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You go to your favourite supermarket on a Saturday to buy your big shop. As you enter the shop the alarm goes off. The alarm continues to sound several times when you are shopping. After you have paid for the shopping and are leaving the alarm goes off. A security guard asks you to go...

(John 1:1, Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 55:11, Hebrews 4:12) Life is a Word-search. Think John, chapter one. There will be distractions In the search, Interesting groups of letters, Many in the wrong order. Some even making sense, In their own way. Sometimes all is confusion, A jumble. The temptation is to give up. It’s all too...

What about Halloween? From the Vicar God is faithful All things come from You, and of Your own do we … not give back much! The Beatitudes: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ Best way to enjoy the Bible?  Be like a dog with a bone! Flyers overhead ** Editor:  By the Rev Paul Hardingham. What about...

6th October is ‘Grandparents Day’.  Grandparents in the UK number about 17 million, or more than one in four of the adult population. Grandparents average out at 68 years of age, have four grandchildren who live 10 miles away, and who spend five hours per visit. Grandparents have multiple roles as their grandchildren grow up:...

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...

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...