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‘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...

Editor:  Nigel Beeton writes:  Her Majesty had a very long life, didn’t she? I kind of stupidly didn’t really ever come to terms with the obvious fact that she would always be my Queen! But we prayed ‘Long live our noble Queen’ every time we sang the National Anthem, and God really did answer that...

Editor:  Following the sad death of the Queen, the Church of England has put out a number of statements.  Here are a selection from which you may wish to choose.  There are long statements from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, from which you can choose to suit your available space.   There are also statements...

Editor:   Many Christian leaders have paid tribute to the Queen.  Here are just a very few:  Rt Rev John Pritchard, former Bishop of Oxford Mark Woods, Editor of Bible Society Mark Greene, Mission Champion of LICC Writer and Broadcaster Catherine Pepinster Tom Wright, former Bishop of Durham ** Rt Rev John Pritchard, former Bishop of Oxford, said:...

Editor:  We offer two articles which may be of use at this sad time.  Editor:  By the Ven John Barton  She was among us as one who serves The news of the Queen’s death has reverberated round the world; the deep sadness felt in the United Kingdom is shared across the globe, not least in...

Sundays of the Month Editor:  Continuing our new feature, as we thought you might find it helpful to know what the Sundays of each month are called… 2nd October      Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 9th October     Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 16th October   Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 23rd October   Last Sunday after Trinity 30th October   Fourth Sunday...

Think of Piccadilly Circus, and that small statue of the angel poised with bow and arrow. Most people think it stands for Eros.  It does not. It stands for Anteros, his brother, the god of selfless love.  It is a memorial to the greatest Christian Victorian philanthropist, politician and social reformer of his generation –...

Theresa of Lisieux (1873-97) should be the patron saint of teenage girls and young women who want to make the most of their lives, despite being constrained by family and school or work. Theresa grew up in a strict, devout Roman Catholic middle-class family in France, one of four sisters.  Her father was a watch-maker. ...

If you’ve ever prayed for the ill children of non-Christian friends, then you are following in the steps of Remigius (d.533). Remigius was bishop of Reims late in the 5th century, and the king’s son was ill.  The queen, Clotild, was a Christian, but the king of the Franks, Clovis I, was not.  Then Remigius...

The teaching of Jesus encourages us to believe in guardian angels.  He once said, ‘See that you do not look down on one of these little ones.  For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.’  (Matthew 18:10) The existence of angels was suggested in various...

With Islamic State’s current savage persecution of Iraqi Christians in mind, here are two saints for this autumn:  Hewald the Black and Hewald the White (d.c. 695).  These 7th century Anglo-Saxon priests were living peacefully in Frisia among the Old Saxons, worshipping the Christian God by daily Mass on a portable altar, and reverently devoting...