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Helping a stranger in need Alban should be the patron saint of anyone who impulsively offers to help a stranger in need… and finds their own life turned upside down as a result. The story goes that Alban was a Roman citizen quietly living in England in the third century.  Then, miles away in Rome,...

Dioceses, parishes, and other Church networks are being invited to submit applications for funding to help implement the recommendations of a landmark report into racial justice in the Church of England. A newly-formed panel approved by the Archbishops’ Council will decide on grants to fund work aimed at ensuring the recommendations of From Lament to Action,...

Nowadays people are generally not in hospital for long. Even a major operation only earns you a few days’ stay in one of their beds. With almost embarrassing enthusiasm they get you out of bed, walk you up and down the ward and duly announce that you’re ‘well enough to go home’. Visiting the recovering...

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‘Does government “do” God?’ That is the title of the Bloom Review, a four-year independent review, which has recently been published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Now the Revd Dr Malcolm Brown, the Church of England’s Director of Faith and Public Life, has responded to the Bloom Review. “Faith is at...

Four hundred years ago, on 19th June 1623, Blaise Pascal was born in central France. This brilliant mathematician, physicist, theologian and philosopher invented one of the first mechanical calculators – among many other things. Pascal, whose mother died when he was three and who was brought up by his father, was prominent from a young...

Preparing the way for the Messiah John the Baptist is famous for baptising Jesus, and for losing his head to a woman. He was born to Zechariah, a Temple priest, and Elizabeth, who was a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus. John was born when his mother was advanced in years, and after the...

Church bulletin notices that didn’t quite work…   Attraction Better by half Reasons for marriage Gardening Marriage Laundry DIY Find and replace Plant Man and wife Grandmothers This next one… Miscellaneous observations on life ** Church bulletin notices that didn’t quite work…   ~ The Revd John Adams spoke briefly, much to the delight of...

 An English vicar had a regular church attender who came to church on average twice a month, and who volunteered to keep the church hall tidy. He also frequently helped out by doing practical repairs or improvements. But – he didn’t believe in God, in Jesus or the Bible! In another church, while the PCC...

A wise farmer rotates his crops. No one thing should always be grown in the same place. In fact, change and diversity are the key to long-term health. It is the same for us: for us to be at our most productive, we must not be surprised if God suddenly rests us from ‘growing corn,’...

  To A Different Drum – an adventure of radical obedience The Final Lap – navigating the transitions of later life Antigone Kingsley: About Last Summer The Beatitudes – eight reflections exploring counter-cultural words of Jesus in Matthew 5 The Contented Life – spirituality and the gift of years Confident Me For Your Marriage Comfort...

In 1833 Mendelssohn composed two overtures inspired by the sea. ‘Fingal’s Cave’ portrays the gentle roll of the waves and the call of the wind on the waters around Staffa. ‘Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’ paints a sea journey when the fog lifts, the sky clears, the safety of land beckons and the boat arrives...