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Lent with New Daylight The Resilient Disciple – a Lenten journey from Adversity to Maturity Jesus Said, ‘I Am’ – finding life in the everyday 80 Reflective Prayer Ideas – a creative resource for church and group use Thomas Cochrane and the Dragon Throne The Story of the Holy Land – a visual history **...

New Daylight is The Bible Reading Fellowship’s most popular series of Bible reading notes, with many thousands of devoted subscribers. Now, for the first time, BRF is breaking new ground with a special edition of New Daylight for Lent 2019. As well as daily reflections from some of the series’ best-loved writers, Lent with New...

– a Lenten journey from Adversity to Maturity By Justine Allain Chapman, SPCK, £7.99 ‘The art of kintsugi (‘repairing with gold’) not only restores cracked objects but makes them even more beautiful than before.’ Alone on an 8-day retreat in the Egyptian desert, Justine Allain Chapman experienced first-hand the physical, spiritual and mental struggle many have endured before...

By Andrea Skevington, BRF, £8.99 Here are reflections on Jesus’ most familiar sayings, with a striking blend of knowledge, insight and humility, and a fresh, contemporary perspective. ‘I am’ is a common construction, something we say many times each day. It is also a very deep mystery. Who are we? How do we define ourselves?…...

Stone-throwing Prayer for help and healing What a world what a world Jesus my Lord The Cold Caller Rekindling   **   Stone-throwing (John 8:1-11) A familiar scene … Crowds of people with strong views, clamouring, demanding their way, intolerant of others who made different mistakes, different choices. A raucous, intimidating, egocentric baying for action....

By Claire Daniel, BRF, £8.99 Following the success of her 80 Creative Prayer Ideas (BRF, 2014), Claire Daniel has written a new collection of prayer ideas, focusing on rest and reflection. We need to replenish our spirits in a busy world… we need to consider how we take time to breathe and refocus on our...

(John 8:1-11) A familiar scene … Crowds of people with strong views, clamouring, demanding their way, intolerant of others who made different mistakes, different choices. A raucous, intimidating, egocentric baying for action. A familiar scene… Where is the love? Where is the compassion? Where is the concern for the common good? How long Lord, will...

– confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China By Andrew E Adam, SPCK, £10.99 In 1897, Tom Cochrane, a young doctor, arrived with his bride in Inner Mongolia, China’s northernmost territory. Three years later, after labouring single-handedly in a mud-floored dispensary, he realized that his work was a drop in a sea of...

Editor:  As the church year does not change, much of this material has appeared before.  New material is marked with an asterisk. 1          St David’s Day (two options) 2          Chad – Bishop of Lichfield and missionary c 672 4          Casimir 5          Eusebius *5        SHROVE TUESDAY 6          ASH WEDNESDAY 7          Perpetua and Felicitas 8           Woodbine Willie...

Making Sense of Lent From the vicar Where do we belong now? God and the Tesco token Psalm 63 – or how to cope with the pressures of daily life You may have surprised your parents, but never God How to discover God’s will for your life Round, like a circle in a spiral, like...

Father, You are always loving, always generous and kind to your children. Please have mercy on us as a nation at this time of turmoil and division. Help us to be tolerant and understanding of those who have different, sincerely-held opinions. And guide our leaders so that your will be done in our country and...

This month sees the start of Lent, the six-week period leading up to Easter. In the early Church, it was a time when new converts were instructed in the faith, ready for their baptism at Easter. Over the years, Lent has become a season of penitence, self-examination and fasting.  Jesus began His earthly ministry by...