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- One in three of us is keeping so quiet about some debts we’ve run up, that we haven’t even told our partners about them. So finds a recent survey by a government-backed advice body. The Money Advice Service (MAS) says that the average hidden debt across the UK amounts to £4,164 per person, and that...Are you hiding some debts from your loved ones? Probably.
- By April Holden & Deborah Meroff, SPCK, £7.99 April Holden was told Africa would lead to her death. She went anyway. Despite chronic health problems, she was accepted by a mission, which sent her initially to Egypt. Then she seized the chance to move to one of the toughest, most war-torn countries in North Africa, pioneering...They Called Us Love – The Story of April Holden and Africa’s Street Children
- Never under-estimate a deacon. After all, the first-ever Christian martyr was a deacon in the church of Jerusalem – St Stephen. And the first-ever Christian martyr in Spain was a deacon of the Church of Saragossa – St Vincent. By now it was 304 AD, and the Roman Emperor Diocletian was persecuting Christians. When his...*NEW – January 22 – Vincent of Saragossa: first martyr of Spain
- By John Wyatt, IVP, £9.99 We cannot choreograph our own death, but we can die well. This is a book for those who are facing death. It is also for their relatives, friends and carers. John Wyatt looks at recent trends in dying. He examines the ‘art of dying’, a Christian tradition from the past....Dying Well – Dying Faithfully
- Up to a million of us will join a gym this month. Up to 800,000 of us will have given it up by February. But before you return to the couch, why not consider the following: Only do exercises that you enjoy. Have fun, and nothing else! Don’t torture yourself on the cross trainers if...January – time for the gym
- January is a month of the beginning of great things! As well as the naming of the Son of God, we celebrate the conversion of the greatest ever apostle of the Christian faith. Many books have been written on Paul, and here is the briefest of introductions. He was a Jew, born as ‘Saul’ at...25 January – the Conversion of St Paul
- Hospitals are no place for getting a good night’s sleep. In fact, now many patients who should still be in hospital are discharging themselves early – just so they can get some sleep. A recent study led by King’s College London has found that noise pollution in our hospitals regularly exceeds international recommendations. There is...Oh, those noisy noisy nights!
- by Uta Schmidt, Lion Hudson, £9.99 Have you ever known the pain and disappointment of a shattered dream, a hope deferred, a vision put on hold? Maybe you started out with a dream in your heart, but it got buried beneath the rubble of life’s challenges. Whatever it may be, life took some unexpected turns...Dream Chasers – The Journey of Nine Ordinary People Who Became Extraordinary
- This month, on 25th January, the Church celebrates probably the most famous conversion of all. At least, what happened to a young man called Saul on the road to Damascus has become a byword for all instant conversions – what is known as a ‘damascene’ moment. Saul was a devout Jew, a Pharisee, a student...25 January – St Paul: the first Christian intellectual
- by Corien Oranje & Marieke Ten Berge, Lion Children’s, £12.99 Perfect for reading aloud to your baby, together you will feel the sun on your cheeks, bump along with Abraham on the camel and make music for the Lord. A shared experience that you will treasure with your baby, as you look at baby Jesus...Baby’s Special Bible
- The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has advised that people should be taking ‘greater responsibility’ for their health by cutting down on how much they eat and drink. He believes that taxpayers have a role to play in easing pressure on the NHS by focussing on prevention rather than expecting cure. Public Health England is to...Eat less, drink less – be healthier
- New Year Resolution I always make the same resolution and I have never once broken it: every year I resolve to give something up for Lent and then when Lent comes, I give up my New Year’s resolution. ** Sermon A boy was watching his father, a minister, write a sermon and asked how he...Smile-Lines (all) for January 2019