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By Claire Daniel, BRF, £8.99 Following the success of her 80 Creative Prayer Ideas (BRF, 2014), Claire Daniel has written a new collection of prayer ideas, focusing on rest and reflection. We need to replenish our spirits in a busy world… we need to consider how we take time to breathe and refocus on our...

(John 8:1-11) A familiar scene … Crowds of people with strong views, clamouring, demanding their way, intolerant of others who made different mistakes, different choices. A raucous, intimidating, egocentric baying for action. A familiar scene… Where is the love? Where is the compassion? Where is the concern for the common good? How long Lord, will...

– confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China By Andrew E Adam, SPCK, £10.99 In 1897, Tom Cochrane, a young doctor, arrived with his bride in Inner Mongolia, China’s northernmost territory. Three years later, after labouring single-handedly in a mud-floored dispensary, he realized that his work was a drop in a sea of...

Editor:  As the church year does not change, much of this material has appeared before.  New material is marked with an asterisk. 1          St David’s Day (two options) 2          Chad – Bishop of Lichfield and missionary c 672 4          Casimir 5          Eusebius *5        SHROVE TUESDAY 6          ASH WEDNESDAY 7          Perpetua and Felicitas 8           Woodbine Willie...

Making Sense of Lent From the vicar Where do we belong now? God and the Tesco token Psalm 63 – or how to cope with the pressures of daily life You may have surprised your parents, but never God How to discover God’s will for your life Round, like a circle in a spiral, like...

Father, You are always loving, always generous and kind to your children. Please have mercy on us as a nation at this time of turmoil and division. Help us to be tolerant and understanding of those who have different, sincerely-held opinions. And guide our leaders so that your will be done in our country and...

This month sees the start of Lent, the six-week period leading up to Easter. In the early Church, it was a time when new converts were instructed in the faith, ready for their baptism at Easter. Over the years, Lent has become a season of penitence, self-examination and fasting.  Jesus began His earthly ministry by...

On 1st March Wales celebrates its patron saint, David – or, in Welsh, Dewi or Dafydd. He is indisputably British, and is revered wherever Welsh people have settled. As with most figures from the so-called ’Dark Ages’ (he lived in the sixth century), reliable details about his life are scarce, but there are enough for...

What a world, what a world, whirling and twirling Twisting and turning spinning in space, God with His finger brings order from chaos Mountains and seas all put in place. Man the peak of all His creation Awakes to a world full of beauty and grace, Walks in the garden with God his creator Fellowship...

This month sees the start of Lent, the six-week period leading up to Easter. In the early Church, it was a time when new converts were instructed in the faith, ready for their baptism at Easter.  Over the years, Lent has become a season of penitence, self-examination and fasting. Jesus began His earthly ministry by...

1st March is St David’s Day, and it’s time for the Welsh to wear daffodils or leeks. Shakespeare called this custom ‘an honourable tradition begun upon an honourable request’ – but nobody knows the reason.  Why should anyone have ever ‘requested’ that the Welsh wear leeks or daffodils to honour their patron saint? It’s a...

With Lent in mind… There is no higher priority in the believer’s life than to delight himself in the love of Christ. Maurice Roberts Of all the things that will surprise us in the Resurrection morning, this I believe, will surprise us most: that we did not love Christ more before we died.   J C...