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‘Modern-day resurrection’
May 28, 2019 | Mike WallerLast updated on June 4th, 2019 at 04:23 pm
The story of John Smith, a 14-year-old boy who experienced a ‘modern day resurrection’ after being dragged lifeless from a frozen lake has been made into a 2019 Hollywood film, ‘Breakthrough’.
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
How a squeaky clean ethos got my business off the ground
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
Last updated on May 30th, 2019 at 11:45 am
When Luke Murfitt boldly pitched his fledgling cleaning company to the senior project manager of a major London property developer, he soon discovered he was competing against some of the City’s largest commercial cleaning companies. Read More
The ex-druggie bringing hope to Southampton’s addicts
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
Last updated on June 12th, 2019 at 12:02 pm
Meet the former heroin addict feeding dozens of hungry families and addicts on his old council estate
Yvonne sat miserably in the courtroom, clutching a carrier bag.
She’d been arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer who had come to arrest her son – and was so sure she’d be in prison by the end of the day that she’d packed her belongings in advance. Read More
Time to go back to the Bible
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
Last updated on May 27th, 2019 at 07:06 am
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 readers, but alarm bells rang about the lack of in-depth Bible teaching available to them. What follows is by Greg Hibbins. Read More
Still on air at 100
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
Last updated on May 24th, 2019 at 10:24 pm
“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 … Read More
Churchgoers are getting off the pews and onto the streets
May 23, 2019 | Mike Waller
Last updated on May 24th, 2019 at 10:47 pm
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
Last updated on April 1st, 2019 at 09:15 pm
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 | kevinLast updated on April 12th, 2019 at 01:04 pm