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It was 25 years ago, on 1st January 2000, that the calendar switched over to the year 2000, with no major computer problems from the Y2K “Millennium Bug”. The Y2K bug was a computer flaw involving software and hardware that might have caused problems when dealing with dates beyond 31st December, 1999. This was because,...

The more things change, the more they remain the same. You could read Meinrad’s story today in the newspapers of any large city. He was born near Wurtemberg of a free peasant family and he became a monk at Reichenau (Switzerland). In 829 he moved to Einsiedeln to be a hermit, where he lived quietly...

The number of teenage victims of violence is increasing. One in five teenagers said they had been victims of violence in the past 12 months, according to a recent study of 13 to 17-year-olds by the Youth Endowment Fund, a government-backed charity. More than half of the incidents (61 per cent) of violence resulted in...

The Acts of the Apostles was written by Luke, a physician-friend and fellow-traveller of Paul. It complements his gospel, both being written for Theophilus (Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1), in around AD 63, during Paul’s first Roman imprisonment. While Luke’s gospel records what Jesus began to do and teach, Acts tells us about what Jesus continued...

Bishop Sarah responds to Commons debate on assisted suicide LLF Working Groups continue: Update on membership and residential meeting Behind the Stained-Glass Independent review into Church’s handling of Smyth case shakes C of E Statement on the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop of Norwich calls on UK Government to tax polluters to fund...

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Last month we considered the decorations we put on our Christmas trees, both at home and in our churches. Many churches keep their decorations – or at least their nativity scene – in place until Candlemas at the beginning of February, but most of us take our domestic ones down around Epiphany, on 6th January,...

Agnes should be the patron saint of all the young Christian girls alive today who live in areas of the world where they face kidnap, rape, forced marriage, persecution and even death – simply because they are Christian. Agnes, born c 291, probably came from a noble Roman family. She converted to Christianity at the...

On 15th January Open Doors publishes its well-known World Watch List for 2025, naming the countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian. More than 365 million Christians worldwide face persecution and discrimination for their faith – that’s a staggering one in seven believers. The Open Doors website shares the following data from...

Prayer of the Master Prayer for New Year 2025 New Year 2025 The Cartoons of Old Day & Night Blessing A Prayer for Humility ** Editor:  with the New Year, full of new opportunities, in mind… Prayer of the Master (John 17:13-26) Spirit of joy Oh, protect us, As we work hand in hand Through...

This coming Spring Monty Don is going to design a garden for dogs for the Chelsea Flower Show. Monty Don’s garden will include a well-kept lawn for doggie comfort, and a large tree for shade. For the dog’s human friends, there will be spring-flowering bulbs. The garden is the result of a collaboration of Radio...

Fifty years ago, on 20th January 1975, Bob Dylan’s album Blood on the Tracks was released. It was his 15th studio album and an exceptional one, marking his return to Columbia from Asylum Records. The Ultimate Classic Rock website places it third best of Dylan’s 40 studio albums, behind the double album Blonde on Blonde...