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Plant-based milk drinks, including soya milk, oat milk and almond milk, have soared in popularity in recent years. But how do these compare with cow’s milk? A recent report from the nutritional experts who advise the government says that vegan milk is not ‘nutritionally equivalent’ to cow’s milk. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN)...

This series has recently been looking at the opening and closing words of most church services. They usually go something like this: (In)         The Lord be with you.   And also with you. (Out)      Go in the light and peace of Christ.     Thanks be to God. This month let’s consider what’s pretty much the very next...

Very few people stand out as being incredibly good, but Vincent de Paul was one of them.  His life touched thousands of people, who were helped and inspired by his love and kindness. Vincent de Paul was born in 1581 to a Gascon peasant family at Ranquine. Educated by the Franciscans and then at Toulouse...

The C of E has welcomed a recent call by MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport select committee for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme to be made permanent, and for the cap to be lifted on claims. Chair of the Committee Dame Caroline Dinenage has written to the Heritage Minister Baroness Twycross,...

Next year, the largest-ever exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s clothes will be staged at Buckingham Palace, in honour of the centenary of her birth. Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style, will include some 200 items – around half of which is to be displayed for the first time. As well as clothing, jewellery, hats,...

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In the fourth of a series of articles, Kenneth Harrod, Head of Theology and Media at Release International, the voice of persecuted Christians, reflects on how Christians respond to being persecuted. None of us likes to read, or hear of, Christians suffering persecution. Stories of people being imprisoned, being forced to flee, or seeing loved...

The wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is deeply worried about our butterflies. Or rather, the lack of them. It seems that more than 80 per cent of our species have declined sharply in number since 1970s. Each summer sees the Big Butterfly Count, when the public is encouraged to send in the number of butterflies they...

“Hlyst nu!” That’s Old English for “Listen up!” And that’s exactly what’s happening, as a video with an unexpected subject has captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world. A video of Everyday Faith Editor Alexandra Zhirnova reading the Nicene Creed in Old English has exploded across the Church of England’s...

14th September in the Jewish calendar is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is a time of fasting and prayer, and its observance is regulated by Leviticus 16. The Old Testament ritual involved cleansing the priesthood and the people when a scapegoat bearing the sins of the faithful was sent into the wilderness. Much...

If you drink alcohol after 10pm at night, you may still be over the limit by 9am the next morning. So says IAM RoadSmart, a road safety charity. It has warned that drinking alcohol late into the night can pose a ‘serious threat’ to your safety as a driver the next morning. And even if...

Luke 11:1: ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’  Luke tells us that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray after He had just prayed.  This is very important.  In His preaching Jesus had spoken about prayer; (e.g. Matt. 6:5-8) He had also included prayer in His teaching; e.g. Luke 18:1. But it was...