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- How tired are you? As this Christmas approaches, many of us feel more than tired – we feel utterly drained. We have found that despite being less active than we used to be, we have far less energy. Months of anxiety, rising bills, Covid confusion, and erratic sleep patterns have not helped. Here are some...Are you tired?
- Donkeys have two walk-on parts in the story of Jesus’ life – from the donkey that took His pregnant mother to Bethlehem, to the donkey which He rode into Jerusalem. And so Christmas may be a good time to remember the charity Safe Haven for Donkeys, which was set up in 2000 to help the...Help a donkey in the Middle East
- Waiting is not popular in our culture, when so much can be obtained simply at the press of a button! Advent, when we wait for the coming of Christmas, is also an opportunity to learn what it means to be waiting for the promised return of Jesus. He says: ‘It’s like a man going away:...Advent
- It was: 1500 years ago, on 7th December 521 that St Columba, Irish missionary who spread Christianity in Scotland, was born. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. 250 years ago, on 25th December 1771 that Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, poet, and diarist, was born. She was sister to the poet William Wordsworth. 175...All in the month of December
- It is to St Luke’s wonderful gospel that many Christians turn as the year draws to a close and Christmas approaches, for it is to St Luke that we owe the fullest account of the nativity. Luke alone tells us the story of Mary and the angel’s visit to her, and has thus given the...25 December Christmas and St Luke’s Gospel
- The Government has announced awards totalling just over six million pounds from the Heritage Stimulus Fund, part of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund, to Church of England churches and cathedrals. A total of 21 grants have been made directly to the Church of England, with a further 12 Church of England churches being funded through...Churches awarded £6m in latest Cultural Recovery Fund grants for major works
- It was 1500 years ago, on 7th December 521, that St Columba, an Irish missionary who spread Christianity in Scotland and the North of England, was born in what is now County Donegal. Columba – also known as Columcille – was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland, who studied under St Finnian in his...The great work of St Columba
- How many Christmas trees will you have this year? Last year many bored families, stuck at home during the festive season, decided to branch out and set up two or more Christmas trees – often one in a pot for the front of the house, and a bigger one inside. It seems that two trees...How many trees are enough?
- Waiting is not popular in our culture, when so much can be obtained simply at the press of a button! Advent, when we wait for the coming of Christmas, is also an opportunity to learn what it means to be waiting for the promised return of Jesus. He says: ‘It’s like a man going away:...From the Vicar
- Almost certainly not. But the story of how that date came to be chosen as His ‘birthday’ is one that stretches back long before His birth. it seems to have started on the Greek island of Rhodes in 283 BC. That year the solstice fell on 25th December, and it was also the year that...25 December Was Jesus really born on 25th December?
- Churches across the country are now squaring up to the same challenges – and opportunities – that many local shops and businesses have faced for years. It’s all about the internet, and how it changes everything. In the pre-Covid world, services were held in churches, and people went to them. Or not. Throughout the lockdowns,...How to beat the internet
- Buy your children some books for Christmas. It seems that more books in your home in childhood can help stave off dementia in later life, according to a recent study. It found that children who are exposed to the written word from a young age, form more resilience against degenerative processes which can lead to...Buy them books