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Inside Fatherhood – Today’s fathers tell their stories By David Atkinson, with reflections by Mark Chester, BRF  £6.99 What does fatherhood look like today? As we prepare to celebrate Father’s Day later this June, ten fathers tell their moving, real-life stories: from stepdad to absent dad, through widowed, adoptive and midlife dad, to losing-it and...

Faith in the Making – Praying it, talking it and living it By Lyndall Bywater, BRF, £7.99 Lyndall Bywater’s new book on biblical heroes pulsates with energy and the best kind of conviction: warm, wise, self-aware and compassionate. Rooted in her own story, with all its challenges and joys, as well as some crushing disappointments,...

The Journey Begins – Adventures through the Bible with Caravan Bear and friends By Avril Rowlands, Lion Children, £6.99  “Christopher Rabbit stared at the parcel. Someone had sent him a present! He tore open the wrapping and inside was a book with the words “The Bible” on the cover… with a label “Read Me”. As...

High Days & Holy Days for June 1          Justin Martyr – first ever Christian philosopher 2          Erasmus – a good saint for when you’re all at sea 3          The Martyrs of Uganda 4          Petroc – the abbot of Padstow 6          Gudwal – the first Christian in Brittany? 8          William of York – victim of...

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A Grace We bless thee, Lord, for this our food For life and health and every good May we, more blest than we deserve Live less for self and more to serve. Anon

Justin Martyr is regarded as the first ever Christian philosopher.  He was born at Nablus, Samaria, to parents of Greek origin, and was well educated in rhetoric, poetry and history before he turned to philosophy.  He studied at Ephesus and Alexandria and tried the schools of the Stoics, the Pythagoreans, and the Platonists.  Then in...

Do you like messing about in boats?  If so, then you’ll have heard of St Elmo’s Fire. It is the light that is sometimes seen on mastheads of boats after storms at sea. St Elmo is another name for St Erasmus, a fourth century Syrian bishop who was not afraid of violent storms.  Legend has...

The Ugandan Church had dozens of martyrs within just ten years of Christianity arriving there.   At first, it had gone so well:  the first Anglican missionaries arriving in Uganda in 1877 were welcomed by the Kabaka (king) of Buganda, Mutesa.  Mutesa also welcomed the Roman Catholics and Muslim Arabs, and, being a natural diplomat, retained...

If you are going to Cornwall this summer in search of peace and quiet, Petroc is the saint for you.   Especially if you find Padstow a bit too crowded for your liking!  He would have sympathised. This 6th century abbot is Cornwall’s most famous saint.  Petroc set sail from South Wales, landed at Haylemouth, and...

If you choose Brittany for your holiday destination this summer, then spare a thought for Gudwal, because this obscure 6th century Celtic abbot got there before you did.  Indeed, Gudwal seems to have liked Brittany so much that he decided to stay on. When you visit Brittany today, you will find Catholic churches everywhere.  Not...

Have you ever been the victim of someone else’s malice and ambition?  Then William of York (d 1154) is the saint for you.  William Fitzherbert was born into a noble family, with royal connections.  He was also smart – appointed treasurer of York at a young age, and also as a chaplain to King Stephen. ...