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Heroes are not always men or women of action. Sometimes the fight for right over wrong can be even more powerful when done through words and argument. Hilary was such a champion of the Christian faith. Born into a wealthy pagan family in Poitiers in 315, he first became an orator of Neo-Platonism. Here he...

1st January was not always the start of a New Year. The Babylonians began their New Year on 23rd March. For them, it was a logical choice, as with the arrival of Spring, crops were being planted, and a new cycle of life was beginning. For centuries the Romans agreed with them, but they chose...

At the start of the New Year From the Vicar What’s the Big Idea? – an introduction to the books of the New Testament: Acts Reflecting Faith: taking down the Christmas tree decorations Praying with the prayers of the Bible Time to think Pray with your shoes Left out in the cold Ten things God...

What do you do when you find a large spider web in your house? If you ever feel some sympathy for the spider who went to all that trouble, then Felix is a good patron saint for you. He was saved by such a spider, spinning such a web. Felix had been born to a...

How to make the most of your New Year resolutions Teenagers face increasing violence Monty Don, Chelsea Flower Show and dogs Deaths by accident are on the rise Morning and evening stroll could cut bowel cancer risk, study suggests Boys’ interest in reading plummets Hot water bottle injuries soar Call 999 if you see just...

If your Christmas and New Year break included just too many people and even a bout of indigestion, then St Anthony may be the saint for you. He was a hermit-monk with a reputation for making poorly people feel better. Anthony was born in Coma (Upper Egypt) in 251, and at 20 became an ascetic....

2025 is a year of Jubilee in the Roman Catholic Church, a year which takes place every 25 years. It’s a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back into right relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation.  This acts as a challenge for all...

It was: 400 years ago, on 13th Jan 1625 that Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish artist, died. 150 years ago, on 14th Jan 1875 that Albert Schweitzer, German theologian, philosopher, physician, musicologist, writer and humanitarian, was born. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. 125 years ago, on 14th Jan 1900 that the premiere...

Not many teenagers, on becoming a Christian, will devote themselves to winning others for Christ in a foreign land. Amy was such a person. She left Britain to live in a tiny village in Southern India. Here, for the next 56 years, Amy rescued hundreds of orphaned and vulnerable children, and served her Lord in...

What are your New Year resolutions for 2025? Sadly, one in four of us will give ours up by Epiphany, on 6thJanuary. Why so soon? According to behavioural scientists at University College London, we make our goals both too big and too vague. So, instead of resolving to ‘lose a lot of weight’, decide to...

2025 is a year of Jubilee in the Roman Catholic Church, a year that takes place every 25 years. It’s a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back into right relationship with God, with one another, and with all of creation. This acts as a challenge for all...

Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester from 1062 to 1095, occupies a unique place in British church history. He was the last surviving pre-Conquest bishop, the first bishop to pay homage to William the Conqueror after the battle of Hastings, and one of the few Saxons to keep high office to the end of William’s reign. On top...