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Oils and creams loom large in the Bible just as they do in our world today. We use healing creams for all sorts of ailments, and moisturising lotions to soothe, but also often for the pure sensual pleasure that they give us. What can be better than your favourite hand cream after time spent gardening?...

Which books in the Bible are the most popular with preachers?  A website called CrossPreach has taken some 127,000 sermons (available on mp3s) from over 600 churches.  It then counted how many times the basic text was taken from which book of the Bible. The sermons were preached by a total of 9,500 different preachers,...

The Church Commissioners for England and a leading coalition of investors participating in Climate Action 100+ have welcomed a position statement issued by Glencore significantly strengthening its commitment to combat climate change. In a first for the mining industry, Glencore has agreed to align its business and investments with the goals of the Paris Agreement,...

We seek them here, we seek them there, We seek those cream eggs everywhere! Within the church, within the ground Those hidden eggs which must be found!   The pulpit steps? The hymn book stand? The lectern we’ve already scanned Behind that pew? I’ll need a torch! Perhaps one’s hidden in the porch!   Aha!...

The Church of England’s lead Bishop for Education, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway,  has backed calls for a comprehensive Rural Strategy, following the publication of a new study. The report, recently published by the Rural Services Network, calls for action by the Government, citing concerns that the UK’s exit from the EU could serve to...

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are calling for every parish and diocese to hold their local MPs, politicians and the members of the Government and civil servants in their prayers. Their concerns are for the social divisions, which “feel more entrenched and intractable than for many years”, and also for “the divisions within the...

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Join the Big Pancake Party on Shrove Tuesday 5th March The Flipping Marvellous Pancake Party is back! Get your Lent and Eastertide resources BBC to run a ‘Year of Beliefs’ Bishop responds to climate concerns raised by World Economic Forum Bishop welcomes Universal Credit announcement Church of England invests £35 million in new Christian communities...

Did you know that about one in eight British adults worry about not being able to afford enough food? Recent research carried out on behalf of the Church Urban Fund has found that food poverty is a growing issue, with more families using food banks and children going hungry during summer holidays without their free...

Last year was such a huge success that we’ve decided to do it all again! Thanks to so many of you who got cracking in the kitchen and served up a treat for your guests, we raised over £20,000 to help those imprisoned by the devastating effects of poverty and debt. This year we have whipped up some...

The Church of England has produced the Lent Pilgrim and Easter Pilgrim reflections series, both written by the Bishop of Oxford, Dr Steven Croft.   They are available at www.churchofengland.org/lent

The BBC is going to ‘shine a light’ on faith and spiritual values in Britain today by running a year of programmes dedicated to religion and ethics. The move comes a year after the BBC promised to ‘raise our game’ in the way that it treated religion.  That promise followed a year-long review of its...