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Members of a new ‘cathedral’ of online worshippers, formed since the first lockdown, have played a key role in the Church of England’s recent 100th national online service. The first national online service was broadcast from the crypt chapel at Lambeth Palace on Mothering Sunday 2020 as the nation went into lockdown. Since then, a...

Eighty years ago, on 25th March 1942, Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, was born. The American soul/R&B/pop/gospel singer was known for her many hit songs including ‘Respect’ and ‘I Say a Little Prayer’. She died in 2018. Aretha began her career as a young child, singing gospel songs at New Bethel Baptist Church in...

Such a strange name for a church service!  Why would anyone be attracted to attend such a thing? This year Ash Wednesday is close to the start of March; on the Second of the month.  As the first day of Lent the service is used to physically place a sign of the cross on each...

The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren It seemed such an innocent suggestion. A local farmer announced he wanted to arrange a Spring music festival. I could already hear Mozart string quartets being played in our Lady Chapel, and arias from Donizetti operas being sung al frescoin the Glebe field, while we...

Partners of Release International have warned of a ‘slow-motion war’ unfolding in Nigeria, where more Christians are being killed than anywhere else on earth. Release International is calling for Nigeria to be reinstated as a Country of Particular Concern, after its delisting by the US State Department. They warn: “17 Christians (are) murdered every day...

Get them to turn off their phones by 7pm. When children use their phones later in the evening, the exposure to the radio frequency electromagnetic fields can disturb their ability to go to sleep. The study was carried out by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. It was based on the phone and sleeping habits...

The cross is a picture of violence, yet the key to peace; a picture of suffering, yet the key to healing; a picture of death, yet the key to life; a picture of utter weakness, yet the key to power; a picture of capital punishment, yet the key to mercy and forgiveness; a picture of...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has shared his doubts about mandatory vaccines, while urging people to get vaccinated “to look after their neighbours”. “I’m not personally in favour of compulsory vaccination by law,” the Most Revd Justin Welby recently told BBC’s Today programme. “But I am very much in favour of encouraging people, of incentivising people...

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Plans to elect clergy of UK Minority Ethnic or Global Majority Heritage backgrounds to serve in the House of Bishops have been agreed in what is hoped will be a “catalyst for change” towards making the leadership of the Church of England more representative. Under the scheme, there will be at least 10 UKME/GMH people...

Sixty years ago, on 19th March 1962, the American folk-rock singer Bob Dylan released his debut album, Bob Dylan. It contained only two original songs, the other 11 being mostly folk covers and partial rewrites, but his huge talent was already apparent. He came from northern Minnesota, but no-one could have guessed where he was...

 What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are they not both saying: ‘Hello’? – Annie Dillard Scientists often speak of a reality beyond the objects they are studying, and for some this is encountered in powerful – if rare – episodes of wonder and awe. The Christian writer J.W. Sire quotes...