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- Many of us have had our sleep patterns disturbed in recent weeks. After all, a pandemic, lockdown and growing financial crisis are hardly conducive to relaxation. But the fact is that, whatever is happening out there, we desperately need our sleep. It is vital for the proper functioning of our brain and heart. Anyone who...We can claim the gift of sleep
- The Reverend Richard Peirson was one of the exceptions. Most of the other clergy in the City of London had fled the Great Plague in 1665, but Peirson stayed behind to look after the parishioners of St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, where he was Rector. The parish was densely populated and the pandemic was catastrophic....Christians and the bubonic plague of London
- … the first Christian in Brittany? If you would love to be in Brittany for your holiday this summer, then spare a thought for Gudwal, because this obscure 6th century Celtic abbot got there before you did. Indeed, Gudwal seems to have liked Brittany so much that he decided to stay on. When you visit...6th June St Gudwal
- Popular Victorian novelist Charles Dickens died 150 years ago, on 9th June 1870. His books include The Pickwick Papers, A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield. He died of a stroke in Gad’s Hill Place, his country home in Kent, when halfway through writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The last novel he completed...Charles Dickens – prolific writer with a social conscience
- 21st June is Father’s Day, and last year four in ten fathers failed to see their children on Father’s Day. Now there may be perfectly good reasons for this – Father’s Day is not as ‘big’ as Mother’s Day, and fathers may well be seeing their children just fine on other days. But a survey...Where are our fathers?
- …. celebrating our God who is Three Persons Trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity has kept many a theologian busy down the centuries. One helpful picture is to imagine the sun shining in the sky. The sun itself – way out there in space, and unapproachable in its fiery majesty – is the...7th June Trinity Sunday
- Here you can download ALL the editorial sections in one document.ALL EDITORIAL for June 2020
- Having a religious faith may well make you feel better about your health, according to recent government figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data linking religious belief and health in an effort to “understand the circumstances of people of different religious identities.” It found that 66 per cent of Muslims, 68 per...How do you feel about your health?
- …there is no Christianity The Trinity is easier to say than to explain. Christians believe in one God, made up of three equal Persons. It is fundamental to the Nicene Creed, which sets out the definitive doctrine of the Trinity for more than two billion Christians worldwide, including all Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans,...NEW 7th June Without the Trinity
- The first successful ascent of a mountain over 8,000 metres high was achieved just 70 years ago this month, on 3rdJune 1950, when Annapurna in the Himalayas was climbed by a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog. Annapurna is the tenth highest mountain in the world. It was just three years before the first ascent...The day they first climbed Annapurna
- ITV News journalist and presenter Julie Etchingham, a practising Christian, has defended the role played by journalists during the Coronavirus pandemic. She told the Christians in Media website, “Reporters are coming in for a lot of flack for the questions they are asking government. But what else are we for? We all get that this...Blessed are the truth-tellers
- A victim of injustice Have you ever been the victim of someone else’s malice and ambition? Then William of York (d 1154) is the saint for you. William Fitzherbert was born into a noble family, with royal connections. He was also smart – appointed treasurer of York at a young age, and also as a...8th June William of York