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** Christmas in my heart Christmas is in my heart twelve months a year and, thanks to credit cards, it’s also on my Visa card statement twelve months a year. ** Turkey He ate so much over the holidays that he decided to quit cold turkey. Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?...

“And this will be a sign to you, you will find the babe, wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” Luke 2:2 Do you ever dread wrapping all those Christmas presents? The large roll of fragile paper that slides around on the table, the lumpy gifts that defy wrapping, the tape that sticks to...

It was 80 years ago this month, on 22nd December 1943, that Beatrix Potter, the children’s writer and illustrator, died. Her animal characters such as Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, and Jemima Puddle-Duck brought her worldwide fame – and made her loved by children right round the world. Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 –...

Everyone knows that it was on the feast of Stephen that ‘good king Wenceslas looked on’.  After all, it’s in a Christmas carol – but why? There’s nothing about Christmas in it: a splendid young page who rustled up some flesh, wine and logs, an old man out in the snow (’deep and crisp and...

King Charles is on a mission to tackle food poverty and rising food waste. It is said that he and the Queen eat daily slices from the same cake until it is finished, as part of a drive to curb their personal food waste. As for the nation, the king has been increasingly concerned that...

Jesus’ welcoming committee included Eastern scholars who learned about His birth through their study of astrology. I can’t help thinking that the arrival of these people at Bethlehem is a link between a very early form of science (albeit mixed in with their own form of religion) and Christian faith. What better way to discover...

The Salvation Army offered more than 10,000 people modern-slavery victim support  last year, under its government contract. It was the highest since the arrangement began, and included more than 3,000 new referrals. It is now 12 years since the Government contracted the Salvation Army to provide specialist support for adult victims of modern slavery in...

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Attacks against Christians in India have been rising, fuelled by right-wing nationalism, while growing numbers of Christians are being arrested under anti-conversion laws. India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, heads the list of states most hostile towards Christians. Others include Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. And in Manipur, the Telegraph India reported 254 churches were damaged in...

The results of a vital survivor engagement survey have been published. The aim of the national anonymous online survey was to listen to the views of victims and survivors about how they would like to work with the National Safeguarding Team, NST, to develop and implement a Survivor Engagement Framework. The survey, which was open...

The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren Carol singing is not what it used to be. My fond memories of a group of choristers, muffled in scarves and overcoats, carrying lanterns, and walking from door to door in the snow, as they sang ‘While shepherds watched …’ had to be...

Most of us probably know that on December 26th (the Feast of Stephen) ‘Good king Wenceslas’ looked out, writes David Winter. We probably also know that the snow lay round about, ‘deep and crisp and even’. Beyond that, he’s just someone in a carol that’s not often sung nowadays. However, Wenceslas was a real person,...