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- ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ (Acts 20:35). This unique saying of Jesus, not recorded in the gospels, is quoted by the apostle Paul in the book of Acts. These few words contain a powerful truth about giving and receiving love. Stage 1 – receiving love. As children we love to receive...Giving and receiving
- The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren Your decision to place a notice board outside your church seems a good one – and its design in blue plastic with luminous red detachable letters seems entirely in keeping with the aesthetics of your building. Make sure that it is lockable, however, as an...On how to run your notice board
- Palm waving It was Palm Sunday, but five-year-old Jamie stayed at home with mum because of a bad cold. When his father and sisters returned, they were carrying several palm fronds. His sister explained: “People held them over Jesus’ head as He walked by.” “That’s not fair!” Jamie protested. “The one Sunday I don’t go,...Smile-lines (all) for April 2020
- I used to ask this question as a student. I wondered, who could make it in the world of science and still hold onto their faith? Soon enough I met a good number of successful scientists who were sincere Christians, some of whom were at my own university. So what do people like this make...How Can a Christian be a Scientist?
- The nursery rhymes we learnt as children often focused on lambs: Mary had a little lamb, Baa baa black sheep, Little Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue. They come to mind in springtime when we see lambs in the field jumping for joy or bleating as they run to the ewes for warmth and safety. Murillo,...Murillo’s ‘St John the Baptist with the Lamb
- William Wordsworth, the Romantic poet always associated with the Lake District, was born 250 years ago, on 7th April 1770. He was Poet Laureate from 1843 to 1850, though he produced no new poetry during that period. In his youth Wordsworth travelled in France and came to share the radical politics of the French Revolution. He also...William Wordsworth – the ‘Church of England pantheist’
- Asia Bibi was released in 2019, after eight years on death row on blasphemy charges and currently lives with her family in Canada. But speaking recently on French radio station RTL, Bibi said: “My great desire is to live in France. “France is the country from where I received my new life… Anne-Isabelle is an...Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi is seeking political asylum in France
- The Changing The Mirror Easter Story Intercession God’s Word is Nourishment! Easter, our Marriage Ceremony ** The Changing Reflections of Mary (Mark 16:1-8) Our eyes seeing the same mountains, The gentle touching of our hands, Simply breathing the same air, Pleasures unrecognised till now, Gone…. In the changing. In the certainty of our grieving, You...Prayers and Poems (all) for April 2020
- The Hubble Space Telescope was launched 30 years ago, on 24th April 1990. It was named after Edwin Hubble, an outstanding expert on extragalactic astronomy in the 1920s and 1930s. The launch, originally scheduled for 1983, had been delayed by technical and budget problems and by the Challenger disaster. Ironically the NASA error that caused the...The Hubble Space Telescope
- With Holy Week and Easter in mind… Miscellaneous observations on life And finally, some one-liners… *** With Holy Week and Easter in mind… The world cannot bury Christ. The earth is not deep enough for His tomb, the clouds are not wide enough for His winding-sheet. E Thomson Easter is the demonstration of God that...Quotes of the month (all) for April 2020
- General Synod recently celebrated the first anniversary of its decision to have a loving, worshipping, serving Christian community on every significant social housing estate in the country. Almost 30 million people live in the 20% of Church of England parishes that have 500 or more social housing homes within them and have been called ‘estate...Day of prayer for England’s social housing estates
- If you have ever been in trouble for simply doing good, then Zita is the saint for you. Born in 1218 to poor but devout parents in Monsagrati, Zita was sent at the age of 12 to work as a servant for the rich Fatinelli family in nearby Lucca. Zita was pious, generous and hard-working....27 April – Zita: the long-suffering servant girl of Lucca