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By Bex Lewis, Lion, £8.99 Digital technology, social media, and online gaming are now a universal part of childhood. But are you worried about what your children might be doing online? Or who might try to contact them through Facebook or Twitter? Bex Lewis, an expert in social media and digital innovation, has written a...

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All in the month of JULY Walking on the moon in July 1969 Remembering Gerard Manley Hopkins   The absent-minded William Spooner Our friends across the pond Torch Trust celebrates 60 years of ministry Religious music is everywhere Does your holiday villa even exist? National ‘Don’t Step on a Bee’ Day is on 10th July...

As saints’ days do not change from year to year, most of these have appeared on this site before.  The one with an asterisk is new this year. For the first half of each year (Advent to Whitsuntide) our focus is on what God has done for man, particularly through sending us Jesus Christ.  But...

Stretched God Loves Me Always Retired and Inspired: making the most of our latter years Walking with Pain Noah and the Great Big Boat Neither Bomb Nor Bullet: Benjamin Kwashi, the Archbishop they just couldn’t kill ** Stretched By Emma Rutland, Authentic, £9.99 “I wondered where God was in all of this. My world was...

It was: 200 years ago, on 2nd July 1819 that the Cotton Mills and Factories Act 1819 was passed in Britain.  It placed restrictions on the number of hours children could work in cotton mills. It was virtually unenforceable and had little effect, but it paved the way for later legislation. 175 years ago, on...

By Emma Rutland, Authentic, £9.99 “I wondered where God was in all of this. My world was colourless and dark. The rainbow of promise I yearned for was nowhere in sight. The word ‘traumatised’ barely even scratched the surface of how I felt.” As Emma Rutland’s dreams of a normal, happy family life with husband...

If you are thinking of turning your back on wealth and privilege, in order to do something you feel God is calling you to do, St Theobald (1017 – 1066) may be the saint for you.   He was born into an aristocratic family at Provins in France.  But he became a hermit with a fellow...

American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin became the first people to walk on the surface of the Moon 50 years ago, on 21st July 1969. There had been some dispute over who would step first on to the Moon’s surface, but Apollo 11 commander Armstrong was given the privilege partly for technical reasons....

By Make Believe Ideas, Authentic, £8.99 An inspirational collection of stories to teach children how God can help them handle their emotions. Each story explores a particular emotion: sadness, happiness, fear and anger. The stories are written in clear, simple text and are brought to life with beautiful illustrations. Included with each story is a...

Do you ever admire relief workers?  Those hardy folk who regularly appear on our TV screens, actively seeking out the disease-ridden, starving, destitute people of the world, instead of avoiding them, as most of us try and do. John Francis Regis (1597 – 1640) could be a patron saint of relief workers.  It all began...

The poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins was born 175 years ago, on 28th July 1844 in Stratford – now East London. He was the eldest of probably nine children in a family that was both well off and artistically creative, as well as High Anglican. His father Manley, who founded a marine insurance...