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Ninety years ago, on 14th June 1936, G K Chesterton died at his home in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Novelist, short story writer, journalist, essayist, poet, social/literary critic and theologian, he is remembered for his stories about the priest-detective Father Brown. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in Kensington, London, to an estate agent father and a Swiss-French...

This month as we continue our walk through the church building, we focus on monuments. George Herbert has a poem on this theme which contrasts the body we see represented in marble, but now consigned to dust, with the soul released to perform its eternal devotions. Such monuments are often a reminder of the frailty...

The Visit of Mary to Elizabeth Prayer for June 2026 Life, Death, the Universe and Everything Miracle at the Table Trooping the Colour Be the Power of All Things Within us God, the Port of Peace A new creature Courage to die for You ** Editor:  On 1st June the worldwide Church remembers the ‘Visit...

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Last month we considered where the Creed is placed within the service. This month let’s think about what is in the Creed(s). It’s important to know that the earliest known Creed, which is still substantially used today was first found in a letter from around AD 341. This is known today as the Apostles’ Creed because...

A major new programme will see the launch of worshipping communities for children and families, based on songs that are already popular in school assemblies. iSingPOP will support 300 churches to create new gatherings where families from local primary schools will be invited to explore faith together, drawing on the energetic worship songs children already...

It is 160 years since the Reader Movement began in the Church of England. It was born out of a need to connect the proclamation of the Word with an increasingly secular world, a world in which the Church had lost direct contact with millions. The founding archbishops and bishops realised that people were becoming...

A government schools tsar has said that weak-willed parents are to blame for the increasingly bad behaviour of many children in the classroom. In the autumn term of 2024-25 alone, 16,000 pupils were suspended for violence against an adult. Some teachers are now forced to wear bite sleeves, to protect themselves from their pupils’ teeth....

When many of us think of a ‘Maximus’, we remember the popular film Gladiator and Russell Crowe starring as a Roman general who ends up as a slave successfully defying the Emperor. But Maximus of Turin, the first Bishop of Turin, also led a tumultuous life in fighting evil. He had seen violence and suffering...

Have you ever had a dramatic turning point in your life? Was there an incident, a meeting or something you saw or read which profoundly changed you? The Old Testament character Jacob had a dream, which changed his life. One night, in the region of Luz, a Canaanite city, Jacob had a dream. He saw...

Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided, urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way, sought us and saved us, pardoned and provided: Lord for the years, we bring our thanks today. Lord, for that word, the word of life which fires us, speaks to our hearts and sets our souls...

Here is a story that you couldn’t make up. There is a craze on TikTok of influencers interacting with cute cows, and they have attracted thousands of followers. So now people are wandering onto farms in search of cute cows, to cuddle and kiss for the camera. Highland type cattle, with their ‘floofy’ adorable thick...