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- Sixty years ago, on 27th May 1963, the folk/blues album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan was released. It included the hit song Blowin’ in the Wind and marked the start of an amazing singing-songwriting career. It was in fact Bob Dylan’s second album, but the first to contain all his own songs. He came to prominence...Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’
- When we do good, even when others are doing wrong – God will bless us. That does not mean God will always bless us in material ways, although at times this is the case. But God will always bless you spiritually for your faithfulness. If you have committed your life to God, let your life...Do good, be blessed
- Here you can download the entire editorial section in one document.ALL EDITORIAL for May 2023
- The Church Urban Fund (CUF) reports that many churches have responded with “love and compassion” to the various needs of 9,000 Afghan refugees who have been living in temporary ‘bridging hotels’ for the past 18 months. As the government now takes steps to move the Afghans into settled accommodation, CUF wants the government to “ensure...Helping the Afghan refugees
- The Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, who speaks for the Church of England on refugees, has recently issued the following response to the Home Secretary’s statement on the Illegal Migration Bill. He said: “No one wants to see people risking their lives to reach safety, but we must ask is this Bill the right response...Bishop of Durham responds to immigration proposals
- ** When Children and RE mix… When children meet the Bible, the result can be unpredictable. As in these answers to a school chaplain’s efforts to teach RE…. ~ The main purpose of the prophets was to set up the lights for when Jesus came on the stage. ~ The Kingdom of God is no...Smile Lines for May
- The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren I am afraid we shall have to agree to disagree on yet another topic – although I suspect the list of items that we agree to agree on would be considerably shorter. I like to think my appreciation of hymns resembles a connoisseur of fine...Beware those modern choruses
- Have you ever been just sitting there, and all of a sudden, you feel like doing something really nice for someone else? That could well be God, prompting you through the Holy Spirit.Good idea!
- Just 75 years ago, on 14th-15th May 1948, Israel was declared an independent state as the British mandate in Palestine came to an end, and the Arab-Israeli War began with the invasion of Israel by Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. The war had been preceded by considerable unrest, with Zionist gangs committing atrocities and...75 years since the independence of Israel
- If you drive, you already know this: the potholes are getting worse. Some experts have warned that one in five of our roads will be undriveable in the next five years, unless we get to grips with the crisis. In its recent annual survey on the state of the country’s roads, the Asphalt Industry Alliance...The pothole crisis deepens
- To risk sounding like a smart aleck seven-year-old, technically speaking you can only prove things mathematically. If you need to know that one plus one equals two, don’t go to a chemistry lab. The natural sciences only deal with things that can be observed and measured. Science has been so successful that it’s tempting to...Can Science Prove God Exists?
- The aid agency Tearfund has been praised for the way in which it helps poor communities in Africa. It develops and supports them by working through their own local churches. Such a model has been found to produce “significant social value”. So says the research consultancy State of Life, which surveyed nearly 8000 responses from Rwanda,...Tearfund does work of “significant social value”