is the weirdest reality show ever devised, but perhaps this is what makes it watchable. Bear with me as I […]

Adrian Drayton · 27 November 2025

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An AI Named Solomon Ray Now Tops Christian Charts, Prompting Debate Over Faith, Art and Authenticity

The top Christian act on iTunes this week is not Lauren Daigle, For King and Country, Brandon Lake or any other familiar name. It is an AI system called Solomon Ray. Ray’s debut album Faithful Soul and the single Find Your Rest reached No. 1 on the Christian albums chart and No. 1 and No. […]

Adrian Drayton · 25 November 2025

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Amanda Seyfried to Play Controversial Christian Leader in The Testament of Ann Lee

Hollywood star Amanda Seyfried is set to take on the role of 18th-century religious leader Ann Lee in the upcoming film The Testament of Ann Lee. Directed by Mona Fastvold, the film explores the rise of Lee and the foundation of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing — better known as the […]

Adrian Drayton · 24 November 2025

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Plur1bus Episode 4: The Cost of Truth

Note: This commentary contains spoilers for episode four of Plur1bus Episode four ‘Please Carol’ pushes Carol (Rhea Seehorn) further into her interrogation of the hive-mind now that she has confirmed they cannot lie. A calm conversation with Larry, one of the hive’s representatives, exposes how limited that honesty is. Their answers come from collective memory […]

Adrian Drayton · 22 November 2025

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Humanity Isn’t Dead: A Conversation with Dr Daniel Widdowson

Sitting across from Dr Daniel Widdowson, it becomes clear that reconnecting is not just the first step of our conversation, but one of the very actions his new book encourages. It has been years since we last spoke, yet the familiarity returns quickly. As we talk, it is easy to see how his latest project, […]

Adrian Drayton · 20 November 2025