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Prayer walking on campus
God made us in His image (Genesis 1:27), then put humans in the Garden of Eden, which He planted for them so they could steward that land (Genesis 2:8-15). As a child of God, a core part of our identity is to partner and be co-rulers with Him over creation, to nourish the place we have been given…
Ed Earnshaw
Prayers during August 2020
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail, they are new every morning great is your faithfulness” - Lamentations 3:22-23 Most of us find change a challenge, yet it happens to all of us all the time. At the moment we are very conscious of the changes…
Living the prayer
In the famous Morecambe and Wise sketch with Andre Previn, Morecambe utters the brilliant line, “I’m playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.” So it is with those Isaiah challenges: they are doing a lot of the right things but not necessarily with the right motive.…
Fred Drummond
A struggle to stay afloat amid the pandemic
Few of us would think that people living on boats need support, whether it is during the pandemic or not. Most of us, when thinking about them, might picture an older but vigorous couple who has finally got the time to fulfil their dreams to live a peaceful life on a comfortable narrow boat. Or, we…
Joanna Sopylo-Firrisa
Book review: Living with Alzheimer’s – a Love Story
Robin looks back over his marriage to Shoko, and describes with sensitivity how their relationship grew even deeper despite, and perhaps even because of, her Alzheimer’s. He gives a vivid and honest account of the countless challenges they had to face as her condition deteriorated and balances the…
Wendy Gleadle
A Rocha International appoints new exec director
Dr Stuart will take up his role at the Christian organisation, which brings together practical conservation action with Christian faith, in December when he'll step down from his current position as director of strategic conservation at Synchronicity Earth. Dr Stuart, who has a long history with A…
Naomi Osinnowo
Creative worship: Gathering around a poem
Cath Woolridge shares how we can worship at home whilst gathering around poems
Creative worship: Cardboard testimonies
Cath Woolridge shares how cardboard testimonies can help us worship creatively
Creative worship: Gathering around a Psalm
Cath Woolridge shares how the Psalms can us worship creatively
Our songs of praise in our private place
Due to the potential increased risk of coronavirus transmission from airborne droplets, the Government has issued restrictions and guidance concerning communal singing in churches. While we know that such measures are necessary to help keep ourselves and others safe, many will find it a great…
Ruthie Thomas
Justice and mercy: A contemporary Christian perspective
Victims want things to be put right. They want corrective justice. Like the widow in Luke 18, victims seek for their voices to be heard. Corrective justice is not the only form of redress available to victims. There are other types of justice including restorative and healing justice described in…
Dr Hephzibah Egede
Faith and Police Together
Faith and Police Together (FPT) launched in April 2018, with the help of the Christian Police Association, to encourage faith communities, the police and other statutory agencies partners to work together to help tackle some of the systemic problems within our communities: addiction, youth…
Good news in the pandemic?
This was a bad news day for Christianity. How could a loving, almighty God allow this to happen? The atheist philosophers of the enlightenment used the disaster to cast doubt on God’s existence. Today as the coronavirus ravages the world, hitting hardest the poor and most vulnerable, it looks like…
Prof Paul Ewart
