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    The Story of Easter By Alexa Tewkesbury, SPCK, £6.99 Award-winning children’s author Alexa Tewkesbury offers a timeless retelling of the Easter story in this delightful picture book for 3-5 year-olds. Spanning events from Palm Sunday through to the last supper, crucifixion and resurrection, The Story of Easter is an excellent way to introduce kids to...

As the Nicene Creed puts it, “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end.” This phrase echoes numerous passages in the Bible.  Here’s one: “I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened,...

– our Patron Saint who isn’t English  The English have a patron saint who isn’t English, about whom next to nothing is known for sure, and who, just possibly, may not have existed at all. But that didn’t stop St George being patriotically invoked in many battles, notably at Agincourt and in the Crusades, and...

Church of England Bishops have joined an NHS-backed campaign calling on congregations, communities and individuals to play their part in encouraging everyone who is offered a Covid-19 vaccine to take up the opportunity. With concerns over misinformation and significant numbers indicating mistrust, including in some UK BAME communities, the bishops were speaking as part of...

The Rectory St. James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren Thank you for inviting me to speak at your church council yesterday. I began to suspect that my theme of why Eusebius’s dislike of Sabellianism led to his condemnation at the Council of Antioch in 324 was a little misjudged, when the only...

The all-new Hope for All magazine helps readers plan a post-Covid Wellbeing Journey with TV presenters Joanna Adeyinka and Simon Thomas. The 32-page magazine from HOPE Together turns the spotlight on celebrities and their faith – singer Justin Bieber, cricketer AB De Villiers and James Lusted from Songs of Praise and the panto circuit. Four real-life stories focus on...

The Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, is to lead the Church of England’s Environment Programme with a charge to lead bold, deliberate, collaborative action across the Church to tackle the grave existential crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Bishop Graham will work with the Mission and Public Affairs department of the Church of England,...

Here is something gruesome: last year the sale of DIY dentistry first aid kits nearly doubled. People actually attempted to give themselves lost fillings, caps and crowns. Most popular were products that offered ‘long-lasting’ temporary repair for caps and fillings, and a first aid kit. The British Dental Association understands why; because of lockdown, there...

The Archbishops’ Commission on Housing, Church and Community has recently issued a landmark report, Coming Home, about housing provision in the UK which calls for a national plan to tackle the crisis. Coming Home makes recommendations which the Church, government and others can collectively take to alleviate the crisis, including the role the Church Commissioners might...

With Holy Week and Easter in mind….  The following quote forms the entire text of a miniature book, which was hand-set and printed in 1963 by a Doris V Welsh, a former staff member of the Newberry Library in Chicago. No information about the book can be found in the essays and sermons of a...

– of the Golden Legend The Saint of an English Army before he was Patron Saint of England, St George may have been a soldier, but he was no Englishman. Some stories say that he was an officer in the Roman army under Diocletian, who refused to abandon his faith during the Terror, and was...

We have high expectations of the legal system. In criminal cases we want criminals punished and innocent people protected. I have been involved in many court hearings and all clients want a just result. Some disagree with the decisions, but few actually question the basic fairness of the legal system. As a lawyer, I have...