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This month we celebrate Epiphany, when we remember the Magi from the East who followed a star to find the baby Jesus: ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?’ (Matthew 2:1). At the start of a New Year, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic, are we asking the same question?...

If your Christmas and New Year break included just too many people and even a bout of indigestion, then St Anthony may be the saint for you. He was a hermit-monk with a reputation for making poorly people feel better. Anthony was born in Coma (Upper Egypt) in 251, and at 20 became an ascetic....

The momentous events of 2020 will have a “profound effect” on the future of the Church of England and our wider society, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have said. In a recent joint address to the General Synod, Archbishops Justin Welby and Stephen Cottrell said the Church of England must adapt and put its...

It was 125 years ago, on 28th January 1896, that Walter Arnold of Kent became the first person in the world to be convicted of speeding. The speed limit was 2mph at the time, and a man carrying a red flag had to walk in front of the vehicle. But one day Mr Arnold took off...

Keep it in the family! Counting the cost of coronavirus Food, glorious food! Open that window Smokers stubbing out Plants in your front garden Doing housework can help you live longer Why parking your car is getting more difficult Who does the allotment in your family? ** Editor: David Pickup, a solicitor, considers what happens...

When St Paul wrote about the birth and humanity of Jesus to the Philippians, he described it as an emptying and a humbling. Jesus humbled Himself, he wrote, ‘and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.’ In obedience and love Jesus followed the will of His Father through His ministry...

This month we celebrate Epiphany, when we remember the Magi from the East who followed a star to find the baby Jesus: ‘Where is He?’ (Matthew 2:1). At the start of a New Year, amid the uncertainty of the pandemic are we asking the same question? The gifts they offered show us how we can...

Not many teenagers, on becoming a Christian, will devote themselves to winning others for Christ in a foreign land. Amy was such a person. She left Britain to live in a tiny village in Southern India. Here, for the next 56 years, Amy rescued hundreds of orphaned and vulnerable children, and served her Lord in...

Lockdown has led to the death of many of the hopes people have had…”but from a Christian point of view, there’s a deeper hope,” says Roger Bretherton, a clinical psychologist and university lecturer, who is one of the experts contributing to ‘The Wellbeing Journey’. This eight-part video series produced by HOPE Together and KingsGate Community...

Happy New Year! It’s good to begin a new year with hope, but few of us have left 2020 unscathed by the pandemic. For example, nearly half of us, 48 per cent, put on weight during lockdown.  (According to a recent survey by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI). Millions of us turned to alcohol...

Five hundred years ago, on 3rd January 1521, German Protestant reformer Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X after he refused to recant his writings. A few weeks later, on 23rd January, the Diet of Worms was called by the Holy Roman Empire and ran until 25th May. This amusingly titled event...

Start children off on the way they should go….  Proverbs 22:6 Suppose you bought your child a football for Christmas. You all go outside to the garden, and in front of the family you show them how to score a goal. Then they have a go, but accidentally kick the new ball straight at your...