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More than half of us in the UK own a pet.  That is 17 million households. But we are abandoning them at an alarming rate. The RSPCA warns we are offloading our animals at “unmanageable levels,” and stretching their welfare services to the limit. The turning point was the pandemic. Stuck at home during lockdown,...

The Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice has released the fourth of its biannual Racial Justice reports. Mandated to drive ‘significant cultural and structural change on issues of racial justice within the Church of England’, the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice (ACRJ) is headed by The Rt Hon. Lord Paul Boateng. In his foreword letter to the...

 The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have welcomed the recent publication of the Future of Church Safeguarding report from Professor Alexis Jay, with an outline of next steps for how the Church responds. Professor Jay, the former Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, IICSA, agreed in July 2023 to develop proposals around independence in...

The Empty Tomb – a story of Easter Facing Fear 365 – daily reflections for hope, peace and courage A Christening Gift Prayer and Memory Book Yearning for the Vast and Endless Sea – Good News about the Good News On Mission with Jesus – changing the default setting of the church Grandparenting for Faith:...

Nearly one in five of us can’t.  We are so used to paying by contactless that when we have to withdraw cash or type our PIN into a card reader, our minds go blank. ‘Contactless’ payments hit a record high last year. A staggering 93.4 per cent of all in-store card transactions up to £100...

The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren I am not the least surprised you have got yourself into trouble; innovation is never to be encouraged. New ideas tend to cause revolutions. The move from incandescent lightbulbs to energy saving ones may ultimately change the Church of England. Change is something everyone claims...

Firm proposals for a settlement to enable the C of E to move forward together amid deep differences on questions of sexuality and marriage will be developed over the next few months, General Synod has heard. The Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow – the lead bishop for the ‘Living in Love and Faith’ process –...

Autism is on the rise. Or at least, the recognition of it is. According to the website psychcentral.com, there was a 787% exponential increase in the number of people who were diagnosed with autism between 1998 and 2018 in the UK. The National Autistic Society says that in the UK, more than one in every...

Our God is able – (Daniel 3:17) able to save (Hebrews 7:25) able to help (Hebrews 2:18) able to provide (2 Corinthians 9:8) able to do far more than we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20)

– or how to survive in a large family Catherine of Siena, who was born 1347, should be the patron saint of anyone who has grown up in a large family, and mastered the two vital skills for survival: how to stand up for yourself, and how to make peace with others. Catherine had siblings!...

Sundays of the Month 3rd March        Third Sunday of Lent 10th March      Mothering Sunday – Fourth Sunday of Lent 17th March      St Patrick’s Day – Fifth Sunday of Lent 24th March      Palm Sunday 31st March       Easter Sunday   High Days & Holy Days for March Editor:  As the church year does not...

Guiding the Welsh through turbulent times On 1st March Wales celebrates its patron saint, David – or, in Welsh, Dewi or Dafydd. He is revered wherever Welsh people have settled. As with most figures from the so-called ’Dark Ages’ (he lived in the sixth century), reliable details about his life are scarce, but there are...