Viewing all items in Resource Category: Editorial

– a Daily Advent Devotional By Paul David Tripp, Crossway/10ofThose, £4.99 Every time the Christmas season comes around, we look forward to putting up a tree, giving and receiving gifts, and participating in other traditions that make this wonderful time of year so special. But sometimes the most significant aspect of the season—focusing on the...

New figures for the second quarter of 2020 show children accounted for 346 out of 409 referrals to the National Referral Mechanism – the system for identifying victims of modern slavery – which related to concerns about criminal exploitation through so-called county lines drug trafficking operations. The overall number of county lines referrals for all...

There is a story of an old farmer who always prayed the same prayer at his church meeting. ‘Lord, prop us up on our leanin’ side’. After hearing this many times, his minister asked him one day quite what he meant. The famer replied: “Well, it’s like this… I’ve got an old barn out in...

Imagine if every church in the UK had a person who was equipped to help the whole church make Jesus known together with words and action. HOPE Together is recruiting local church Mission Champions to do just that. The dream is that every church will have a Mission Champion who will inspire and equip fellow church...

Hilda played a key role in the early English Christian church, and she may even have been the first to encourage the writing of Christian poetry. She was born a princess, into the Deiran (Northumbrian) dynasty, and her sister became Queen of the East Angles, with whom the Deiran had connections. In those days East...

Following Rehman Chishti’s recent resignation as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Open Doors, who works with the Persecuted Church, has called for another Special Envoy to be appointed as quickly as possible, “to continue this important work”. It was in September that Rehman Chishti MP resigned his position. He had...

 ** With the forthcoming US Presidential Election in mind… A candidate came home in the small hours and gave his wife the wonderful news: “Darling, I’ve been elected!” She was delighted. “Honestly?”  she demanded. He laughed in an embarrassed sort of way. “Oh, why bring that up?” * Old politicians never die – they just...

If you are going to any concerts before Christmas, spare a thought for St Cecilia (2nd century) – the patron saint of musicians. Cecilia is one of the most famous of the Roman martyrs of the 2nd century.  As far as is known, she was born a noble lady of Rome who, despite her vow...

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve, I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do greater things, I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for riches, that I might be happy, I was given poverty, that I...

The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren Your suggestion that we should hold a sponsored hymn-singing bicycle ride through the village as a way of raising money was well-meant, but I am not wholly convinced it would suit our clientele here at St James the Least of All. You may...

– Daily Advent Readings from The Gospel of John By Tim Chester, The Good Book Company/10ofThose, £4.24 We may be familiar with the baby in the manger, but have you met the Word who was in the beginning with God? Have you met the One True Light who is full of grace and truth? Or...

HOPE Spaces was launched at the start of 2020 inviting churches to use a public place as a space for the spiritually curious to explore prayer. Then the world went into lockdown. Undeterred, HOPE Together has developed a virtual HOPE Space at hopespaces.com to help people to pray – maybe for the first time. Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolf,...