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By Kathlene Seney-Williams, Lion, £9.99  Here is a book to help you make some self-discoveries as you come to terms with the pain and effects of the past.  The book discusses the everyday struggles and issues that single parents face.  It offers advice and tips on managing and dealing with them successfully. The author draws...

By Christy Wimber and Katherine Welby-Roberts, Monarch £9.99 The world is changing; culture is shifting. Never has safety and security been more desired.  People are longing for safe spaces where they can find real love and acceptance. And with the world changing, so are people’s struggles.  But is the current ministry of our church meeting...

– a room-by-room guide to a decluttered, refocused life By Joshua Becker, Waterbrook Press, £16.99 A popular minimalist blogger and author of ‘The More of Less’ shows you how to methodically turn your home into a place of peace, contentment, and purposeful living. One of today’s most influential minimalist advocates takes us on a decluttering...

Would you consider holding a tea party to help raise funds for the Marie Curie charity?  Marie Curie and Mel Geidroyc (of the Great British Bake Off) are calling on people across the UK to throw a Blooming Great Tea Party next month, in June. You’d be helping provide vital care and support for people...

By Tony Horsfall and Debbie Hawker, BRF,£9.99 In ‘Resilience in life and faith’ Tony Horsfall and Debbie Hawker encourage us to find our strength in God and to prepare ourselves for the challenges that life throws at us in an increasingly difficult world. Through biblical wisdom and psychological insight, they introduce us to the five...

‘Edward Jones, 39, chemist, was convicted by Harrow magistrates of drink driving.’ I learnt the formula early in my journalistic career. Whatever else you observe, always be sure to report age and job. Contestants on TV quiz programmes are always asked ‘What do you do?’ They don’t reply ‘comb my hair on the left’ or...

“Sitting still kills.”  This rather startling observation from a scientist at Queen’s University Belfast follows research which found that couch potato lifestyles could be causing up to 70,000 deaths in the UK each year. More than 10 per cent of all deaths is due to sedentary living, which raises the risk of heart disease, diabetes...

One in six of us has posted photos of a stunning house which we claim to be ours (but which isn’t) in order to impress others on Instagram. One in four of us have been so envious of what we (think we) see of other people’s houses on social media, that we have been made...

By David Male and Paul Weston, BRF, £9.99 If you have a heart for mission, read this book. It is by two of the country’s leading evangelists, who redefine a genuine biblical evangelism for today.   They offer principles and strategies that are theologically rooted, practical and relevant to the 21st century, and will appeal to...

Plug-in vacuum cleaners are still more effective than the latest cordless ones. So says Which?  In tests, corded models picked up an average of 70 per cent of dust on a carpet, compared to the cordless models’ average of just 41 per cent.  In fact, Which? found more than a third of the cordless models...

Do you have a matching three-piece suite?  Oh dear!  John Lewis is no longer even offering them ready made; customers must now specifically request them.  Nowadays just two percent of searches on the John Lewis website are for three-piece suites, as we increasingly choose mismatched furniture for our living rooms. And we are getting bolder...

By Rachael Newham ‘It begins slowly, so slowly that I hardly notice at first. My chest tightens and my heart begins to beat a fraction faster. I try to draw breath, but instead I choke on oxygen I can’t inhale. As I realise that I can’t breathe, the panic wraps itself around me… I can’t...