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The bishops of the Church of England have issued a call for respect on all sides amid growing acrimony over the debate on Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. A joint statement issued on behalf of the Church of England’s College of Bishops calls for a new tone of listening and respect in debates and describes...

By Richard Frost, BRF, £9.99 The Rule of St Benedict has been described as inspiring, supporting, reassuring, and challenging. It has much to say about faith, work and daily living. Benedictine communities use a well-established pattern of daily readings to enable the entire Rule to be considered over a four-month period. Life with St Benedict follows this pattern.  Divided into four,...

Mother Teresa once observed: “We cannot do great deeds, but we can do small deeds with great love.” That’s something to remember in our daily life.  What good are great public efforts if they are fuelled by personal ambition or a desire to rule?  If you are not personally kind, what good does it do...

The Church Commissioners for England (the Commissioners) have recently announced the expansion of their corporate engagement team and the appointment of an external engagement provider as the Commissioners continue their ambitious plans to influence companies on high profile ethical and ESG issues. The Commissioners’ pre-eminent focus remains climate change and ensuring that companies align their...

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...

If you hate potholes, here is a statistic that will give you grim satisfaction: the combined depth of potholes in England is now 15 times that of the lowest point in the Grand Canyon.  Plus, a new pothole is reported every 43 seconds. In all, nearly 700,000 potholes were reported on the highways over the...

By Amy Scott Robinson, BRF, £8.99 As we look towards celebrating the incarnation at Christmas, we consider how God chose to express Himself, in a moment in history, as a tiny baby. But what other images describe God in the Bible, and what can we learn about his character through them? How does an invisible...

One of the most beautiful passages in Scripture is found in Isaiah 43: ‘…you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.  When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned…For I am the Lord,...

By Andrew Hartropp, IVP, £12.99 ‘The earth is the Lord’s’ (Ps.24:1). God states that He is the rightful owner of the earth and everything in it. God wants people to enjoy material things – but God must be the centre of our lives. Christ’s radical call to his followers includes the call to let Him...

The Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines, the Church of England’s Lead Bishop for Foreign Affairs, has welcomed the appointment of Rehman Chishti MP as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, succeeding Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. Bishop Nick said:  “Everyone has an inherent right to profess any faith or none, yet...

“I was travelling, and out early in the morning: at first there was a vast fog; but, by the time that I was seven or eight miles from home towards the coast, the sun broke out into a delicate warm day. We were then on a large heath or common, and I could discern, as...

By Paul Hattaway, SPCK, £10.99 ‘In one six-week period in November and December, more than 400 church buildings were bulldozed to the ground …’ Zhejiang, a prosperous eastern province, is home to the highest percentage of Christians in China. This volume describes how God established His kingdom there, using a one-legged Scotsman to bring the...