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- A new report from Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is highlighting the powerlessness of those facing multiple debt collections from local councils and the state. While the practices of private companies have become more customer-focused, a study shows the depths of suffering from people chased for debts like council tax and benefit overpayments. Now the charity...Debt collections from government and councils ‘aggressive and frightening’
- St Deiniol was a 6th century monk of Wales who came to be the ‘first bishop of Bangor’. And a mighty bishop he was, too: Deiniol founded the two monasteries of Bangor Fawr (on the Menai Straits) and Bangor Iscoed (Clwyd), which, according to Bede, became the most famous monastery of British Christianity and came...11th Sept St Deiniol of Bangor – bringing disagreeing bishops together
- All in the month of September Diary of a Momentous Year: Surviving – and singing – in the trenches Time for a change of national anthem? Better than your average young swimmer! What did we do before Google? Peace for our time? Our local policemen Girl Guides to learn about money ** Editor: We continue...Looking at your Community (all articles) September 2018
- Back to School – and daily life From the Vicar – Back to school We are like the Thai boys trapped in the cave Psalm 8 – and the wonders of Creation THE WAY I SEE IT: What is ‘health’? Start with what you have, and don’t worry about what you don’t have ** Editor: ...Looking at God (all articles) September 18
- John Chrysostom (347 – 407) is the saint for anyone who applies their Christianity to public life, and also for anyone who hates travelling in bad weather. Chrysostom did both, and had trouble both times. Born into a wealthy home in Antioch, John Chrysostom studied both oratory and law. In 373 he became a monk,...13th Sept St John Chrysostom – living a public faith
- It was: 100 years ago, from 26th Sep to 11th Nov that the WW1 Meuse-Argonne Offensive took place in France. It was the last major battle of WW1, and the American Expeditionary Force’s largest and bloodiest operation of the war. Allied victory. 90 years ago, on 28th Sep 1928 that the use of cannabis was...All in the month of September
- On Holy Cross Day the Church celebrates the Cross as a symbol of triumph, as the sign of Christ’s victory over death. Holy Cross Day goes right back to 14 September 335, and we have the mother of a Roman Emperor to thank for it. Helena was a devout Christian, and after her son, Constantine,...14th Sept Holy Cross Day
- Looking at You What does the law say about food? What an apple might do for you How to avoid the tooth fairy Happiness is… Keep your brain healthy Don’t fight ‘book block’ Confiding in mum and dad? Best way to clean your house What happened to basic lavatory training? Universities can mistake ‘loneliness...Looking at You (all articles) September 2018
- Modern people, distraught if deprived of ‘all mod con’, must be baffled how men survived year after year of living much of the time in the trenches of the Western Front. For month after month everything was ankle deep in mud. These were their living quarters, complete with primitive toilet arrangements, permanent damp, rats and...Diary of a Momentous Year: Surviving – and singing – in the trenches
- Teaching people to ‘tithe’ can be a delicate matter. Some clergy teach ‘tithing’ well, and inspire their people to great generosity of spirit. Other clergy teach ‘tithing’ at least well enough, and get their people’s sluggish cooperation. But – there are clergy who teach ‘tithing’ badly – and then, watch out! St Adam (bishop 1213...15th Sept St Adam of Caithness – the way NOT to tithe
- A commemorative booklet called Silence has been produced for churches to give away at Remembrance events this November. Silence includes many of the familiar Remembrance epitaphs, poems and exhortations and aims to help all those attending Remembrance services to engage with God in the two minutes silence. On Sunday, 11 November 2018, people around the...Remembrance 100: Silence – a gift book for Remembrance
- Ninian was a Celt who was born about 360, in southern Scotland. He was remarkable for two things: he was almost certainly the first man in Scotland to live in a little white stone house, and also the first to preach the gospel to the Scots. Just as remarkable: becoming the apostle to the Picts...16th Sept Ninian, Bishop of Galloway – Apostle of the Picts (Scotland)