On ‘the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month’ of 1918 the ‘Armistice of Compiègne’ was signed,
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Two simple ways of sharing the good news at Christmas
In December 2017 the British newspaper The Independent reported on a survey of two thousand adults that revealed:- One in
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I have just read The Days of Rain: A Daughter, A Father, A Cult (4th Estate, London 2017) by Rebecca
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The other Sunday I attended the ‘installation’ of a new ‘residentiary canon’ at Chelmsford Cathedral – or as the Free
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Our local hospital has developed a set of values, from which I would suggest any church could learn. Throughout the
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This is the time of year when small groups (often known as home groups, fellowship groups or life groups) start
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At a formal dinner this coming Saturday Caroline will formally become President of the Coroners Society of England and Wales
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At this time of the year when here in the UK the harvest is being gathered in, I thought it
Continue readingBooks for Today – September 2018
Book of the month Available in the UK through Alban of Edinburgh, Sinners and Saints: The Real Story of Early
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This summer we have had the joy of a family holiday, when all our four children and their families –
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