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Smile Lines   ** Palms It was Palm Sunday, but because of a sore throat, young James stayed home from church with his grannie. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm fronds. Johnny asked them what they were for. “People held them over Jesus’ head as He walked by,” his father told...

Letter from St James the Least of All Happily, the Church of England still retains some singular parish clergy.  Take the parish of St James-the-Least in the county of C- for example.  Here the elderly Anglo-Catholic vicar, Eustace, continues his correspondence to Darren, his nephew, a low-church curate recently ordained…  ** On the perils of...

Not too late for a Lent Course! Start today. Growing poverty is taking its toll on our health and relationships Christians suffer during renewed fighting in Syria Church Mission Society launches first ever online resources platform dedicated to mission Christians Against Poverty help even more people When Faith meets Politics Bishop’s Bill to Put Mothers’...

During this month Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day, share the same date! It seems an odd mix, yet there is an obvious link: love! Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday, is about learning how to love God more, as we give Him space in our lives. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on Jesus’ experience in...

During this month Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day, share the same date! It seems an odd mix, yet there is an obvious link: love! Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday, is about learning how to love God more, as we give Him space in our lives. Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit (1),...

 ‘Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.’ (Romans 4:20,21). How good are we at keeping our promises? Paul sppaks of a God who is able to...

The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. So, he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, and brought back his head on a dish. He presented it to the girl,...

God obviously approves of romance – after all, putting Adam and Eve alone together in the Garden of Eden was His idea.  And romance – love between a man and a woman – has been around ever since. The history of the Israelites began with three great romances:   Abraham and Sarah.  Isaac and Rebekah.  Jacob...

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.  Proverbs 27:5-6  As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 I remember it really clearly: stood in the kitchen of my student house, clutching a cup of tea, and being told – in...

China is a key country of concern for 2018 for Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world. Their latest ‘Persecution Trends Report’ warns Christians in China look set to face a harsh new year. Tougher regulations on religious affairs came into force in February, giving the State greater control over churches and other...

Millions of households in the UK are struggling to avoid hunger, as latest figures from the United Nations show that nearly three million people in the UK are now classed as severely ‘food insecure’, which means they are facing hunger on a daily basis.  In the whole of Europe, according the UN, only Albania has...

Don’t look to the government for so much help.  That is the message of an independent review which considered the Church’s reliance on government funding with regard to the upkeep of its church buildings.   The review instead calls for a ‘cultural shift’, where communities contribute to their church’s upkeep. The Taylor Report was commissioned in...