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Archbishop of Canterbury & Reformation Martyr If you have ever been caught up in a great event at work, which has gone on to change your own life, then Thomas Cranmer is the saint for you. He was the first ever Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, following King Henry VIII’s decision to pull away from Rome,...

Somebody asked a Christian friend why he was eating doughnuts, when he had given them up for Lent! He answered, ‘At the bakers I told God, that if He wanted me to buy doughnuts, He should provide a parking space in front. On the eighth time around, there it was!’ Rather than seeing Lent simply...

Why you love your mother Don’t make your children finish their food Changing a light bulb is a generational thing Many millennials are still at home< Why a glass of milk may help save your life Social media is not for children Another thing your GP will soon be looking for Whisper it softly, but...

The first Thursday in March brings us World Book Day. So, this month is a good time to think about sending Christian books around the world. For the last 35 years, the Book Aid Charitable Trust has collected Bibles and Christian literature books from supporters in the UK and supplied them to its partners in...

Seventy years ago, on 11th March 1955, the Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming died. He was joint winner with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for discovering penicillin. Fleming was not the tidiest researcher, and his discovery of penicillin came about more or less by accident,...

Reform the NHS, or half the population could end up in A&E. That is the dire warning of the medical director for NHS in England. Sir Stephen Powis says that the health service must ‘go for broke’ in delivering more care outside of hospitals, if the A&E system is not to face a total collapse....

 The good-natured carer (this is her normal place in the church calendar) Families are divided in two kinds of people: givers and takers. Blessed is the family with at least one ‘giver’, that someone of a cheerful, generous nature who does not panic when you ask them for help. These kindly saints are on hand...

Amid the ongoing violent conflict between M23 rebels and Congolese forces in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC], Martin Gordon, the Bishop of Goma and Church Mission Society (CMS) mission partner, has shared ‘The Goma Call for Peace’. He urges the  international community to act immediately and decisively for peace in Eastern DRC. In...

Archbishop of San Salvador, martyr 1980 (this is his normal place in the church calendar) Oscar Romero was a bit of a modern Thomas Becket – loyal to the authorities until he was given great responsibility for the Church. Then, like Becket, there was trouble. In Romero’s case, it all began when he was born...

The Pope has urged journalists to look out for ‘good news’ stories among so much doom and gloom in global media coverage. His call came during a gathering in Rome of media professionals from around the world that included an audience with Pope Francis. The Pope said, “I encourage you to discover and make known...

Gratitude is a large part of Mothering Sunday. So, this month why not spend a few moments thinking back, and ask yourself this: What quality or wisdom did your mother bestow on you in childhood, for which you are most grateful now? Or you could go to the Sunday School, and ask the children for...

Twenty years ago, on 10th March 2005, Irish comedian Dave Allen died – in his sleep, of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. Allen – real name David Tynan O’Mahony – was best known for his observational comedy, but provoked indignation – sometimes outrage – by highlighting religious and political hypocrisy. O’Mahony was well connected: his father was managing editor...