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January is when many of us begin to daydream of summer holidays in the sun.  So here is some advice, way in advance: when you finally hit the beach this summer, your tan will be better if you sunbathe only every other day. Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel have found that the pigmentation...

Not many teenagers, on becoming a Christian, will devote themselves to winning others for Christ in a foreign land. Amy was such a person. She left Britain to live in a tiny village in Southern India. Here, for the next 56 years, Amy rescued hundreds of orphaned and vulnerable children, and served her Lord in...

Here is a sobering fact:  more children have placed bets in the past week than have drunk alcohol, smoked or taken drugs.  Such are the findings from an audit by the Gambling Commission. It also found that one in seven 11- to16-year-olds bet regularly, staking an average of £16 a week.  And those who start...

The more things change, the more they remain the same.  You could read Meinrad’s story today in the newspapers of any large city.  He was born near Wurtemberg of a free peasant family, and became a monk at Reichenau (Switzerland).  In 829 he moved to Einsiedeln to be a hermit, where he lived quietly for...

Teenagers who are tidy are more likely to live to old age, according to a recent 48-year study. The vast data analysis found that people who had been tidy, quiet, calm and empathetic as teenagers, had then tended to live well on into old age. On the other hand, the research also traced strong links...

by Wendy Grey, SPCK, £7.99 1959. Newcastle nurse Wendy Grey leaves her comfortable life and answers a call from people in Borneo to run a clinic in a place so remote, many there have never before seen a white woman. Until her arrival, medical witchcraft has been the norm. Nevertheless, Wendy quickly gains the trust...

Agnes should be the patron saint of all the young Christian girls alive today who live in areas of the world where they face kidnap, rape, forced marriage, persecution and even death – simply because they are Christian. Agnes, born c 291, probably came from a noble Roman family.  She converted to Christianity at the...

One in three of us is keeping so quiet about some debts we’ve run up, that we haven’t even told our partners about them.  So finds a recent survey by a government-backed advice body. The Money Advice Service (MAS) says that the average hidden debt across the UK amounts to £4,164 per person, and that...

By April Holden & Deborah Meroff, SPCK, £7.99 April Holden was told Africa would lead to her death. She went anyway.  Despite chronic health problems, she was accepted by a mission, which sent her initially to Egypt. Then she seized the chance to move to one of the toughest, most war-torn countries in North Africa, pioneering...

Never under-estimate a deacon.  After all, the first-ever Christian martyr was a deacon in the church of Jerusalem – St Stephen.   And the first-ever Christian martyr in Spain was a deacon of the Church of Saragossa – St Vincent. By now it was 304 AD, and the Roman Emperor Diocletian was persecuting Christians.  When his...

By John Wyatt, IVP, £9.99 We cannot choreograph our own death, but we can die well.  This is a book for those who are facing death. It is also for their relatives, friends and carers. John Wyatt looks at recent trends in dying. He examines the ‘art of dying’, a Christian tradition from the past....