Viewing all items in Resource Category: Editorial

Eighty years ago, on 12th October 1945, US Army combat medic Desmond Doss became the first conscientious objector in US history to receive a Medal of Honour for heroic actions. He saved the lives of 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa. The film Hacksaw Ridge told his story. Doss was born in Virginia in...

Do you value your Bible?  If so, Felix of Thibiuca (247 – 303) is a good patron saint for you.  The year was 303, and Diocletian was emperor in Rome.  In February of that year he decided that Christians were NOT a good thing. So he issued an edict:  all copies of the Christian Scriptures...

The BBC One’s The One Show recently interviewed Chldren’s Society’s CEO Mark Russell, on a growing crisis affecting families across the UK: the soaring cost of school uniforms. Russell reported that a new poll by The Children’s Society has found that more than two in five children (44%) have experienced negative consequences due to school...

 Almost three-quarters of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme funding remains available for the 2025-26 period. With seven months still to go in which applications can be made, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) says that – of the £23 million available — £5,498,850 has been used to date, and there is...

Have you flown recently? How was your seat? It seems that some seats are rather weird. Like the Jet2.com passenger who discovered that his seat came with an armrest that was literally 1.5 inches long. The reason? It was an emergency exit row seat and needed to be kept clear. Or those planes (like some...

 18th October is the feast day of St Luke, who is the patron saint of physicians. So this is a good month to pray for those in the NHS… A&E nurses face an increasing barrage of punches, kicks and spitting – and having weapons aimed at them. One was even threatened with an acid attack. ...

Can you think of a politician who deserves to be called a saint?  If no one currently living politician comes to mind, never mind – there is always King Alfred of Wessex (871-899). This remarkable and best known of all the Anglo-Saxon rulers may have dozed off and let some cakes burn while a peasant...

No Visible Scars – Healing from Domestic Abuse as a Christian The Tears of Things – Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage The Cloud, The Night, The Fire and the Song – With the Mystics in Prayer Attentive to God: Being Aware of God’s Presence in Daily Life Divine Windows: Seeing God Through the...

Many parents on low incomes are worried about how they will cope financially this winter. A recent report from CAP, Child Poverty: Insights into the real challenges families across the UK are facing, found that “the weight of responsibility and pressure to provide for children is a heavy burden” for many, and that “parents sometimes go...

Pastors in the Ukraine are continuing to minister to their beleaguered congregations, bringing comfort and hope into the most frightening and desperate war-torn situations. So says Transform Europe Network, a Christian ministry which serves alongside indigenous Christians in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. In a recent report, it gives an update from one of its...

The RSPCA has warned pet owners to be ‘extra vigilant’ after a 30 per cent increase in airgun attacks against cats. One cat was shot five times in the leg and belly. Another had her spine fractured by a bullet. As one owner demanded: “How could someone do this to a poor, defenceless animal?” But...

Odran is a suitable saint to remember as Halloween approaches, for his story involves the spirit world. British by birth, Odran (died c. 563) was one of Columba’s first companions on Iona.  Sadly, he died not long after his arrival on the island.  But Columba found comfort, for in a vision he saw Odran’s soul...