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Consumers or Disciples? (Mt 11:16-19) To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the market-places and calling to others: We played a flute for you, and you did not dance; We sang a dirge for you and you did not mourn. We are a market-place generation. Consumers devoted to pick...

‘Significant highlights’ including people finding faith, evangelism and church planting, ministering beyond the walls of the church and our commitment to discerning together were shared by General Secretary Lynn Green during the recent Baptist Union Meeting of the Assembly. As she travels around, Lynn told delegates she hears that new people are coming to Baptist...

The Church of Scotland must adapt to meet people where they are and “experiment” with doing things differently. The Revd David Cameron, convener of the Assembly Trustees, said we “must all be congregations who are eager to bring the Gospel to the young and old alike”. He told commissioners to the General Assembly: “Our reformed...

Keep your dogs on a lead around livestock, or it could be seized by the police. Under laws being drawn up, police will be given more powers to seize and detain dogs who they believe have ‘terrorised livestock’ on farms. The move follows increasing tensions in rural communities since Covid produced many unsocialised ‘lockdown puppies.’...

Britain had its first Prime Minister (PM) in 1721 when Sir Robert Walpole took the job; he was a Whig. In total thus far we have had 81 Prime Ministers; this excludes First Ministers and doesn’t count separately an existing PM who wins the election and continues in office. If s/he loses but subsequently wins another...

A retreat house on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne is in big trouble. It is very wet! After years of winter wind, gales, and endless rain, the property is suffering extensive damp. Many thousands of people will know Marygate House, which has served visitors to the island since 1970. It is now run by a...

Do you ever take pain killers? If so, do you take one for your shoulder, and another one for you knee? Of course not – once the painkiller enters your bloodstream, it goes everywhere, soothing and damping down the pain, and hitting all the right spots. God works a bit like that on the pain...

Ignatius came from a noble Basque family in north-east Spain. Born in 1491 in his family’s castle near Loyala, he was sent to serve as a page at the court of King Ferdinand V of Castile. Ignatius entered military service, but was wounded in 1521, at the French siege of Pamplona. While convalescing, he read...

Sundays of the Month Editor: For your convenience, here are the names of the Sundays in June, at a glance. 2nd June                First Sunday after Trinity 9th June                 Second Sunday after Trinity 16th June              Third Sunday after Trinity 23rd June              Fourth Sunday after Trinity 30th June              Fifth Sunday after Trinity ** High Days & Holy...

For your convenience, here are the names of the Sundays in June, at a glance. 2nd June First Sunday after Trinity 9th June Second Sunday after Trinity 16th June Third Sunday after Trinity 23rd June Fourth Sunday after Trinity 30th June Fifth Sunday after Trinity

…. the first ever Christian philosopher Justin Martyr (c. 100 – 165), is regarded as the first ever Christian philosopher. He was born at Nablus, Samaria, to parents of Greek origin, and was well educated in rhetoric, poetry and history before he turned to philosophy. He studied at Ephesus and Alexandria and tried the schools...

… a good saint when you’re all at sea Do you like messing about in boats? If so, then you’ll have heard of St Elmo’s Fire. It is the light that is sometimes seen on mastheads of boats after storms at sea. St Elmo is another name for St Erasmus, a fourth century Syrian bishop...