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The crisis facing Wales’s rivers was the focus of a recent national summit hosted by the Church in Wales. More than 70 people from across the UK, including scientists, farmers, environmentalists and water industry representatives discussed the challenges facing watercourses in Wales and to look at ways of improving water quality. The Restoring Welsh Rivers...

The time to send and receive Christmas cards has come round again – time for our annual shock at the cost of a coloured card, and disbelief at what the Post Office intends to charge us to deliver them. It seems there are three kinds of people when it comes to Christmas cards: the total...

All over the world, doors are being slammed shut this Christmas. As the wars in the Middle East, in Ukraine and in Sudan rage on, millions are losing their homes and places of safety. Elsewhere, hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and would-be immigrants are on the road, seeking refuge anywhere they can find it....

The Moment of Truth – Reflections on Incarnation and Resurrection Do Not Be Afraid – the Joy of Waiting in a Time of Fear The Love That Moves the Sun – Advent hope in a time of crisis Whose Promised Land? – The Continuing Conflict over Israel and Palestine Busy Family Devotional – 52 Short...

In the Middle Ages, at the end of the Christmas Midnight Mass, the clergy would often tell the animals’ version of the Nativity story and imitate the sound of each animal. The cock would crow ‘Christus natus est.’ (Christ is born). The cows would moo ‘Ubi?’ (Where?). The sheep would bleat ‘In Bethlehem.’ And the...

What would you like for Christmas? What do you get Dad? Church rules Mother in a storm Christmas gifts Christmas shopping Christmas carols Father Christmas The Everlasting Turkey ** What would you like for Christmas? A little girl visited Father Christmas in the local garden centre grotto. He welcomed her with a smile and asked...

Thoughts on the Incarnation The Son came out from the Father to help us to come out from the world; He descended to us to enable us to ascend to Him. – Anthony of Padua Christ became what we are that He might make us what He is. – Athanasius I hope your Christmas has...

This year was a Leap Year. Were 1900 and 2000 Leap Years? What is Whamaggedon? Alan Bates hit the headlines in January? He shares his name with a famous actor but why is he well known? HRH Duke of Edinburgh met a special resident at S Helena in January who had also met his grandparents....

A well-known atheist was being interviewed on Radio 4. When asked how he spent Christmas, he said that he went to Midnight Mass at church. “But you’re an atheist”, his interviewer protested. “Yes”, he replied, “but what they celebrate at Christmas is the most beautiful story ever told.” That ‘beautiful story’ tells of a Creator...

After the bright beam of annunciation fused heaven with dark earth His searing sharply-focused light went out for a while eclipsed in amniotic gloom: His cool immensity of splendour His universal grace< small-folded in a warm dim female space This extract from Luci Shaw’s poem Made Flesh captures something of the wonder of the moment when...

A lot of us will be out taking walks over the festive period. But do you get nervous when you see someone walking towards you while trying to control a number of various kinds of dogs on the lead? Last year a woman was mauled to death while out walking eight dogs at one time....

The death of a very young child is perhaps the hardest grief of all to bear.  So the 28th December is a very poignant day in the church calendar.  It is when the worldwide Church joins with bereaved parents to grieve the loss of babies and young children.  For Holy Innocents day recalls the massacre...