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When did you last see your GP, and for how long did that appointment last?  According to a recent international study of 10 high-income countries, British patients are given the shortest GP appointments and are also the least likely to see a doctor in person. The Health Foundation found that Britain has the shortest appointment...

Take care of your friendships, and they will take care of you. A recent study has found that if, in later life, you enjoy your friends on a regular and frequent basis, then the joy that they bring you may even halve your risk of death within five years. The book of Proverbs (27:9) compares...

The New Testament tells us that Jesus ascended into heaven, and now intercedes for us at His Father’s right hand. Have you ever wondered what this means? Some have thought that the Lord is somehow constantly ‘re-offering’ the sacrifice of His death before the Father in heaven, and in so doing is ‘pleading’ on our...

Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is soon to launch what it calls a “fully refreshed and re-energised money coaching course.” The course aims to help people learn to manage their finances, and will include new teaching, a new online budgeting tool for use on a smartphone, and greater flexibility in how to use the content. The...

Flipped – Life in the upside down Kingdom The Best of Friends – Choose Wisely, Care Well Sarah Eberle’s Psalm 23 Garden: Design tips for a calm green space The You God Planned – Don’t Let Anything or Anyone Hold You Back God is Everywhere This Crown of Comfort: God’s seven calls to women in...

He was born at 9.14pm on 14th November 1948, to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, at Buckingham Palace in London. He has been heir-apparent to the throne since he was three years old. He is the first monarch in British history to have earned a university degree. From 1967 to 1970 he studied history at...

On that long ago first morning of Pentecost, Jerusalem was crowded with thousands of visitors, for it was one of the most popular feast-days in the Jewish calendar – the Feast of Firstfruits, looking forward to the wheat harvest. In one small room of that great city, a small group of people who had followed...

Together is the UK trade magazine for Christian resources, distributed to almost every UK Christian publisher and retailer, as well as hundreds of churches and over 500 Christian authors. Published by Cedar Tree until the end of 2022, the magazine is relaunched this month (May) by Onwards and Upwards Publishers, a member of the Evangelical Alliance. Together has...

The best ways of staying fit and healthy may be different from what you thought. Here are some fitness dictats which were originally based more on marketing than on science. Walk 10,000 steps a day: This goal has been a popular mantra for years, and it has even been adopted by the World Health Organisation....

In Salvador Dali’s picture of Jesus’ ascension all you can see are His feet! As we celebrate the event this month, it prompts the question ‘where did Jesus go?’ Peter says Jesus ‘has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand’ (1 Peter 3:22). However, the New Testament tells us three things about what...

Latest worshipping and visitor data collected from England’s 42 cathedrals and Westminster Abbey during 2021 shows attendance began to recover, despite ongoing Covid-19 measures. The data showed a weekly total of 15,800 people were reported at cathedral services in 2021. This is 22 per cent more than the equivalent figure from 2020, although still 58...

A Private Member’s Bill brought by the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, to abolish the two-child limit on Universal Credit has recently completed its passage through the House of Lords. The Bill will now be considered in the House of Commons. The Bill would amend previous legislation which limits the number of children counted when...