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Younger people more likely to pray than older generations Share the good news, protect the persecuted: first Lambeth CallDioceses concerned for farming communities in drought Protecting church buildings from climate change Parishes face soaring bills for energy Winter challenge for Ukrainians Hunger in East Africa doubles in one year Church of England’s first Racial Justice...

Some Christians today have the curious idea that being a Christian guarantees a prosperous life in this world.  St Paul was more realistic – throughout his epistles he urges Christians to pray for patience and endurance in this world.  Donation (martyred c 484) is a timely reminder that we are called to be witnesses, and...

Animal Welfare Sunday – 2nd October Remembering prisoners during Prisons Week – 9th to 15th October A comedian, a bishop, two lads and a laptop walk into a racecourse…< Christians Against Poverty Sunday – 16th October Celebrating Bible Sunday 30th October Bible Sunday 30th October: how many translations by now? Send a Cow changes its...

Chances are that you were irritated by wasps this summer – there were a lot of them about. But did you know what they were really looking for? According to Prof Seirian Sumner, a behavioural ecologist and entomologist at University College London, we should try to “understand what wasps want, and what they’re doing at...

All in the month of OCTOBER Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap George Cadbury – the chocolate man with a heart for welfare One hundred years of the BBC Remembering Coleridge 6th October – National Poetry Day  ** Editor:  We continue our column that looks at memorable dates in the month (this time, October) down the years. Here...

Healing for Today From the Vicar Christian Basics No 10: How can I resist evil? What our priorities as Christians should be Reflecting Faith: the Cross in our churches HYMN:  The story behind … O God, our help in ages past Reaping and harvesting Learn to ‘wait well’ for things ** Editor:  As October brings...

by David Winter ‘Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, bless the bed that I lie on’ – my grandma taught me that one. At least it meant I never forgot the names of the writers of the four Gospels. This month Luke, the writer of the third of them, has his feast day – 18th October....

To St Luke, a Gentile, we owe the beautifully written Gospel of Luke, and the Book of Acts.  He was a Greek physician, a disciple of St Paul, a companion on some of his missionary journeys, and an inspired writer. Luke’s gospel focuses on the compassion of Christ. His gospel contains some of the most...

Younger adults are more likely to pray than older generations, according to a recent survey for the Church of England which shows that nearly half of UK adults report having ever offered up some form of prayer. A third of 18-to-34-year-olds – 32% – say they have prayed in the last month. By contrast, a minority...

This year, Animal Welfare Sunday falls on Sunday 2nd October, which is the nearest Sunday to St Francis’ feast day on Tuesday 4th. It is a good opportunity to thank God for the animals, and to consider how we might help them. Christians have been involved in animal welfare reform throughout history. For example, even...

With Bible Sunday (23rd October) in mind … If you wish to know God, you must know His Word. – C H Spurgeon The Bible is meant to be bread for our daily use, not just cake for special occasions. – Unknown All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. – Abraham Lincoln...

This month we focus on healing, as we remember St Luke (18th October), who was a doctor by profession. The healing of the paralytic man by Jesus (Luke 5: 17-26) gives us some key principles for healing for our lives, as the man was lowered to Jesus through the roof! Faith: It was the adventurous...