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Covid-19 & Church-21 Survey 2021 World Watch List of Persecution of Christians A year of coronavirus Walk and pray for your community in 2021 Football club takes faith to the airwaves Battling bishop takes on the bookies Spring Harvest 2021 goes online How our church can get help for our struggling children Green Pastures –...

patron saint of fathers and holy death Why should St Joseph’s day be in March? Surely, he belongs to Advent and Christmas, at Mary’s side in millions of nativity scenes around the world. In any case, as the foster-father of Christ and husband of Mary, Joseph played a major part in the story of the...

beloved monk and bishop of Lindisfarne Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (c 634-87) has long been northern England’s favourite saint. It is easy to see why: Cuthbert was holy, humble, peaceable, prayerful, faithful in friendship, winsome, and really kind. Cuthbert was born into a fairly well-off Anglo-Saxon family, and he became a monk at Melrose in 651....

Let’s clap for mothers! The rites of growing up Stress and depression for home-schooling parents An easy way for fathers to feel closer to their children Movement over mind? Your daily walk should be a sacred ritual Apocalyptic films more popular How to stop stress getting the better of you. What can your readers share...

Coronavirus near Easter: still a good time to pause, pray and remember Real Easter Egg launches despite being dropped by supermarkets National Register of Clergy  ‘Spycops’ – the latest from the Church of England in Parliament

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Editor:  How are your clergy and lay people coping with lockdown?  Here is their chance to have their say – and be counted! If we have learnt anything since last March it is that, with Covid-19, nothing stands still. Just when you think you have worked out what’s going on, another twist in the saga...

‘One Year On’ From the Vicar ‘Zoomed Out?’ Finding God in Each Moment of the Day Jesus and His mother When your prayer is not answered Reflected Faith:  with all your soul, strength and mind Stay trimmed and balanced How to gain contentment ** Editor:  The Revd Canon Paul Hardingham looks back on the year...

As Mother’s Day approaches, let’s hear it for all the mothers who have been on the frontline of helping our country survive the Covid pandemic! Just as we’ve clapped on our doorsteps for the NHS and other heroes, let’s applaud all that mothers have done – often balancing home and employment – during these long...

When the UK death toll for coronavirus recently reached 100,000, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York issued a call to the nation. They asked everyone to pause and remember the victims of Covid-19. The victims and their families were ‘known to God and cherished by God’. Perhaps, as we approach Easter, we should consider stopping...

Archbishop of Canterbury & Reformation Martyr If you have ever been caught up in a great event at work, which has gone on to change your own life, then Thomas Cranmer is the saint for you. He was the first ever Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, following King Henry VIII’s decision to pull away from Rome,...

It was just over a year ago that the WHO discussed the coronavirus that was starting to spread around the world. None of us could have foreseen the devastating effect on our world, with over 80 million people infected and nearly two million deaths. How has the pandemic challenged our faith, as we look back...

All in the month of MARCH Wear your Marie Curie daffodil and unite in memory Why not contact a lonely neighbour? Ten years of Syria at war How Sunday became a Christian day of rest 150 years of the Royal Albert Hall Remembering Richard Burton – Victorian explorer, writer and translator Combatting the spread of...