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Agnes should be the patron saint of all the young Christian girls alive today who live in areas of the world where they face kidnap, rape, forced marriage, persecution and even death – simply because they are Christian. Agnes, born c 291, probably came from a noble Roman family. She converted to Christianity at the...

It was 75 years ago, on 8th January 1947, that David Bowie, pop/glam rock singer, songwriter and actor, was born in London. He became one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, dying in 2016. Born David Robert Jones, he studied art and design before transforming himself into an enigmatic and exploratory singer,...

Never under-estimate a deacon. After all, the first-ever Christian martyr was a deacon in the church of Jerusalem – St Stephen.  And the first-ever Christian martyr in Spain was a deacon of the Church of Saragossa – St Vincent. By now it was 304AD, and the Roman Emperor Diocletian was persecuting Christians.  When his edict...

A third of parents and carers do not talk to their children about how best to manage money, according to Government research. Yet talking about finance has been found to help children to form good life-time money habits, according to Money Helper, which conducted the survey. Parents in London and the Northwest of England are...

January is a month of the beginning of great things! As well as the naming of the Son of God, we celebrate the conversion of the greatest ever apostle of the Christian faith.  Many books have been written on Paul, and here is the briefest of introductions. He was a Jew, born as ‘Saul’ at...

How many works of literature still contain references to animals?  A study of 16,000 works, written between 1705 and 1969, and including books such as Goethe’s Faust and Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, has found that even in literature, animals are fading towards extinction. Professors at Leipzig’s Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research found that 1830 was...

The number of crimes committed in churches and on religious premises over the past year has fallen, though there were still more than 4,000 offences. Incidents include theft, vandalism, arson, violence, sexual assault, stalking, malicious communications, hate crime and drug possession. The figures were obtained by the Countryside Alliance through Freedom of Information requests to Britain’s...

Covid has caused the biggest drop in life expectancy in Western Europe since the Second World War. More than five million people have died worldwide after getting infected. When academics studied death rates from 29 countries, which included most of Europe as well as the US, they found that life expectancy has decreased in 27...

You show your majesty In every star that shines, And every time we breathe. Your glory, God revealed From distant galaxies To here beneath our skin. These words from the song Magnificent by Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin speak volumes to me as a scientist. Redman is an astronomy geek who has ‘an appreciation for...

This month, on 25th January, the Church celebrates probably the most famous conversion of all. At least, what happened to a young man called Saul on the road to Damascus has become a byword for all instant conversions – what is known as a ‘damascene’ moment. Saul was a devout Jew, a Pharisee, a student...

As we enter this New Year of 2022 even the most devoted Christians can’t ignore the uncertainties we face. The whole world was caught up in the persistent spread of Coronavirus. It is shaking national economies and causing untold stress and harm. Many people fear that their lives and families will never be the same...

Timothy and Titus are the saints for you if you’ve been a Christian for some time, and now suspect that God wants you to move into some form of leadership.  A daunting prospect! The books of First and Second Timothy and Titus are what are known as the three pastoral letters, where Paul writes to...