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Changes to the legal aid system have left some of the most vulnerable groups in society without access to the justice system, the General Synod was recently told. Members voted to back a motion recognising legal aid as an ‘essential public service’ that needs to be preserved ‘for the benefit of the nation.’ The Synod...

When 800 non-Christians were interviewed about reading a Bible, those aged 18-50 wanted a quality, magazine version of a gospel. So, HOPE Together and Biblica have joined forces to publish Mark’s Gospel in a stunning image-filled format that makes a great Easter gift. Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolfe, assistant director of HOPE Together, took the lead in...

‘God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’’(Billy Graham). God showed His love for us, when Jesus dealt with the problem of our sin on the cross. ‘He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so...

‘God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’’(Billy Graham).  God showed His love for us, when Jesus dealt with the problem of our sin on the cross. ‘He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so...

The General Synod has called on the Government to end the ‘cruel’ experience of so-called ‘pauper’ funerals , after hearing of the plight of those unable to afford funeral costs. Members voted to back a call for the Government to oversee the development of basic standards for public health funerals, run by local authorities. Sam...

Anselm is a good saint to remember next time someone asks you to prove that there is a God.  His brilliant and original Proslogion, written 1077-8, sets out the ‘ontological’ proof for God’s existence.  Nearly ten centuries later, it is still studied by theological students as one of the great philosophical ‘proofs’ of God’s existence....

For people battered by forceful storms For communities battling rising floods For emergency services stretched to the limit We pray For farmers losing straw and crops For shopkeepers losing high street  trade For repeat victims losing strength and hope We pray For resilience and resolve to change For impatience with using flood plains For commitment...

It’s perhaps typical of the English that they should have a patron saint who isn’t English, about whom next to nothing is known for sure, and who may not have existed at all. That didn’t stop him being patriotically invoked in many battles, notably at Agincourt and in the Crusades, and of course it is...

If you go for a run just once a week, it could be enough to cut the risk of your early death by up to a quarter. A recent analysis of nearly a quarter of a million people has found that those who head out regularly for a jog – no matter how fast or...

There has been much talk recently about planting trees. Planting new trees has always been a good idea, but now more than ever this could be a very important thing to do. Way back when we were about to have a General Election, each political party was offering to plant millions of trees in exchange...

‘When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.’  Mark 16:4 Frank Morrison was an investigative journalist who was a sceptic when it came to religion. He decided to write a book to disprove the claims of Christ, specifically focussed on the last week of His life....

The Saint of an English Army before he was Patron Saint of England, St George may have been a soldier, but he was no Englishman.  He was an officer in the Roman army under Diocletian, who refused to abandon his faith during the Terror, and was martyred at Lydda in Palestine about the year 300...