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The following list of witnesses may help you put all those references in order…. Mary Magdalene                                Mark 16:9-11; John 20:10-18 Other women at the tomb                Matthew 28:8-10 Peter in Jerusalem                             Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5 The two travellers on the road        Mark 16:12,13 10 disciples behind closed doors     Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-25 11...

Coronavirus reopening roadmap: comment from the Bishop of London Bishops lead churches’ call to take up Covid vaccine New bishop for the environment appointed by Archbishop of Canterbury Church Commissioners welcome Archbishops on UK housing crisis One year on: Church moves forward on carbon reduction target Church leaders call for Government to stop housing asylum...

Easter Morning Easter Prayer The Crossroad Can it be Easter Already? The Way SPRING A Prayer before the Cross ** Easter Morning (John 20:1-18) Who is it you are looking for? Who? Mary, Looking for her Lord, Early in the morning, While it was still dark, Looking for Jesus, Expecting His death-wrapped body, Finding, instead,...

Thy Kingdom Come global prayer movement’s plans for 2021 100 years of the PCC The history of the PCC Give away the Hope for All magazine Join the Youth Wellbeing Journey  Connecting with people through sport Message of hope  Archbishops in the Spectator: the Church in changing times Average age of churchgoers ** Editor:  We...

How do you make sense of the Resurrection? Dead men don’t rise, so why believe that this particular dead man did rise? At the end of St Luke’s gospel we read that: “they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement” (Luke 24.4). This is highly significant. The Gospels do not show us a...

Lessons of Lockdown The good news about your forgetfulness In praise of the afternoon nap We are reading more books Thank God for dentists The pain of Covid on our youngsters Give your house an M.O.T. Chocolate – food of the gods! Easter Story Biscuits for young children Mars Bar Cake ** Lessons of Lockdown...

– Dominican who opposed a Pope Leaving England to live in Spain was popular long before the TV show ‘Location Location Location’ was ever invented. Back in 1350 Vincent Ferrer’s parents had left England to settle in Valencia, where their son Vincent was born and grew up. In 1367, when he was 17, Vincent felt...

It was: 1900 years ago, on 26th April 121 that Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (161-180AD) and Stoic philosopher (whose works are still read today), was born. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for...

Some 1900 years ago, on 26th April 121, Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (161-180 AD) and Stoic philosopher, was born. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He had been...

Thy Kingdom Come, the ecumenical prayer movement for evangelisation, uniting Christians in nearly 90% of countries worldwide from the Ascension to Pentecost, will be run differently this year, from the 13th-23rd May. Thy Kingdom Come – which is led by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and has attracted the support of His Holiness Pope...

“So many people right across the country are anxious about employment, anxious about food, isolated from loved ones and feel that the future looks dark.”  These are words from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon on Easter Day 2020. Who would have thought that we are experiencing the same uncertainties this Easter! Yet the Easter story remains...

– the more things change… Zeno of Verona (d. 371) should be the patron saint of all ministers who suspect that the more things change, the more they remain the same. For instance: ethnic diversity…church-planting… teaching…. concern for the poor… women’s ministry in the church… sound like modern-day Christian concerns? Not a bit of it...