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Does this sound familiar?  An Archbishop of Canterbury tries to bring unity and calm to a Church split down the middle over seemingly irreconcilable differences, and all the while to promote the Gospel to the wider non-Christian society, in the face of widespread ignorance and even hostility towards Christianity. This isn’t Justin Welby, though. It...

Good to slow down in rain Dogs and people Is it hard to park your car in the garage?  Contactless payment limit goes up Do you prefer using cash? Good news for coffee lovers Are any of your friends ‘flakes’? Determined to help Boys unhappy about their looks What is outside your front door?  Why...

Bishops join leaders of major faiths to demand climate action at COP26 A fair way to Christmas Afghanistan crisis: advice for parishes on helping refugees Recommendations made for Church of England Governance Reform  Dioceses invited to bid for funding to explore new approaches to mission Vital support service anniversary Church Commissioners, C of E Pensions...

Caring for Creation From the Vicar Lest We Forget Remembrance When someone you loved is dead How to tell your life story – and how to make changes to it Reflected Faith Series: The Bread We Share Should a Christian go to war? Waiting for the Future ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers the COP26...

You can go to church this autumn for worship, baptisms, weddings, and funerals, all without needing to offer proof that you have had the jab. The Church of England welcomed the news that vaccination certification will not be required. As a spokesman said: “it would be difficult … to justify limiting access to church services...

This winter, when you next see someone who looks both poor and cold, think of Martin of Tours.  This monk bishop, born in Pannonia (now Hungary) became one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages. Martin’s father was a pagan officer in the Roman Army, and Martin was intended for the army as...

Amid the mud, blood and carnage of trench warfare in World War 1, tens of thousands of bright red poppies grew, marking the graves of the fallen.  This led John McCrae, a Canadian army physician who had lost a colleague, to write “In Flanders Fields”, In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row...

The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church will be taking place on Sunday 7th November. This year Open Doors, CSW and Release International are again teaming up for a special online social media event on that day. For more details, please visit: Open Doors at https://www.opendoorsuk.org/resources/prayer/idop/ CSW at https://www.csw.org.uk/idop Release International at https://releaseinternational.org/idop/

A cut to the speed limit on motorways in wet weather would be backed by the majority of UK motorists.  Such is the finding of a recent poll by the RAC, following a rise in serious accidents. Almost three-quarters of us would be in favour of following the French method of lowering the speed limit...

In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on America 20 years ago this autumn, many Americans were seen to be ‘saintly’ in their brave attempts to help save lives.  But Frances (1850 – 1917) was the first citizen of the United States to be officially canonised as a saint – by Pope Pius XII in...

Faith leaders have been joining together to demand climate action ahead of the COP26 meeting in Glasgow (1st – 12th November). Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich, and lead Bishop on the Environment for the Church of England signed the letter alongside leaders of every major Christian denomination and representatives from Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Jewish,...

This month sees the eagerly anticipated COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. As Christians, we need to hold together two key insights, if we are to engage with the challenge of climate change: The world is not ours: ‘The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it’ (Psalm 24:1). The world is not ours, but God’s!...