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Trees can help prevent you getting depressed. At least, you are less likely to be on antidepressants if you live on a tree-lined street. That is the finding of a survey by the Forestry Commission, which looked for the first time at the mental health value of our forests and woodlands. Apparently, they save the...

– sad search for acceptance and love Did you have a miserable childhood? Were your parents more absorbed in themselves than in you? Later, looking for love, did you fall for the wrong man? Perhaps you now have children of your own, and struggle to raise them. If you feel your life has been ‘wrong-footed’...

‘For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.’ (John 3:16) This month, as we mark St Valentines’ Day, we focus on the importance of love. In understanding the way God loves us, this verse shows us how...

Churches, Christian charities and youth organisations are working together to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee over the four-day Bank Holiday from 2nd to 5th June. A new website has been created – www.theplatinumjubilee.com –  to provide ideas and resources for communities to celebrate the Queen’s 70 years of faith and service. The UK and Commonwealth...

The number of Christians in England and Wales has fallen to 51 per cent of the population, from the 59 per cent recorded in the 2011 Census. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed just over half the population in England and Wales described their religion as Christian in 2019. This...

The Church of England is setting up a new group to support local churches who are resettling refugees in partnership with the Home Office. The initiative will support parishes and dioceses who have begun working closely with local authorities and other community partners, to provide practical resources for the resettlement of vulnerable refugees. Since 2015,...

– faithful servant who would not deny his Lord Polycarp (c. 69 – c. 155) was one of the most important Christians in Roman Asia in the mid-2nd century, because of his link between the time of the Apostles and the earliest Christian Fathers. This disciple of John the Apostle became bishop of Smyrna and...

Some time ago a scientist was invited to speak at the Dewsbury Women’s Institute. He spoke about his research on polymers, hoping that the women of this Yorkshire mill town would connect with his desire to develop new fibres. One person in particular, a woman called Betty who had worked in a mill since the...

‘How can a God of love allow suffering?’ Many people struggle with such questions, however the Bible helps us to understand how sin affects both our own lives and the world. Genesis provides us with a picture of how sin entered the world. In Genesis 2:16-17, God gave Adam and Eve both permission (‘You are...

If you are feeding the birds, please make sure that you keep their feeders very clean this winter. The UK is facing its worst ever outbreak of avian flu, and already there have been more than 40 cases around the country. The disease is thought to have been spread by migratory wild birds from Russia...

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Just 25 years ago, on 22nd February 1997, scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh announced that they had successfully cloned a mammal from an adult cell for the first time: a sheep named Dolly. Dolly – named after country singer Dolly Parton – was not the first cloned mammal, however. Another sheep had been cloned...