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An over-hot dog is a serious matter – if they can’t cool down, they are in trouble. So when is a dog too hot? Vets warn that in temperatures of 20-23C, you need to be careful not to exert them. At 24-27C you are well into the danger zone, and over 27C is life-threatening for...

How will you become a better person than you are now?   Have you ever denied yourself in order to try and please God?  No matter what your dedication, it is unlikely that your efforts will ever have outshone those of Rose of Lima (1586 – 1617), who in 1671 became the first saint of America,...

A Christian mission agency has called for the welfare of nearly two million seafarers to be taken into consideration, as the global shipping fleet cuts costs by adopting new technologies. The Mission to Seafarers (MtS) runs 121 welfare centres in ports around the world, and its people visit more than 40,000 ships each year. Seafarers...

Last month we considered how we are welcomed at the beginning of a church service, as we come together to enter into the real presence of God. This month let’s consider how we say ‘goodbye’ at the end of the service. For the leader of the service doesn’t just say something like, “Thanks for coming,...

Are you taking a LONG car journey as part of your holiday this summer? Beware: hours on the road can leave you tired, a bit travel sick and with aching muscles. Tiredness is the most serious – at least if you are the driver! It is reckoned that 10 – 20 percent of all car...

Eighty years ago, on 6th August 1945, the US Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. The centre of the city was totally destroyed, and about 80,000 people were killed immediately. A further 60,000 died by the end of the year, from injury or radiation. Hiroshima was the...

On consecutive days this month (27th and 28th) the Christian Church celebrates, a mother and her son. The mother is Monica, and her son is Augustine. The story of their relationship and how, after a long process, they both came to share the same Christian faith is a moving one, and perhaps has a message...

Sir Paul Marshall, an evangelical Christian and prominent British media owner has called on Elon Musk and the bosses of other social media platforms to publish the algorithms that determine the visibility of posts – and to become more accountable. Speaking in a lecture at Oxford University, Sir Paul, a leading investor in TV channel...

The Way of the Wicked The Company of Heaven The Crystal Crypt Summer’s out at Hope Hall Real Life Rev – a clergy survival guide Bewilderment – a Spiritual Guide   ** Editor:  For holiday reading, this month we are offering four novels, as well as some non-fiction… The Way of the Wicked By Mel...

In the Acts of the Apostles we read, at different times, of disciples being threatened; of disciples being imprisoned. We see disciples, on occasions, fleeing. We read of disciples paying the ultimate price—martyrdom. To talk of Christians suffering persecution for Christ and the gospel is to realise that this is something that takes different forms...

It’s holiday time, and you may be spending more time than usual with your children. That will give them ample opportunity to ask you those questions for which you have no answer.  A survey has found the top ten questions that most stump parents are: Why is the moon sometimes out in the day? Why...

Christian movies have never really made a big impact in UK cinemas – and there are few signs that this is changing. Earlier this year, an animation film, ‘The King of Kings’ broke box office records in the US and elsewhere – making it the most successful opening for a biblical animated feature – but...