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If you are visiting Oxford this summer, it is well worth making time to visit Pusey House, a library that specialises in the works of the Church Fathers, Anglican Church History, and Catholic theology. Pusey House was named after Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882), who was Professor of Hebrew and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral in...

“In the US you have to be religious to be elected, in the UK you increasingly have to pretend not to be.”  So says Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator. In a recent newspaper article* he pointed out in the UK, “an MP is quite at liberty to talk about their faith, but they ought...

What do you call the church service where Jesus’ last meal with His apostles is re-enacted? And does it matter what we call it? The word ‘Eucharist’ comes from the Greek word eucharistia, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word berekah. All three words have the meaning of thanksgiving, or praise for the...

Hundreds of thousands of us will have a meal this summer courtesy of Colonel Sanders – his chicken is indeed finger lickin’ good.  But did you know that Colonel Sanders was named Harland Sanders, born in Indiana in 1890, and became a Christian When Harland was only five, his father died, so his mother ran...

Christian Aid Week (12 – 18 May): ‘All mums should live’ Edith Cavell – faith before the firing squad In praise of Leonardo da Vinci – 1451-1519 Signs & Symbols:  Kneeling with body, mind and soul Cyclone Idai Appeal North Korean Christians say food situation so desperate that children are stunted Church of England launches...

Sierra Leone is the world’s most dangerous place to become a mum. Every day 10 women die from giving birth. In Sawula district, the community struggle with a clinic which has no electricity and only two delivery beds. Jebbeh is heavily pregnant but as her baby grows, it’s not joy that fills her heart, but...

Nurse Edith Cavell gave her life to others – and was executed as a result. This year is the centenary of her state funeral at Westminster Abbey. The daughter of a Norfolk vicar, Edith trained as a nurse, and because she could speak French fluently, she was invited to start a nurses’ training school in...

Back in the 1960s, C P Snow’s lecture on the two cultures dominated the academic world:  science and art faced each other in the arena of knowledge like two mighty opposites. But journey back to Italy in the 15th century and you find no such division. The two worlds of science and the humanities were...

Some of us prefer to kneel for just about everything in church. People around us might sit – but we are kneelers! Time may have taken its toll though, and sadly the knees may not what they were. But if you visit different churches, you will find that not all of them have furniture designed...

Up to three million people have been affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.  With nearly 1000 known to be dead, and hundreds of thousands homeless, the people are in desperate need of food, water, clothing, shelter and medicine. If you can donate to the Cyclone Idai Appeal, you might like to consider sending...

Lack of food is stunting children’s growth in North Korea, according to an eyewitness. Food shortages threaten an entire generation of children. The eyewitness said: “Not too long ago I met a North Korean refugee family in China. Their children were the ages of my children at the time – nine and six – or...

There are growing numbers of Iranian Christians in the UK.  To help them at worship, the Church of England has recently launched a Persian language translation of Holy Communion. The publication of the Farsi language service very much affirms that the C of E sees the presence of Iranians in churches as a gift, and...