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 – for school leadership in partnership with Catholic Church The Department for Education has recently announced that a partnership between The Church of England and the Catholic Church will provide part of the Government’s reformed National Professional Qualification training for teachers from September 2021. The new National Professional Qualifications will provide training for teachers in different areas...

The Canadian psychologist and best-selling author, Jordan Peterson, doesn’t believe we should be pursuing happiness.  That could be a disappointment to 328m Americans, who have been taught for nearly 250 years that the pursuit of happiness is their God-given right.  The same pursuit might describe the quest of others who, despite being educated, well-fed, secure...

Later this month the Church calendar celebrates the lives of John and Charles Wesley.  John’s great gift to the Christian cause was the little matter of founding the world-wide movement known as Methodism. His brother Charles had an equally profound impact through his hymns. He actually wrote over 6,000, most of which aren’t sung nowadays,...

Augustine, a 6th century Italian prior, holds a unique place in British history. He became the ‘apostle to the English,’ although it was with great reluctance. In 596 Augustine was chosen by Pope Gregory to head a mission of monks whom he wanted to send to evangelise the Anglo-Saxons. Augustine was not a bold man,...

It was 150 years ago, on 11th May 1871, that John Herschel – British astronomer, mathematician, chemist and pioneering photographer – died at the age of 79. Among other things, he named seven of Saturn’s moons and four moons of Uranus, as well as investigating colour blindness. He was also President of the Royal Astronomical...

After many long months during the Covid pandemic we are at last beginning to be able to come together again. Some countries and some areas of some countries will be more open than others and we can only hope, pray and wait for all of us to be able to be ‘free’ again. May, in...

The battle rages:  just where IS the best place to store your ground coffee? Sainsburys, Morrisons, Asda, Marks & Spencer and Ocado are among the supermarkets that advise you keep fresh ground coffee in a fridge or freezer after opening. But Tesco, Waitrose and Harrods advise that you store ground coffee and beans in a...

Some time ago I was helping my grandson George into his car seat in the back of my car, when I accidentally banged his head. He started to cry.  ‘Come on, George, be brave,’ I said. ‘But I don’t want to be brave,’ he objected. I guess we all know that feeling. Sometimes life is...

One hundred years ago, on 15th May 1921, the British Legion was founded in the aftermath of the First World War, to provide support to veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants. It was created at a time when two million people were unemployed. More than six million had served in the...

Josephine Butler is the ‘saint’ for anyone who believes in social justice.  This remarkable 19th century clergyman’s wife became a renowned campaigner for women’s rights and for putting a halt to human trafficking. Josephine was born in Northumberland in 1828, the daughter of a wealthy family of liberal politics and committed Christian faith. They had...

The Church of England has recently published a detailed response to the recommendations of the IICSA (Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse) report from October 2020. The response includes an admission that “the Church of England failed to protect some children and young people from sexual predators within their midst.” It goes on: “While the Church...

Ascension Prayer for Pentecost The Travellers A Lady with the Shot My Garden? Ascension ** Editor:  Ascension Day this year is on 13th May. Ascension (Luke 24:44-53)   Scriptures fulfilled, Minds opened, We followed Him to Bethany. And there was joy in the blessing Of our risen Lord, Jesus, God on earth.   And in...