Preparing for dangerous times
Being Wise Shepherds conference for leaders, Emmaus Group, 21 June, Crawley “Are we preparing our people for suffering?” asked organiser Howard Stern in his opening address.
Jackie Pullinger runs her race
Jackie Pullinger, Arun Christian Fellowship, 29 July EVEN AT SHORT NOTICE, Jackie Pullinger was able to pack out the Littlehampton Academy’s hall. Around 600 people came to hear the woman…
We’re closer than we’ve ever been
Marriage may be under attack, but God is in the business of mending broken relationships. This is how Jane and Michael Neal divorced – and remarried 12 YEARS LATER. ONE…
Egypt’s Christians scapegoated by Muslim Brotherhood
In the wake of President Morsi’s overthrow, the Muslim Brotherhood has been venting its fury on Egypt’s Coptic Christians VIOLENCE, intimidation, murders and burning of properties have spiked significantly as…
Why we REALLY need another King George
Prince George of Cambridge is named after the Queen’s father, King George VI. As the nation celebrates his birth, it approaches a much more sombre anniversary: September 3, the outbreak…
A London vicar finds Celtic traditions a breath of fresh air
Creating Community Simon Reed (BRF) A massive wave of ‘Celtic’ books swamped our shores some years ago. It’s been a quiet coastline since, so far as that ancient tide of…
From Tinseltown to salvation
A funny thing happened on the way from the studio Paul Jones and Fiona Hendley Jones at Westergate Revival, 10 July 2013 Paul Jones, the Sixties pop star and actor,…
Letters – August-September 2013
Middle class put off by front page? YOUR LETTER enclosed in the June/July issue states that there was not enough room to publish all the features you wanted to in…
MBE for widowed foster mum
SUE LOGAN thought it was a con job when a letter arrived asking if she’d accept an MBE. The MBE is in recognition of her outstanding care for the disadvantaged,…
Healed of fibromyalgia
After losing her husband in 2011, Jan Whitmore’s loss was compounded by acute physical pain, with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. But this May, she received a complete healing. Now she…