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Fifty years ago, on 2nd September 1973, JRR Tolkien, the fantasy writer, poet, scholar and educator, died. He was best known for his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Born in Bloemfontein and descended from a family that originated in an area that was then East Prussian and is now Russian, Tolkien...

Wilson Carlile was born in Brixton in 1847, and did not set out to become an evangelist. Instead, he was brilliant at both languages and music, and excelled as a businessman. That is, until an economic recession and serious illness brought him crashing down and finished his career, aged only 31. Not surprisingly, a serious...

Is this you? – late for work, late for friends, nearly missing trains and flights, late for lunch dates, late for dinner dates, and late for just about everything else. If you are habitually late for almost everything, is it an actual mental condition? When a recent TikTok video called it ‘time blindness’, that struck...

Teacher Prayer for September 2023 Prayer of thanks for teachers A Strong Hold< A Thief in the Night When Autumn Comes The Secret of Living ** Teacher (John 13:13) Jesus was a teacher – the best. He spoke, demonstrated, and embodied His message. He lived it out and died it out and brought it back...

I used to ask this question as a student. I wondered what it was like to have a career in science, and how being a Christian might make a difference. Eventually I met a good number of successful scientists who were sincere Christians, and I learned that science and faith are a great combination. Dr...

The story is told of a man in charge of building a great church, who was pestered by an apprentice who wanted to design the glass for one of the windows. Finally, he agreed that the apprentice should be given one very small window. BUT – the apprentice would have to provide all the materials...

Fifty years ago, on 29th September 1973, W H Auden, British-born American poet, died.  He is widely – though not unanimously – regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Wystan Hugh Auden had been born in York and died in Vienna. In later years he had been splitting his time between...

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The General Synod has recently backed the parish as key to the spreading of the message of the Christian faith, in a debate where the local church was described as ‘at the very heart’ of God’s mission. Members were told that the parish system is central to the Church of England’s Vision for growth, in...

In this month of September, we give thanks for God’s blessings in all that the earth yields us. Those blessings are focused in this wonderful painting of Jan Davidsz de Heem. He was born in Utrecht in Holland in 1606 and studied art under his father’s guidance.  De Heem then moved to Antwerp, where for...

The Church of England’s General Synod has recently called for renewed action from the Church and Government to tackle the impact and causes of climate change. A motion brought by the Diocese of Oxford called on all parts of the Church to review policies and procedures in order to give due priority to creation care. ...

‘Compassion in action’. That is the theme for this year’s Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Sunday, which is next month, on 15th October. Churches play a vital role in helping people coping with UK poverty, and CAP says that it wants to help them “do more of that!” It says: “Whether you’ve partnered with us for...