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- – because God often shows up at night By Barbara Brown Taylor, Canterbury Press, £12.99 Barbara Brown Taylor explores ‘the treasures of darkness’ that the Bible speaks about. What can we learn about the ways of God when we cannot see the way ahead, are lost, alone, frightened, not in control or when the world...Learning to Walk in the Dark
- “This summer will be an absolute bonanza for shoppers, and they should be selective and patient… discounting will continue throughout the summer.” So says Clive Black, a retail analyst at Shore Capital. He explains that billions of pounds of winter stock is coming over to the UK in ships, but the retail warehouses are still...Tidal wave of sales coming
- Is the nation turning to God in prayer? Well, not quite yet, but recent research from Tearfund has shown that prayer is more common than many would think, with just under half (44%) of UK adults saying that they pray, and one in twenty (5%) saying they have started praying during the lockdown. In addition,...One in 20 starts praying since Coronavirus began
- If you led a wild life before your conversion, then Olaf is the saint for you. Indeed, anything you have done could hardly match him, for he was a brigand and pirate who roamed the Baltic and Normandy around 1015 AD, maiming and killing, stealing and destroying, feared by all. Then on one particular raid...29th July Olaf – king & patron saint of Norway
- During the 18th century many people in England were involved in the campaign to abolish the slave trade. The CofE remembers especially William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson – three very different but all tireless campaigners against the evil practice. Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was an Anglican clergyman and one of the most prominent of...30th July William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano & Thomas Clarkson
- As I write, volunteers are distributing food to people who have been deprived of their usual ways of earning an income during the lockdown in a Majority World country. I became involved in raising money for this initiative very recently, and saw videos from the first people to receive packages. There were expressions of happiness,...A Scientist Reflects: Suffering and the Image of God
- New version of Apostles’ Creed When our church began live streaming its services, our minister was at first a bit nervous. Still, he kept his cool, and you would never have known he was struggling until he reached the Apostles’ Creed. Then he firmly announced that Jesus was…”confused by the Holy Ghost, born of the...Smile Lines (all) for July 2020
- Malachi 3:3 says: “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study. They got to wondering what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the...As fine silver…
- During the 18th century many people in England were involved in the campaign to abolish the slave trade. The CofE remembers especially William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson – three very different but all tireless campaigners against the evil practice. Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was an Anglican clergyman and one of the most prominent of...30th July William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano & Thomas Clarkson
- – learning patience and embracing its gifts By Margaret Whipp, Canterbury Press, £10.99 This wise and beautiful book draws on the experience of unchosen waiting – in sickness, in old age, and in the struggles and frustrations of everyday life – to explore the challenges of waiting and the skills it demands. It may help...Grace of Waiting
- Miscellaneous thoughts on our Christian pilgrimage Miscellaneous thoughts on daily life ** Miscellaneous thoughts on our Christian pilgrimage There is no greater discovery than seeing God as the author of your destiny. – Ravi Zacharias God can do wonders with a broken heart if you give Him all the pieces. – Victor Alfsen Most of...Quotes (all) for July 2020
- Have you ever suffered from gossip? Ever discovered that people are saying some really wild things about you? If so, Joseph of Arimathea would understand – and sympathise with you. This decent, godly man of the gospels seems to have fired the imaginations of all sorts of odd people down the centuries. Joseph was a...31st July St Joseph of Arimathea – the man who buried Jesus