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Honesty is our best policy The jazz diet? Help our children cope Can you sleep? Can your child swim the length of a pool? What will you miss about lockdown? Slim down What happens when you look at your smartphone Help them brush their teeth Gambling – a major problem Can your child read? Please...

Take the book of Samuel in the Bible, add a bit of Luke Skywalker father/son conflict from Star Wars, stir in a dash of Pirates of the Caribbean, and you sort of have the story of St Helier – the first saint and martyr of Jersey. According to the legend, it all began in 6th...

Do you have a sister?  Is she ‘good news’ in your life?   Macrina the Younger (c. 327 -79) should be the patron saint of all ‘sisters’ whose generosity helps their siblings to succeed. Macrina the Younger was the eldest of 10 children.  Their father was Basil the Elder, a leader in the church in 4th...

‘Remember Me’ – St Paul’s launches fundraising campaign for memorial £9 million funding package for mission to students and young people Church of England commits £1.25 million to enabling digital giving in parishes General Synod to meet face-to-face in July How collective worship is the heartbeat of Church of England Schools Pilgrimage routes to explore...

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body. (Ephesians 4:25) The church service has just finished, and you are about to go home to read the latest edition of the parish magazine. You parked a bit carelessly because you were in...

As the traditional Easter story is remembered again this month, you may notice that there is one name that frequently occurs. It is that of the ‘other’ Mary – not the mother of Jesus but Mary of Magdala, who stood by her at the cross and became the first human being, male or female, actually...

According to a new study, the moody piano blues of jazz may influence you towards making better dietary choices. Apparently, a slow jazz melody, played on piano, can nudge people towards choosing a healthy meal, and to lingering over it for longer. Previous research has shown that background music can influence consumer behaviour, but this...

St Paul’s Cathedral has launched a campaign in partnership with the Daily Mail to raise £2.3m to build a physical memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral for those who died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the first build of its kind at St Paul’s for nearly 150 years and is part...

Research has found that one in six children aged 5 to 16 in England reported a probable mental health disorder last year – up from one in nine in 2017. Anxiety and depression have escalated beyond anything seen before in the NHS. And so, the NHS plans to have 400 mental health support teams working...

Olympic Gold From the Vicar The Good Samaritan HYMN:  The story behind ‘Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken’ Reflected Faith Series: The Spaces Between Time for a change What’s your next step? Don’t stop too soon Following ** Editor: Canon Paul Hardingham considers the need for encouragement. Olympic Gold This month should see the start...

Later this month Christians all over the world will commemorate probably the most unlikely saint in the Bible, Mary Magdalene. There was something in her background that has always fascinated people. All we are told about her ‘past’ is that Jesus had cast ‘seven devils’ out of her, but on that slender if intriguing evidence...

Tens of thousands of students and young people who may never have been to church before are to be reached by the Church of England with the message of the Christian faith as part of a £9 million funding programme for mission projects across the country, it was recently announced. Church of England parishes are...