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Some people are pushy and a bit grasping.  They get on your nerves.  Pray that they go on to find God’s will for their lives, for then all that pushiness is put to good use. Take Jeanne Delanoue.  She was born at Saumur in 1666, and grew up small, authoritarian, and quite frankly, a bit...

The popular summer pastime of paddling our feet along the shoreline has become risky, due to a rise in venomous stinging fish along the British coast. The weever fish may be only six inches long, but the venomous spines along its dorsal fin can inject fast-acting poison into your foot if you step on it,...

Support Safeguarding Sunday  The Queen on York Minster Key role for faith communities The new way of choosing candidates for ordination Are clergy paid enough? Christian Aid launches emergency Global Hunger Appeal Conflict growing in Ethiopia Tearfund draws attention to the misery of Tigray From corporate executive to FGM campaigner Church Commissioners report strong long-term...

How will you become a better person than you are now?   Have you ever denied yourself in order to try and please God?  No matter what your dedication, it is unlikely that your efforts will ever have outshone those of Rose of Lima (1586 – 1617), who in 1671 became the first saint of America,...

Donatella Versace was once famous for being “the human avatar” for the megabrand her brother Gianni created. But nowadays she has some words of wisdom for women who feel they must ‘keep up’. “I’ve realised that wanting to be perfect is like an illness. So now I say to myself, ‘well done’, even when I...

York Minster is to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year with a statue of the monarch, placed in a niche high on its medieval west front. The figure of the queen will be slightly larger than life, and she will be holding the historic symbols of monarchy: the orb and sceptre. She will be...

The Church of England is supporting this year’s Safeguarding Sunday, on 10th October, by encouraging local churches to use their regular Sunday service to think about what safer places look like. The ecumenical initiative from the specialist safeguarding charity thirtyone:eight provides bespoke resources, including films and animations, prayers, preaching notes, children’s activity sheets, hymns and songs...

If you like sourdough bread, you’ll know already that it is not easy to squeeze a slice of it into your toaster. Artisan bread is big, and sadly, the rise in popularity of these loaves has left the standard British toaster struggling to keep up. That leaves sourdough toast afficionados with one end of their...

On consecutive days this month (27th and 28th) the Christian Church celebrates, a mother and her son. The mother is Monica, and her son is Augustine. The story of their relationship and how, after a long process, they both came to share the same Christian faith is a moving one, and perhaps has a message...

Faith communities in the UK have played a critical role in supporting many disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of people during the pandemic. And the Government is going to need their active support if it is to speed up the process of recovery. So says a recent report, Stepping Up and Stepping Out, from the Good...

Do you have a new phone and new number? Be prepared: it is likely that scammers will still be texting you within just two weeks. A Which? survey has found that of new numbers that have not been shared with anyone, still half of them receive at least one scam text message within the first...

From this autumn, if you want to go for ordination, you will be assessed against a new framework. The C of E is aiming to broaden the range of people who may have a ministerial vocation in the C of E. No longer will you be evaluated against criteria, but instead you will need to...