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St Ceolfrith is a good patron saint for anyone who has studied hard for their profession, is strong in the face of tragedy, and who can also offer some homely care to others in need. This well-loved abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow came from a noble Northumbrian family, and was ordained at Ripon when he...

China has been trying to tighten its grip on Christians in China through a programme of ‘Sinicization’, a policy to compel churches to adopt the atheist ideology of the Communist Party. According to reports, a recent conference in Jilin was attended by state-appointed pastors of the government-controlled Three Self Church. It called for Christianity with...

This is the time of year for many churches to hold their Harvest Festival services. No doubt, there will be displays of food, some grown in local gardens. While gardeners have pleasure growing fruit and vegetables, it can be hard work tending to them. Jesus knew about the care given to vines. In John 15:1-8...

If you like coffee, then this is good news: it seems that coffee is quite good for you. For one thing, coffee contains chemicals called polyphenols, which protect against inflammation in the body and which repair damage to cells. One study, known as the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (Epic), found that people...

Fifty years ago, on 2nd September 1973, JRR Tolkien, the fantasy writer, poet, scholar and educator, died. He was best known for his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Born in Bloemfontein and descended from a family that originated in an area that was then East Prussian and is now Russian, Tolkien...

Wilson Carlile was born in Brixton in 1847, and did not set out to become an evangelist. Instead, he was brilliant at both languages and music, and excelled as a businessman. That is, until an economic recession and serious illness brought him crashing down and finished his career, aged only 31. Not surprisingly, a serious...

Is this you? – late for work, late for friends, nearly missing trains and flights, late for lunch dates, late for dinner dates, and late for just about everything else. If you are habitually late for almost everything, is it an actual mental condition? When a recent TikTok video called it ‘time blindness’, that struck...

Teacher Prayer for September 2023 Prayer of thanks for teachers A Strong Hold< A Thief in the Night When Autumn Comes The Secret of Living ** Teacher (John 13:13) Jesus was a teacher – the best. He spoke, demonstrated, and embodied His message. He lived it out and died it out and brought it back...

I used to ask this question as a student. I wondered what it was like to have a career in science, and how being a Christian might make a difference. Eventually I met a good number of successful scientists who were sincere Christians, and I learned that science and faith are a great combination. Dr...

The story is told of a man in charge of building a great church, who was pestered by an apprentice who wanted to design the glass for one of the windows. Finally, he agreed that the apprentice should be given one very small window. BUT – the apprentice would have to provide all the materials...

Fifty years ago, on 29th September 1973, W H Auden, British-born American poet, died.  He is widely – though not unanimously – regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Wystan Hugh Auden had been born in York and died in Vienna. In later years he had been splitting his time between...

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