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Stories of Christians in action, both at home and around the world
- That is the latest challenge from Children’s Society, as they seek to highlight the plight of many poor people. Children’s Society says: “Imagine the worst week. Your car needs repairs, your boiler has broken, you need to get the groceries in, but you have only £60 left until you get paid next week. Can you...How long could you make £60 last?
- A cow has played an unlikely role in leading a young woman in Azerbaijan to faith in Jesus Christ. Azerbaijan sits between Russia and Iran and has very few Christians. So Rena was furious that her sister and mother had become Christians in the Muslim-dominated nation. She scorned them, “Will you shame us among people,...God MOO-ves in mysterious way to save woman in Azerbaijan
- If you are visiting Oxford this summer, it is well worth making time to visit Pusey House, a library that specialises in the works of the Church Fathers, Anglican Church History, and Catholic theology. Pusey House was named after Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882), who was Professor of Hebrew and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral in...Enjoy a visit to Pusey House, Oxford
- “In the US you have to be religious to be elected, in the UK you increasingly have to pretend not to be.” So says Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator. In a recent newspaper article* he pointed out in the UK, “an MP is quite at liberty to talk about their faith, but they ought...Do you admit to going to church?
- What do you call the church service where Jesus’ last meal with His apostles is re-enacted? And does it matter what we call it? The word ‘Eucharist’ comes from the Greek word eucharistia, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word berekah. All three words have the meaning of thanksgiving, or praise for the...Signs & Symbols: Eucharist, Communion and the Lord’s Supper
- Hundreds of thousands of us will have a meal this summer courtesy of Colonel Sanders – his chicken is indeed finger lickin’ good. But did you know that Colonel Sanders was named Harland Sanders, born in Indiana in 1890, and became a Christian When Harland was only five, his father died, so his mother ran...The man behind Kentucky Fried Chicken
- Christian Aid Week (12 – 18 May): ‘All mums should live’ Edith Cavell – faith before the firing squad In praise of Leonardo da Vinci – 1451-1519 Signs & Symbols: Kneeling with body, mind and soul Cyclone Idai Appeal North Korean Christians say food situation so desperate that children are stunted Church of England launches...Looking at Church (all articles) for May 2019
- Sierra Leone is the world’s most dangerous place to become a mum. Every day 10 women die from giving birth. In Sawula district, the community struggle with a clinic which has no electricity and only two delivery beds. Jebbeh is heavily pregnant but as her baby grows, it’s not joy that fills her heart, but...Christian Aid Week (12 – 18 May): ‘All mums should live’
- Nurse Edith Cavell gave her life to others – and was executed as a result. This year is the centenary of her state funeral at Westminster Abbey. The daughter of a Norfolk vicar, Edith trained as a nurse, and because she could speak French fluently, she was invited to start a nurses’ training school in...Edith Cavell – faith before the firing squad
- Back in the 1960s, C P Snow’s lecture on the two cultures dominated the academic world: science and art faced each other in the arena of knowledge like two mighty opposites. But journey back to Italy in the 15th century and you find no such division. The two worlds of science and the humanities were...In praise of Leonardo da Vinci – 1451-1519
- Some of us prefer to kneel for just about everything in church. People around us might sit – but we are kneelers! Time may have taken its toll though, and sadly the knees may not what they were. But if you visit different churches, you will find that not all of them have furniture designed...Signs & Symbols: Kneeling with body, mind and soul
- Up to three million people have been affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. With nearly 1000 known to be dead, and hundreds of thousands homeless, the people are in desperate need of food, water, clothing, shelter and medicine. If you can donate to the Cyclone Idai Appeal, you might like to consider sending...Cyclone Idai Appeal