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What happens locally really matters… and local news matters massively. I believe, as a Christian minister, that churches and congregations have a calling to encourage community-based journalism and professional coverage of our localities. In the UK, a recent report by MPs highlighted the major challenges facing local media. Much advertising revenue has been driven online,...

It was 40 years ago, on 15th April 1983, that Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch writer, watchmaker, and Holocaust survivor, died. She wrote about her experiences in Christian books that became best-sellers. Corrie’s family were Calvinist Christians in the Dutch Reformed Church, and served their neighbourhood by offering shelter, food and money to the needy....

– fierce firebrand of the Early Church Tertullian was born in Carthage, North Africa, about 155 AD. He had pagan parents and his father may have been a centurion. Carthage was a prestigious Roman colony and Tertullian was given a good education in Greek, Latin, literature, history and philosophy. On arrival in Rome, Tertullian probably...

With Holy Week and Easter in mind… The death of Christ was the most dreadful blow ever given to the empire of darkness.  – William Plumer The world cannot bury Christ. The earth is not deep enough for His tomb, the clouds are not wide enough for His winding-sheet. – E Thomson The best news...

The Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme has recently made a £1.1m investment in Charity Bank, and will take a 3.6% stake in the bank. Charity Bank uses savers’ money to provide much-needed loans to UK charities and social enterprises working to drive positive social change – bringing benefits for people, communities, and the...

Drinking is really good for you. Drinking water, that is. Recent research has found that people who drink a good amount of water are less likely to develop chronic conditions, or to show signs of advanced ageing. The key seems to be in your serum sodium levels, which go up when your fluid intake goes...

There is a story to be told of the writing of Ben Hur, the book that became the 1959 block-buster film featuring Charlton Heston. It was written in 1880 by Lew Wallace, an American lawyer, Union general during the Civil War, and then governor of the New Mexico Territory. (His statue still stands today on...

I used to ask this question as a student. I wondered, who could make it in the world of science and still hold onto their faith? Soon enough I met a good number of successful scientists who were sincere Christians, some of whom were at my own university. So, what do people like this make...

3 Days that Changed the World – the three most significant days in history God Save the King – the King’s Coronation The Day the Earth Shook Lighting the Beacons – Kindling the Flame of Faith in our Hearts Honesty Over Silence – it’s OK not to be OK Spirituality in Season: growing through the...

We have all known that awkward moment at a party, when your conversation with a stranger suddenly dries up. But if you are going to one of the King’s Coronation street parties next month, you don’t need to worry. An information pack called the Coronation Big Lunch ‘conversation menu’ has been published, offering 14 handy...

New safeguarding data from a three-year period has recently been published by the Church of England. The data is for new concerns reported to the Church in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and relates to all its work. The reports range from concerns about possible risk to direct allegations of abuse. Over the three-year period, the...

-the long-suffering servant girl of Lucca If you have ever been in trouble for simply doing good, then Zita is the saint for you.  Born in 1218 to poor but devout parents in Monsagrati, Zita was sent at the age of 12 to work as a servant for the rich Fatinelli family in nearby Lucca....