Found 8 resource(s) in 'Looking at God', for January 2024.
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New Year Resolutions From the Vicar – New Year Resolutions What’s the Big Idea? An Introduction to the Books of the Bible: Genesis Reflecting Faith: God’s Acre The Godspell about Jesus Looking ahead Good preparation for our death ** Editor: Canon Paul Hardingham considers the year ahead. New Year Resolutions Last year (2023) 30 million... (2867 words)New Year Resolutions
Last year (2023) 30 million people in the UK made New Year resolutions, with health (28%), money (27%), family (24%) and self-improvement (21%) topping the charts for the most common resolutions. However, surveys suggest that most people lasted seven weeks before giving them up and 21% only lasted for a month before giving up. What... (299 words)From the Vicar – New Year Resolutions
Last year (2023) 30 million people in the UK made New Year resolutions, with health (28%), money (27%), family (24%) and self-improvement (21%) topping the charts for the most common resolutions. However, surveys suggest that most people lasted seven weeks before giving them up and 21% only lasted for a month before giving up. What... (299 words)What’s the Big Idea? An Introduction to the Books of the Bible: Genesis
This is the first of a new series aimed at providing an overview of the Bible. This month we consider the first book, Genesis. As the title suggests, Genesis is primarily about beginnings. In chapters 1-11, it records the creation of the heavens and the earth and human beings; marriage and family; sin’s effect on... (289 words)Reflecting Faith: God’s Acre
I thought we’d spend a few months at the start of this New Year considering the outside of a church building, and the gardens around it. For many churches this will include a churchyard, though not necessarily. If your church does stand in a churchyard, then it may be what is known as a ‘closed’... (490 words)The Godspell about Jesus
Mark is the shortest of the Gospels, and most likely the first to be written (about 65 – 70AD). It is certainly the most action-packed! The gospel of Mark was written by John Mark, whose name occurs often in Acts. His mother lived in a house in Jerusalem, where Jesus’ followers met in the early... (578 words)Looking ahead
January is named after the Roman god Janus. He had two faces, so he could study the past and see into the future. At the start of a new year, we dispose of old calendars and diaries. No doubt, it is only natural to look back at the former year. Perhaps we recall occasions of... (363 words)Good preparation for our death
“Thank you” – “I’m sorry” – “I forgive you” – “I love you”. These are the most common words spoken by people in their last moments of consciousness before dying. That’s what Dr Kathryn Mannix tells us, and she should know, having spent her whole career working alongside dying people, and learning from them. Her YouTube... (337 words)
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