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Jean Vanier, champion of the vulnerable
May 23, 2019 | Mike WallerJean Vanier (1928-2019) founded L’Arche communities for people with learning disabilities One of the world’s best known Catholic humanitarians, Jean Vanier, died on 7 May aged 90.
He founded two international organisations for people with intellectual disabilities, L’Arche (The Ark) … Read More
Time to go back to the Bible
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
After we featured the story of a man whose mother groomed him from childhood as a medium (click here), he was flooded with emails. Now a pastor, Greg Hibbins didn’t mind taking up to two hours a day to help … Read More
Still on air at 100
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
“I was told I had a voice for radio and I thank God for that,” says Britain’s oldest DJ It seems there’s no such thing as retirement for veteran radio presenter Eric Cull, who began broadcasting from a pigsty in … Read More
Churchgoers are getting off the pews and onto the streets
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
Chaplains bring light to the high street
The cheery faces of Littlehampton’s town chaplains have recently become a familiar sight on Littlehampton’s high street. Read More
April’s anorexia agony is over
March 31, 2019 | kevin
THE JOY in April Shipton’s voice when she sings worship songs now shows no hint of her dark past when she stood in front of a mirror with self-hatred raging in her heart – and heard a voice calling her “disgusting”.
“I struggled against the truth of my life”, says abortion survivor Melissa
March 31, 2019 | kevin
As a baby, Melissa had no name and wasn’t intended to live – until a nurse rescued her from hospital waste
An abortion survivor will share her inspirational story at this year’s March for Life in London.
Watch out, there’s a new Sheriff in town
March 31, 2019 | kevinA High Sheriff, to be precise. Vicar’s wife Davina Irwin-Clark will spend a year as Her Majesty’s West Sussex representative for law and order
Bad boy of British boxing born again
February 4, 2019 | kevinControversial British boxer Dereck Chisora’s comeback plans came to a shuddering halt when he was knocked out by Dillian Whyte in the 11th round on 22 December 2018.
But on a personal level Chisora is in a better place after … Read More
There WAS room INN Victoria Station for Jesus this Christmas!
February 4, 2019 | kevinStreet preacher Roland Parsons has refused to let a previous escapade with the police deter him from reading the Bible aloud on Christmas Eve.
Locals rally to help after manse blaze
February 4, 2019 | kevin
Pastor’s family overwhelmed by “extraordinary support” after losing everything
A pastor’s family has seen an outpouring of generosity from churches and locals after a fire devastated their home.