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 A new study has found that people who do ‘all-nighters’ for work or study are stressing their brains. Sleep deprivation makes your brain look, and work, like it is two years older. The good news is that getting just even three hours of sleep is enough to keep it normal. And also, the study by...

The Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice has released the second of its biannual Racial Justice reports. Mandated to drive ‘significant cultural and structural change on issues of racial justice within the Church of England’, the Archbishops’ Commission’s job is to support the implementation of the 47 recommendations of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce Lord Boateng has...

By the time a child born today becomes an adult, they may be able to see fewer than half the stars that are currently visible. This is not because the stars are fading, but because of ever increasing ‘skyglow’, or light pollution, which is brightening the night sky by 9.6pc on average each year. So...

If you like church bells, you will be pleased to hear that there is now an ‘official’ Bell Sunday – this year to be held on 14th May. It will be held each year on the Sunday closest to 19th May. That is because 19th May is the feast day of St Dunstan, who way...

This month we are looking at the practice of confession. ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.’ (1 John 1:9). Confession enables us to enter fully into God’s grace, as we are assured of forgiveness for our sin and shame....

Church House Westminster, which hosts some meetings of the General Synod together with some of the National Church Institutions, has been awarded an Eco Church Bronze Award for steps taken to help achieve net zero carbon. The Eco Church Award, given by A Rocha UK, a Christian environmental charity, is given to churches and other...

– or how to survive in a large family Catherine of Siena, who was born 1347, should be the patron saint of anyone who has grown up in a large family, and mastered the two vital skills for survival: how to stand up for yourself, and how to make peace with others. Catherine had siblings!...

The Government’s plans to curb strike actions by workers in essential services go too far. So says the Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich, the Rt Revd Martin Seeley. Speaking recently in the House of Lords during the debate on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, he said: “For the good functioning of society, it is...

Ever wonder how the Old Testament fits in with the New Testament? They are not different stories, but different stages in one and the same story – of how God has reached out and rescued mankind. Throughout the Old Testament there are references to a coming Messiah who will redeem His people.  For Jesus did...

During the winter when hedgehogs hibernate, their heart rate drops from around 190 beats per minute to just about 20. They breathe only once every few minutes.  So, to rouse themselves from that depth of torpor and get back into normal life takes a huge surge of energy. Which is where you can come in....

The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren You agonised recently over your ecumenical service:  who should be invited?  Who should preach?  What about the order of service? If you had attended our recent combined churches’ choir festival, your own dilemmas would have seemed a little less acute. At the pre-meeting, there was...

Only Jesus Easter Prayer 2023 Easter Story Outside an Empty Tomb Chocolate John 12 ** Only Jesus (John 19:17, 1:4) Carrying the cross by Himself He went out. Sent out, Yet choosing to go. Word of life, Choosing death, Knowing the end from the beginning, Carrying the cross by Himself He went out. The only...