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Nobody likes to throw food away, but if you ignore the use by dates and go by smell alone, you can risk serious illness. So warns the Food Standards Agency. In a recent study, the regulator found that half of us do not always check use-by dates. Many of us still smell the milk to...

The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren On reflection, inviting your parishioners to join in our annual Rose Queen celebrations may not have been entirely wise. It was cheering to see that your people arrived on carnival floats, although it was less happy that some of them should have chosen...

Christian Aid’s latest appeal, which enables people to give thanks for their Covid-19 vaccine and help others in crisis across the world, has raised £130,000. Many people in the UK are feeling a sense of relief as loved ones receive their vaccines. Christian Aid’s Give Thanks appeal encourages people to pass the blessing on, by helping...

‘And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.’ (Matthew 10:42) During the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been thousands of shining examples up and down the country of people going the extra mile...

…. celebrating our God who is Three Persons Trying to explain the doctrine of the Trinity has kept many a theologian busy down the centuries.  One helpful picture is to imagine the sun shining in the sky. The sun itself – way out there in space, and unapproachable in its fiery majesty – is the...

The question of suffering comes up regularly in discussions about science and faith. I once visited a school to speak to some of the older teenagers. One of the pupils had sadly passed away from cancer a few weeks before and his classmates asked, “How God could let this happen?” Of course, these young people’s...

There will be less of them – a lot less. In fact, one recent study warns that the pandemic will mean office space in the UK shrinks by a fifth, which is 18 million square ft. Certainly, the current flexibility of working from home, brought on by the pandemic, seems set to bring in permanent...

Christian leaders, activists, writers and theologians world-wide have written prayers for a new book to celebrate Christian Aid’s 75th anniversary. Rage & Hope: 75 Prayers for a Better World includes prayers on climate injustice, Black Lives Matter, violence against women, discrimination against Dalits in India, the coronavirus pandemic, from extreme poverty in Burundi, and inequality...

Editor:  As the church year does not change, much of this material has appeared before.  The article on Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, is new this year. 1          Maundy Thursday 2          Good Friday 2          Hugh of Grenoble – the saint who fought corruption 3          Richard of Chichester – wanting God more clearly, dearly and nearly...

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 Easter Hope Vicar’s letter Covid-19:  should we have sacrificed the economy, or us? Fighting the pandemic of shame The coming Judgement Day Was the trial of Jesus legal? St George’s Day Reflected Faith:  with all your soul, strength and mind Walking and talking True story ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers the eternal promise of...

Maundy Thursday is famous for two things. The first is one of the final acts that Jesus did before His death: the washing of His own disciples’ feet (see John 13).  Jesus washed His disciples’ feet for a purpose: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you...