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More and more people in this country just aren’t making it, no matter how hard they work.  Such is the finding of a recent survey into poverty in the UK. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)’s recent 2018 poverty report has found that four million adults are in poverty in the UK – despite having a...

New guidance for parishes planning services to help transgender people mark their transition has been published by the Church of England. The pastoral guidance will be incorporated into Common Worship. It encourages clergy to be ‘creative and sensitive’ in using liturgy to enable people to mark a major transition in their lives. It formally commends...

A recent Parliamentary report that berates the Government’s housing for asylum-seekers has been supported by the Church of England’s refugee welcome co-ordinator, Nadine Daniel. Ms Daniel said that the entire asylum-housing system was crippled by a ‘perfect storm’ of insufficient funding, a paucity of housing stock, and a surge in asylum claims in the past...

Reconciliation: the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2019 The Merciful Humility of God – the 2019 Lent Book At Home in Lent – an exploration of Lent through 46 objects Reflections for Lent 2019 – 6 March – 20 April 2019 Pilgrim Journeys – 40 days of reflections for Lent 2019 From Now On –...

– the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2019 By Dr Muthurai Swamy, SPCK, £9.99 What is the role that ordinary people play in conflict and division – and reconciliation?  This book will help you to begin a ministry bequeathed to us by Christ Himself. It calls for stronger relationships among church members; building connections with different...

– the 2019 Lent Book By Jane Williams, Bloomsbury Continuum, £8.99  St Augustine’s insight was that it is only the merciful humility of God that could penetrate our armoured pride. As we follow this book through Lent and through the biblical narrative, what begins to emerge is that God’s merciful humility is the source of...

Revelation Prayer for revelation The Church at Laodicea Consider the Birds Zacchaeus  Never be weary of doing good ** Revelation (Luke 2:22-35) Sometimes old people see things, sometimes they understand, their years and experience lending wisdom – sometimes. But that day in the Temple was beyond human sight and understanding, beyond human wisdom. That day...

– an exploration of Lent through 46 objects By Gordon Giles, BRF, £8.99 Here is an original way of approaching Lent: inspired by Neil MacGregor’s Radio 4 programme, ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’, Gordon Giles spends each week in a different room gleaning spiritual lessons from everyday household objects. As a result,...

– 6 March – 20 April 2019 By Jan McFarlane, Kate Bruce, Paula Gooder, CUP, £4.99 Reflections for Lent can enhance your spiritual journey through the forty days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.  Each day includes full lectionary details for Morning Prayer, a reflection on one of the Bible readings, and a Collect for...

1      Brigid of Ireland – Abbess of Kildare, c 525 2      The Presentation of Christ in the Temple/ Candlemas 3      Anskar – Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary in Denmark/Sweden 3      Blaise – bishop of Sebastea 4      Phileas – Christian bishop/martyr of Egypt 6      The...

Brigid, you could say, was the female Patrick of Ireland. Historical facts about this first abbess of Kildare (d.c. 525) may be scarce, but her ‘Lives’, written from the 7th century, tell many anecdotes and miracles which over the centuries have become deeply rooted in Irish folklore.  Brigid came from a village near Kildare, of...

– 40 days of reflections for Lent 2019 By Steven Croft, CUP, £4.99  Here you can explore the unexpected and often challenging vision Jesus sets out in this crucial part of His teachings. Each day provides a short reflection on a Bible reading, an invitation to pray and a suggestion of how you might respond...