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Just 25 years ago, on 31st August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, her close companion Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul, died after a car crash in the Place de l’Alma underpass in Paris. Fayed and Paul died instantly, but Princess Diana survived for nearly five hours. She was conscious shortly after the crash,...

August sees many of us taking holidays to get some well-earned rest from working. But what is the biblical relationship between rest and work? The Bible shows us that we are to work from rest, not rest from work. How is this working out in our current experience? When God created human beings on the...

This month thousands of young people will be preparing themselves for the exciting prospect of going off to what they all call ‘Uni’ in the autumn. Parents, grandparents and godparents will enjoy a mixture of pride and apprehension. This is a major step in life: leaving home, making new friends, study without compulsion and the...

Christian YouTube channel for primary school aged children Guardians for child asylum seekers Ukrainian soldiers treat Bible like ‘a life-saver’ Hunger forces Ethiopian girls into marriage Help Christians in Lebanon survive Middle East and Africa facing a “toxic” crisis of conflict, climate change and Covid-19 **  Editor: This might interest any of your families with...

Lend your key to a neighbour and spend half an hour explaining the knack of locking the front door which entails pulling, turning, and pushing at the same time. Worry about your hanging baskets and runner beans. Worry about your cat. Spend an hour looking for window lock keys which you have not seen since...

How will you become a better person than you are now?   Have you ever denied yourself in order to try and please God?  No matter what your dedication, it is unlikely that your efforts will ever have outshone those of Rose of Lima (1586 – 1617), who in 1671 became the first saint of America,...

DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal The Ukrainian Church and Moscow Bishops’ letter to The Times on the Rwanda asylum policy Church Commissioners’ research identifies historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery Bradford changed by ‘Culture’ win Conflict in the Church “inevitable” A third of reports using hand car wash app indicate potential labour exploitation The builders move...

August sees many of us taking holidays to get some well-earned rest from working. But what is the biblical relationship between rest and work? The Bible shows us that we are to work from rest, not rest from work. How is this working out in our current experience? When God created human beings on the...

In this month of holidays and summer travel, it is awful to think that the crisis in Ukraine simply goes on. More than 13 million people have fled their homes.  Millions of families have been separated, people have been injured and killed, and their homes blown up. Critical infrastructure such as health facilities, water supplies...

On consecutive days this month (27th and 28th) the Christian Church celebrates, a mother and her son. The mother is Monica, and her son is Augustine. The story of their relationship and how, after a long process, they both came to share the same Christian faith is a moving one, and perhaps has a message...

The team who distributed nearly half a million free storybooks to schools for the Platinum Jubilee with the Church of England have now released a series of cartoons and songs for primary school aged children, on the Fruit of the Spirit. Thousands of families have been using them during the summer holidays! The Cheeky Pandas...

Who is leading the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC)? It depends on who you talk to. The Moscow Patriarchate has recently reaffirmed its jurisdiction over the UOC, denying claims that the Church has severed its ties with Moscow. The Russian Holy Synod said: “We note with regret the continuing pressure on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from...