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If you can continue a healthy social life during middle age and onwards, you might be able to prevent the onset of dementia. It has been found that people of 60 or over who see family and friends almost every day have a 12 per cent lower risk of developing the disease.  According to the...

By Simon Atkins, Lion Hudson, £5.99 Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in both men and women in the UK. But there are things we can do to look after our hearts, and to ensure that we do not die prematurely. Looking after ourselves also makes us feel so much better....

On 13-20th October this year many people around the world will be celebrating the Jewish festival of Tabernacles, or . They will celebrate the Harvest, and also remember God bringing the Israelites out of Egypt and through 40 years in the desert. The biblical book of Deuteronomy contains a description of what Tabernacles should have...

It’s that time of year when the shops are full of pumpkins and youngsters are knocking on our doors to ‘trick or treat’. How should Christians respond to Halloween? Is it simply a fun festival for the children or does it have a dark side that we should avoid? Firstly, Christians should not respond to...

O God, who divides the day from the night, separate our deeds from the darkness of sin, and let us continually live in your light, reflecting in all that we do your eternal beauty. O God, who gives the day for work and the night for sleep, refresh our bodies and our minds through the...

 The number of young people who go bankrupt has soared, increasing tenfold in just three years.  People from ‘Generation Z’ (aged 18 to 25) now make up one in 15 of all personal insolvencies.  Back in 2016 only one in 100 insolvencies involved a young person. As one accountant explained: “In this climate of low...

It was: 175 years ago, on 15th Oct 1844 that Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher was born. 150 years ago, on 2nd Oct 1869 that Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist, was born.  He led the Indian independence movement against British rule. Also 150 years ago, on 16th Oct 1869 that Girton College (now part of Cambridge...

Jesus taught a great deal about money and its dangers.  Most of His parables concerned money in one form or another.  He used the word ‘Mammon’ to describe a false financial god, saying “You can’t serve God and Mammon.” So, a right attitude to money is essential for Christians.  Until we are released from the...

This October I will be speaking at the 83rd anniversary of the Methodist Chapel where I grew up. It is a privilege and an honour to return to the place where I came to know Christ some 50 years ago, and to encourage the folks who have served faithfully in this little mining village over...

Sunsets and sunrise, rainbows and moonbeams, Waterfalls rushing, streams tumbling down, All of the planet teeming with life, A celestial ball in the sky spinning around.   The whole of creation sings of God’s glory, The work of His fingers crafted with care, All intrinsically moving together A world of wonder without compare.   But...

Thermal image technology has found that heavily tattooed skin heats up more than normal skin in direct sunlight.  Images of tattoo artists in Shoreditch, taken on a Cat S61 smartphone, showed higher temperatures on sections of skin that were heavily inked – with the black of the tattoo retaining the most heat.

‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.’ (Matthew 5:9). H.G. Wells wrote of Mr Polly, ‘he was not so much a human being as a civil war.’ A lack of peace in our lives reflects the lack of peace in our families, community and nation. In this beatitude, Jesus calls...