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Making the Most of Your Church Wedding Surviving Separation and Divorce – Dealing with Divorce Day-to-day Prayer Book of Days – With Saints Through the Ages Waking the Women – Faith, Menopause, and the Meaning of Midlife 100 Ways to Get Your Church Noticed (3rd edition) Marriage – 6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs to...

“Where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” (Matthew 18:19-21) I cannot count in church. I do not know why, but I cannot. I mean that, when I am at the front and leading a service, I try to add up how many people there are in the congregation. We...

Anna Prayer for February 2025 The Gift Nunc dimittis A Book of Joy Disturb us, Lord Come reign in me ** Anna (Luke 2:36-38) All those years in the temple, In waiting widowhood. All those years Worshipping, wondering, What had it all been about? Seven years of marriage Then this lifetime alone, And yet There...

The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren I was quite happy to see the young person from your church whom you are encouraging to get ordained – even though we did not entirely see eye to eye. When I answered the door to someone dressed in T-shirt, jeans and trainers, I naturally...

The National Society for Education has published its response to the Department for Education’s Curriculum and Assessment Review, calling for a long-term vision for reform that places equity and aspiration at the heart of education. The response advocates for systemic changes, to ensure that “all children flourish, regardless of their background or circumstances.” Key proposals...

Our historic canals are in danger of disappearing. Caught in a ‘perfect storm’ of extreme weather events and funding cuts, the canals could be facing irreparable damage to huge stretches of their waterways. The Canal and River Trust (CRT) warns that even the historic sections of the Grand Union Canal and the scenic Oxford Canal...

– vicar and poet  On this day the Church Calendar celebrates George Herbert. For those who are muttering ‘never heard of him’, just think of the hymn ‘Let all the world/ In every corner sing’, which he wrote, along with several other hymns which are still popular, even if they are well over 300 years old....

‘Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be …successful.’  Joshua 1.8  Any flying instructor will tell you that periodically all aeroplanes need to be ‘trimmed’ or ‘balanced in flight’. After flying through storms...

A new initiative to enable male Baptist ministers to be better allies for women in ministry and leadership will begin in early 2025 Project Violet is a major study into women’s experience of ministry, which has sought to understand more fully the theological, missional, and structural obstacles women ministers face in the Baptist community in...

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has written to the World Bank to request a meeting. It wants to “discuss potential strategies for working together to accelerate the transition for clean energy and reduce fossil-fuel dependence in developing economies.” The WCC points out that “Faith communities can serve as partners and advocates for these efforts,...

We love eggs. On average, we eat at least two of them each week, which makes eggs one of Britain’s most popular foods. Eggs are exceptionally good for you – high in protein, containing all the essential amino acids, rich in the B vitamins, vitamin D and A, and choline, and a source of healthy...

It has been a mystery for cat lovers everywhere: what makes some cats ginger? Now – after 60 years of searching – scientists have good news. They have finally found the chunk of DNA that is responsible. The so-called Garfield gene is Arhgap36. Arhgap36 has been hiding away on the X chromosome, of which males...