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Editor:  with 14th February and romantic love on the mind:  Adam and Eve Adam and Eve had an ideal marriage.  He didn’t have to hear about all the men she could have married, and she didn’t have to hear about the way his mother cooked. Take me out An elderly single woman died last month. ...

If we were to name someone prominent from the 17th century, we might mention Rembrandt or Shakespeare. It is unlikely we would remember George Herbert. However, he was a prolific writer, a gifted speaker and musician. His hymns are still sung today. Herbert was born into a wealthy family in Mid-Wales on 3rd April 1593....

With Lent in mind Man, in his fallen nature, is a dissatisfied and frustrated rainbow-chaser. – Anon Whatever else is or is not true, this one thing is certain – man is not what he was meant to be. – G K Chesterton The hearer of God’s Word ought to be like those animals that...

On 27th February the Church Calendar celebrates George Herbert. For those who are muttering ‘never heard of him’, just think of the hymn ‘Let all the world/ In every corner sing’, which he wrote, along with several other hymns which are still popular, even if they are well over 300 years old.  In the course...

Simeon Have Pity on Me Trumpets A Treasured Heart Love The Grace of God The Three protect thee The Leap Year ** Simeon (Luke 2:25-35) The waiting and the wondering are over, He is here, Revealed by the Spirit. By the Spirit filled and led I come, With my own arms to hold Him, With...

There is a saint for Leap Year:  He is St Oswald of Worcester, who died on 29th February 992.  His family story was extraordinary, and full of some surprising ‘leaps’, all by itself.  It provides a tantalising glimpse of what happened to at least one of those pagan Viking warriors who settled in Anglo-Saxon Britain....

The National Trust was founded in January 1895, 125 years ago, to ‘promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest and as regards lands for their natural aspect features, animal and plant life.’ This concern for our world raises an important question...

                  After Prayer – New Sonnets and other poems By Malcolm Guite, Canterbury Press, £10.99 This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of 27...

Wise Men A prayer for Love God’s hands   The Turning of the Year The Joys of January! Dedicating the ‘wild waves’ of 2020 to God – a Pilgrim’s Plea A waking prayer The Vision clear A prayer for humility ** Wise Men Once there were some wise men, They didn’t know the way, But they...

By Malcolm Guite, Canterbury Press, £10.99 This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of 27 sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet ‘Prayer’, each one describing prayer in an arresting...

By Nathan Eddy, Lion Hudson, £9.99  This book aims to inspire your reading of the Bible in a changing world. Its contributors include biblical scholars, creative writers, church leaders, activists for peace and justice and a range of others.  The book offers 366 sets of notes, prayers and suggestions for action on biblical themes.

By Canon Dr Andrew White, SPCK, £14.99 Having spent most of his life ministering and being a peace negotiator in the Middle East (especially Bagdad and Jerusalem) Canon White introduces his readers to some of the horrific truths of a suffering world, including kidnapping and terrorism. With each meditation throughout the year Andrew White shares...