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The Church Commissioners for England recently announced their goal to reduce the carbon intensity of its investment portfolio by 25% by 2025. The Commissioners focus on using their influence as a responsible investor to engage companies and policy makers on setting and supporting net zero targets, thus bringing more constituents of its portfolio on to...

Does this month spell the end of school, college, or even a job, for you?  Then congratulations are in order: you have completed a significant step! Now it’s time to decide your next step. The dictionary defines ‘step’ as a physical movement that advances you in a desired direction. You ‘step’ forward in order to...

During the 18th century many people in England were involved in the campaign to abolish the slave trade.  The CofE remembers especially William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson – three very different but all tireless campaigners against the evil practice. Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was an Anglican clergyman and one of the most prominent of...

School is out this month, but how much good did it do your child? More than 200,000 pupils will leave primary school this year without being able to read, according to recent unpublished figures by the government. Now Boris Johnson has announced a ‘four-year emergency’ plan to help children catch up on their learning. One...

During the 18th century many people in England were involved in the campaign to abolish the slave trade.  The CofE remembers especially William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson – three very different but all tireless campaigners against the evil practice. Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was an Anglican clergyman and one of the most prominent of...

Have you ever tried to use cash in a shop, and been refused? That happened to more than a third of us last year. But now, in response to widespread protest, supermarkets and high street shops have promised that they will continue to accept cash. Aldi, Asda, Co-op, John Lewis, Lloyds Pharmacy and Waitrose have...

It’s important to have debates about science and Christian faith and to dig into the hot topics, but we can’t exist solely on a diet of controversy. I find it helpful, at times, to simply enjoy the wonders revealed by science and the big questions they raise about meaning and purpose. What’s the universe for?...

The story is told of a college graduation where there were a large number of graduates waiting to receive their degrees. Speed was of the essence, and so as the Chancellor presented their diplomas, he simply smiled each time and whispered: “Congratulations, keep moving.” It’s actually good advice for all of life, and for your...

 With the Olympics and the idea of running a course in mind… There is a way of winning by losing, a way of victory in defeat which we are going to discover.  – Laurens van der Post Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour. – Leonardo da Vinci...

All We Can and the Methodist Church in Britain’s joint Emergency Coronavirus Appeal are providing essential support to vulnerable communities in India. The country, home to 1.3 billion people, is currently in the grips of a deadly wave of Covid-19. Hospitals are unable to cope with the ever-increasing number of cases,  oxygen supplies are scarce, and...

When St Peter preached his first sermon on the day of Pentecost, he showed how the life, death and resurrection of Jesus had to be understood in the light of the Old Testament. The promise of the Old was granted fulfilment in the New. This is how we understand the unity of the two Testaments:...

Now here’s something that will send you straight to your kitchen to put the kettle on: the Great British cup of tea may not taste quite so good in the future. It seems that extreme weather and rising temperatures could lead to inferior leaves in the future, according to Christian Aid. Kenya, the world’s foremost...