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Josephine Butler is the ‘saint’ for anyone who believes in social justice. This remarkable 19th century clergyman’s wife became a renowned campaigner for women’s rights and for putting a halt to human trafficking. Josephine was born in Northumberland in 1828, the daughter of a wealthy family of liberal politics and committed Christian faith. They had...

Cwtch Mawr, Wales’ first ‘multibank’, has been officially opened by First Minister Mark Drakeford and Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister. Multibanks are based on the foodbank model, but provide a wider range of non-perishable goods, enabling businesses to redistribute surplus unsold items to people for free. Cwtch Mawr will be run by Faith in...

** Rogation Sunday (5th May) is about asking for God’s protection and blessing Pure prayers have pure blessings. – Thomas Goodwin To spend an hour worrying on our knees is not prayer. Indeed, there are times when it is our duty, having committed a problem to God in prayer, to stop praying and to trust...

Seventy years ago, on 20th May 1954, Bill Haley & His Comets released the song Rock Around the Clock. It brought rock and roll into the mainstream and is regarded as one of the most important records in music history. The American rock and roll band had been founded in 1952 and continued to perform...

** Children’s exam papers The following real-life answers to various exam papers explain why teachers need long holidays… What is a nitrate?  – Cheaper than a day rate. What was Sir Walter Raleigh famous for? – He is a noted figure in history because he invented cigarettes and started a craze for bicycles. What did...

This year more than a million Christians worldwide will be joining in long-distance prayer between Ascension Day to Pentecost (9th – 19th May). What started in 2016 with the Archbishops of Canterbury and York inviting the CofE to pray, has grown into an annual international and ecumenical call to 11 days of specific prayer that...

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It was 70 years ago, on 6th May 1954, that Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes (3 minutes, 59.4 seconds), in Oxford. Just 23 days later, on 29th May, Diane Leather became the first woman to run a mile in under five minutes (4 minutes, 59.6 seconds), in...

Our local schools are busy places, and draw in many people, especially students, teachers, governors, parents, caterers, and school grounds support services. These people need our prayer, as they face many daily challenges. And so it was that four years ago a network made up of Churches Together England, CARE, Youth for Christ, Scripture Union,...

Have you hit a pothole and damaged your car yet? If not, it is probably only a matter of time. Despite TWO MILLION potholes being filled over the past year (the highest number since 2015) the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) is still warning that our roads are crumbling to ‘breaking point’. According to the AIA’s...

As this month we observe Mental Health Awareness Week, it would be well worth especially praying for our young people. The Children’s Commissioner for England has recently warned that our nation’s children are still facing a mental health crisis, following the isolation and loneliness of the pandemic. And now, Dame Rachel de Souza warns that...

The question of suffering comes up regularly in discussions about science and faith. I once visited a school to speak to some of the older teenagers. One of the pupils had sadly passed away from cancer a few weeks before and his classmates asked, “How could God let this happen?” Of course, these young people’s...