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If you are going to any concerts before Christmas, spare a thought for St Cecilia (2nd century) – the patron saint of musicians. Cecilia is one of the most famous of the Roman martyrs of the 2nd century.  As far as is known, she was born a noble lady of Rome who, despite her vow...

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.   ‘We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church’: The Creed affirms the four marks of the church, defining...

Could having a dog help your child to develop better lung function? A recent study says yes. Research from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto has found that children who’ve been exposed to higher levels of the dog allergen Can f1 may even have their risk of childhood asthma cut in half. As one...

Listening to the Music of the Soul – The Archbishop of York’s Advent Book 2025 Donkey Roads and Camel Treks: A pilgrim’s guide for Advent – BRF Advent Book 2025 The Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Activity Book The Art of Scripture A Season of Silence – Deep Listening in a Noisy World A Year to...

A group of Church of England bishops and senior clergy have joined leaders from across denominations in speaking out against any “co-opting or corrupting” of the Christian faith and symbols to exclude others. The bishops of Winchester, Manchester, Southwark, Croydon, Bradford, Woolwich and Kingston were among the signatories to a joint letter from church leaders...

It was 175 years ago, on 19th November 1850, that Alfred, Lord Tennyson became Poet Laureate of the UK until his death in 1892. He succeeded William Wordsworth and became known as the poet of the Victorian age. Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, in 1809, he was one of 11 children of a mentally unstable and...

Seventy-five years ago, on 2nd November 1950, George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and literary critic, died.  Best known for Pygmalion, he was winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature and co-founder of the London School of Economics. Shaw, who was born in Dublin of English Protestant descent in 1856, was a failed novelist before...

The last Sunday in November is the last Sunday of the church year, and in some ways the most important. Why?  Because everything else in the Christian year looks BACK on what happened 2000 years ago. The Sunday of Christ the King looks FORWARD to what we can expect next….  the return one day of Jesus...

Paul wrote the letter of Ephesians around AD 60, while in prison at Rome. It was probably a circular letter to be read in the house churches of Ephesus and the local area. Paul founded the church over a period of three years (Acts 19:1-20:1) between 52-55 AD. Ephesus was the leading city and commercial...

Country roads may look inviting to drive, but the statistics tell a different story. For collisions on rural roads are around four times more likely to result in a fatality. Such is the finding of the NFU Mutual Rural Road Safety Report 2024. It found that in 2023, an average of one in every 32...

Most of us can watch television for only about 15 minutes, or read a book for about 14 minutes, before we lose our concentration. Most of us blame our social media notifications as the reason. A recent survey by Perspectus Global for Lingo by Abbott, found that Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and message alerts were named...

A declaration that “Christian truth and values” belong at the heart of public life in the UK has been recently launched, in the hope that it will attract 100,000 signatures and trigger a debate in Parliament. The 2025 Westminster Declaration argues for the importance of heterosexual marriage and the “complementarity of men and women”. It...