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A stressed mind can put your body at risk.  If you constantly think about negative things, and dwell on stressful events in your life, you could weaken your immune system and make yourself more susceptible to illness. A recent study has found that simply thinking about negative events, even if they are only imagined, can...

Learn your times tables. It seems that being able to multiply is a “basic building block for success in life.” So says the Schools Minister, as multiplication test results for hundreds of thousands of nine-year-olds were recently published for the first time. Nick Gibbs said that being able to recall any multiple up to 12...

With beginning a New Year in mind…  Sin has turned the world from a paradise into a thicket; there is no getting through without being scratched.  – T Boston God loves us; not because we are loveable but because He is love; not because he needs to receive but because He delights to give. –...

January is a month of the beginning of great things! As well as the naming of the Son of God, we celebrate the conversion of the greatest ever apostle of the Christian faith.  Many books have been written on Paul, and here is the briefest of introductions. He was a Jew, born as ‘Saul’ at...

New Year The New Year My plans for you A Prayer for Wisdom to redeem the time A Dressing Prayer Solitude No Coming to God without Christ A Prayer for Students ** Editor: As another whole year stretches out before us… New Year (Gal 3:29, Mt 28:20) Jesus, Heir of the promise, Hope of the...

Money can be a sensitive subject in church, especially when it comes to giving. Paul describes the support given by the Macedonians to the impoverished Christians in Jerusalem as evidence of the‘grace of giving’ (2 Corinthians 8:7). They were following the example of Jesus: ‘For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that...

A nightcap may make your sleepy at the beginning of the night, but the quality of your sleep will suffer. It seems that alcohol disrupts your sleep later in the night, and you get less rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which makes you feel less rested when you wake up. During REM sleep, which should...

– as reports to churches increase The Church of England has revealed that there has been a 37% increase in reports of domestic abuse to diocesan safeguarding advisers over the past three years (2019-2021). These are reports relating to the work of the local church in its community, collected in a diocesan self-assessment audit. The...

The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren I am sure I had warned you about church bells. They are simply not to everyone’s taste. And the idea of switching on your recorded bells – no matter how digitally enhanced – at midnight for an hour, in order to welcome in...

This month, on 25th January, the Church celebrates probably the most famous conversion of all. At least, what happened to a young man called Saul on the road to Damascus has become a byword for all instant conversions – what is known as a ‘damascene’ moment. Saul was a devout Jew, a Pharisee, a student...

With international concern about the welfare of children, Angela is a good saint to remember. Not only did she herself survive a harsh childhood, but she went on to dedicate her own life to helping children in need. Angela was born near Lake Garda, in Desenzano, where she was orphaned as a young child. The...

If the Pope made a decree that reinstated meatless Fridays across the Roman Catholic Church, it would save millions of tonnes of carbon a year. So say researchers from the University of Cambridge.  The researchers also said that if only a quarter of Catholics in the UK went meatless on Fridays, it would save the...