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Numbers 6:22-27 How would it feel to go into the rest of this month joyfully confident of God’s favour resting on you? What difference might it make to how you’d approach the things you’ll do, the conversations you’ll have, the decisions you’ll make? Confidence comes in knowing that God is the source of every blessing....

For a number of years, talent shows have become popular on TV. The programmes feature contestants, of any age, performing a short act in front of judges in the hope of being awarded a large sum of money. This may also lead to a new career and fame too! These programmes feature all kinds of...

Looking at God  A Plastic Revolution From the Vicar God is able to use us to meet others’ needs THE WAY I SEE IT – Holidays and Holy-days The ‘Other’ Mary Becoming a Christian We are given gifts for a good reason   ** Editor:  The Rev Paul Hardingham considers the problem of plastic from...

A Plastic Revolution The recent Blue Planet II series exposed just how much plastic waste is an issue in our seas. The Prime Minister has called plastic waste ‘one of the great environmental scourges of our time.’ The best estimates suggest 10 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans, contaminating and killing sea...

From the Vicar The recent Blue Planet II series exposed just how much plastic waste is an issue in our seas. The Prime Minister has called plastic waste ‘one of the great environmental scourges of our time.’ The best estimates suggest 10 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans, contaminating and killing sea...

We are given gifts for a good reason If we are not practical, it’s good to know we can call on plumbers and electricians to sort out our house problems.  Some people are gifted with practical knowledge and skills, and we could not do without them. Other people are more creative and artistic. Such folk...

THE WAY I SEE IT – Holidays and Holy-days ‘Going to go somewhere nice for your holidays?’ is the standard hairdresser’s opening gambit at this time of year. ‘Yes’, I reply, ‘I’m staying here’. They laugh politely, but clearly that’s not their idea of a holiday. In an average life holidays go through stages. Do...

The ‘Other’ Mary A new film about her has stimulated fresh interest in one of the most elusive characters in the New Testament story, Mary Magdalene. I saw the film recently and personally found it disappointing. How do you make a rather boring film about such a fascinating person? Was she, as widely believed, a...

Becoming a Christian I said last month that to become a Christian requires from us something outward and something inward.  Of course, the ‘something external’ is Baptism: a physical act in which we apply to the candidate a sign of Christ’s sacrificial death and resurrection.  But Baptism implies a turning of heart and mind towards...

God is able to use us to meet others’ needs We are all familiar with the story of the Feeding of the 5000 (Matthew 14:13-21). It reminds us that God is able to use us in meeting the needs of others. As Jesus says to the disciples: ‘you give them something to eat’ (16). We...

World Cup Fever From the Vicar God is able to deliver us Life is Precious Who can become a Christian? Be genuine Living in peace with others Can you find 30 books of the Bible hidden in this passage? Seen this best-watched film? ** Editor:  Paul Hardingham looks forward to the world cup… World Cup...

World Cup Fever The former Liverpool Manager Bill Shankly famously said, ‘Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that!’ This month sees the start of the World Cup in Russia; a truly global...