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By Canon David Winter One of those surveys which some newspapers love to publish claimed recently that a large number of British people believe in angels – almost as many, in fact, as claimed to believe in God. They didn’t tell us what people meant by ‘angels’. I suspect quite a few were thinking of...

The General Synod recently called on the Government to allocate more money for palliative care, as members voted to reaffirm the Church of England’s opposition to a change in the law on Assisted Suicide. Following a debate, members backed a Private Member’s Motion (PMM) paying tribute to the ‘enormous and untiring’ efforts of health professionals...

Social Sanity in an Insane World Jesus Through the Eyes of Women Blessings for your Baptism Rhythms of Grace God Among the Ruins Something You Once Knew A Good Friend ** Social Sanity in an Insane World By Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, 10ofthose, £11.24 Why do I feel so irritated after being on social media? I...

Many people are struggling to connect with church today following the pandemic. However, we should ‘not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing’ (Hebrews 10:25). The church is not simply a building or services, but a shared friendship with Jesus, as the NT makes clear. The Family of God The...

Some 25 years ago, on 5th September 1997, Mother Teresa died. She was an Albanian nun who was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in what is now Skopje, North Macedonia, and spent most of her life in India, founding and running the Missionaries of Charity. She was winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Mother Teresa,...

The Church of England’s General Synod has recently called on the Government to introduce legislation requiring pornographic sites to use age verification systems preventing access by under 18s. A large number of children and young people say they have viewed pornography, with one survey before lockdown showing that 78 per cent of sixth formers in...

If you go to church and/or volunteer for local good causes, the good that you do to others will come back to you.  A recent study has found that having a rich social life can help older people retain normal brain functions, and slow down any onset of dementia. The research, done at the University...

By Canon David Winter  What is an angel? Easy, people think: a shining figure with glorious wings, who appears from time to time to do some mighty work for God or bring a very special message from him. Well, that’s right in one sense (apart from the wings, which owe more to stained glass windows...

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support’s biggest annual fundraising event, held to support people living with cancer. People all over the UK either host or attend a Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan. The official date is Friday 30th September, but a coffee morning to support MacMillan can be held at any time....

Children are to get a chance to learn music in the English choral tradition, as part of plans by the Church of England to inspire young people to learn about the Christian faith. A total of £249,530 has been awarded to The Church of England in Lancashire to invest in up to 24 ‘Choir Churches’...

The latest State of Britain’s Hedgehogs report warns that between 30 per cent and 75 per cent of the UK’s population of hedgehogs has been lost in rural areas in the last two decades.  The largest falls are in the eastern half of England. However, there is some evidence that in our towns and cities,...

The global Anglican Communion will have a greater voice on the body which nominates future Archbishops of Canterbury, as a result of changes recently approved by the Church of England’s General Synod. Until now the wider worldwide Anglican Communion, outside of England, has been represented by just one of the 16 members of the Crown...