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** November brings us All Saints and All Souls day, when we remember those who have gone before us in the faith…. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. – Psalm 116:15 The Christian church has the resurrection written all over it. – E G Robinson The Church is...

Russia’s new draft law on freedom of conscience and religious association will make it impossible for pastors trained outside of the Russian Federation to preach in a church or even conduct home Bible study groups, warn Barnabas Fund contacts. The bill amending Federal Law, which was recently recommended for approval by the State Duma, calls...

The apostle Andrew (d. c.60) is patron saint of Scotland.  According to the gospel of Matthew,   Andrew and his brother Simon Peter were the very first two disciples whom Jesus called.   ‘Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’  (Matt 4:18,19) Without more ado, they obeyed.  ‘At once they left their nets...

– Pilgrimage Principles for Everyday life By Sally Welch, BRF, £8.99 Using the metaphor of pilgrimage, Sally Welch explores how we can understand this biblical principle and make it our own. This book is divided into sections of a journey, beginning with the preparations necessary before setting out, exploring the obstacles which might be put...

Andrew, whose feast day ends the Christian year on 30th November, is probably best known to us as the patron saint of Scotland, though his only connection with the country is that some of his bones were reputedly transported in the 8th century to Fife and preserved at a church in a place now named...

Among the number of new concepts introduced to us by the coronavirus pandemic is the idea of ‘church online,’ both among the Christian population and those less familiar with ‘church.’ Many ministers have commented that, while they may initially have struggled, the new format has worked, and has drawn in people who would not normally go...

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Editor:  As saints don’t go away, we add to them each year rather than start afresh.  The saints with an asterisk appear on this site for the first time… 1          Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury – the Poor Man’s Earl 1          Remigius 1           Theresa of Lisieux 2          Your Guardian Angel 3          Hewald the Black...

Think of Piccadilly Circus, and that small statue of the angel poised with bow and arrow. Most people think it stands for Eros.  It does not. It stands for Anteros, his brother, the god of selfless love.  It is a memorial to the greatest Christian Victorian philanthropist, politician and social reformer of his generation –...

Theresa of Lisieux (1873-97) should be the patron saint of teenage girls and young women who want to make the most of their lives, despite being constrained by family and school or work. Theresa grew up in a strict, devout Roman Catholic middle-class family in France, one of four sisters.  Her father was a watch-maker. ...

If you’ve ever prayed for the ill children of non-Christian friends, then you are following in the steps of Remigius (d.533). Remigius was bishop of Reims late in the 5th century, and the king’s son was ill.  The queen, Clotild, was a Christian, but the king of the Franks, Clovis I, was not.  Then Remigius...

The teaching of Jesus encourages us to believe in guardian angels.  He once said, ‘See that you do not look down on one of these little ones.  For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.’  (Matthew 18:10) The existence of angels was suggested in various...