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For people battered by forceful storms For communities battling rising floods For emergency services stretched to the limit We pray For farmers losing straw and crops For shopkeepers losing high street  trade For repeat victims losing strength and hope We pray For resilience and resolve to change For impatience with using flood plains For commitment...

There has been much talk recently about planting trees. Planting new trees has always been a good idea, but now more than ever this could be a very important thing to do. Way back when we were about to have a General Election, each political party was offering to plant millions of trees in exchange...

The traditional marks on an altar are five crosses representing either the five wounds of Christ or perhaps more matter-of-factly, Christ at the centre of what holds up the table – and indeed what holds our lives. .This month let’s consider the work of the person responsible for preparing the altar for worship. So often...

Asia Bibi was released in 2019, after eight years on death row on blasphemy charges and currently lives with her family in Canada. But speaking recently on French radio station RTL, Bibi said: “My great desire is to live in France. “France is the country from where I received my new life… Anne-Isabelle is an...

General Synod recently celebrated the first anniversary of its decision to have a loving, worshipping, serving Christian community on every significant social housing estate in the country. Almost 30 million people live in the 20% of Church of England parishes that have 500 or more social housing homes within them and have been called ‘estate...

The courage of Oscar Romero Real Easter Eggs celebrate their 10th birthday! The new website that makes evangelism easier                                  Hope for All – a great gift to give ‘Unleashing’ the church at Spring Harvest 2020 – how to make an impact today Biblica and Hodder unite to launch fund-raising initiative for more Bibles Al Shabaab...

An Archbishop was presiding at Mass when a hired gunman shot him in the back.  That was 40 years ago this month.  Archbishop Oscar Romero was the Roman Catholic primate of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador: a small, populous country in South America with a history of political intrigue, violence and corruption. The...

The Real Easter Egg campaign has been running since 2010 and involves thousands of churches, schools and groups.  It crosses all denominations and offers individuals a simple way to share the Easter Story while supporting Fairtrade and charitable projects. The idea began in 2008 when I was given a chocolate Easter Egg. On the side...

A new website has been launched which claims it is “going to make the easiest evangelism even easier.” It is also completely free to link to from church websites and materials. The website, www.christianity.org.uk, is the result of a complete rewrite and redesign of an older website, and is still owned by the Christian Enquiry...

Have you noticed the spate of celebrity baptisms recently? Former football star David Beckham’s two youngest children were baptised at a church near their Cotswold home last December. Showbiz celebrity Kim Kardashian West and her youngest children Saint, three, Chicago, 20 months, and baby Psalm, were baptised last October in Armenia’s main cathedral. Liverpool Football...

The Church is absolutely amazing! What started with a youth group of 12 is now the largest religion in the world and is still growing rapidly. Here in the UK we are making a huge impact through ministries such as Christians Against Poverty, Food Banks, Street Pastors and Street Angels. The Church runs the majority...

Biblica and Hodder have teamed up to launch a partnership that will help fund Biblica’s Bible translation efforts around the world. The Give to Translate campaign will encourage readers of the NIV across the UK to consider making a financial contribution to help fund new Bible translations and revisions around the world. This is in...