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Autumn We Remember You are my Memorial A prayer of remembering and looking forward Hope in the Darkness Advent Song Grandad’s Typewriter   ** Autumn He arrives in a coat of many colours, Flame, gold, russet and brown, Autumn appears with dancing feet Crunching on leaves the wind has blown down. Rustling and bustling, friend...

The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren It is a great shame that your church doesn’t have chandeliers – although in your low-ceilinged converted cinema, any chandelier more than a few feet tall would also be embedded in your floor carpeting. But I find that there is nothing like watching the standard...

The United Nations General Assembly voted 75 years ago this month, on 29th November 1947, to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. This decision, although supported by Western powers and the Soviet Union (Great Britain abstained), was not accepted by the Arab countries, whose UN representatives walked out.  Six months later, on 14th...

The Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group (‘EIAG’) has recently published a report advising investors with Christian values how to approach investing in big technology companies. The Church’s National Investing Bodies (NIBs), which received the advice, has published a new policy in line with this guidance. The report recommends technology companies make public commitments...

The smallest city with the biggest history of pilgrimage – that is St David’s Wales. And next year, 2023, brings the 900th anniversary of Pope Callixtus II declaring that two pilgrimages to St David’s Cathedral were equal to one journey to Rome. No wonder that the Diocese of St David’s has designated 2023 as its Year of...

German billionaire, Peter Thiel, has registered to be cryonically preserved: his body will be deep-frozen when he dies, then thawed out and resuscitated if medical developments make it possible. Likewise, mega-rich Jeff Bezos has poured cash into anti-ageing research, which means more than inventing an improved wrinkle cream. These 21st Century entrepreneurs may not know the...

The apostle Andrew (d. c.60) is patron saint of Scotland.  According to the gospel of Matthew,   Andrew and his brother Simon Peter were the very first two disciples whom Jesus called.   ‘Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’  (Matt 4:18,19) Without more ado, they obeyed.  ‘At once they left their nets...

Will Aid, www.willaid.org.uk, the UK’s most enduring and successful charity Will-making scheme, runs again this month, throughout November.  If you haven’t yet written your Will, now is the time to think about it! This is how the system works: Will Aid solicitors all over the UK agree to write basic Wills during November, without charging...

Andrew, whose feast day ends the Christian year on 30th November, is probably best known to us as the patron saint of Scotland, though his only connection with the country is that some of his bones were reputedly transported in the 8th century to Fife and preserved at a church in a place now named...

If you are about to buy Christmas cards, you may find it worthwhile to visit https://www.eden.co.uk/charity-christmas-cards/  as they offer a range of Christmas cards that raise money for various Christian charities.

‘And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger…’  (Luke 2:7)  ‘They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.’ (Matthew 24:30) What a contrast between the humble birth of Jesus in Bethlehem –...

Holding a fireworks party on Bonfire Night?  Make a bird nut ball Organise a wine tasting this autumn Help your hedgehogs this autumn Coffee is good for you Working best from where? Has covid changed your personality? Freeze your leftover food, advises Sainsburys Entertaining at home is making a comeback Do you still cook Sunday...