A fresh start
Ian McCormack encourages us to make the most of the golden opportunity provided by the legislation of 14 July Monday 14 July 2014 was a sad day for the Church of England. As Catholics seeking to live out our vocation [...]
Thought of the day
What really matters We live in a world so very aware of itself through 24-7 media coverage. Each day the news channels make us aware of sudden death, conflicts abroad, scandals at home and the rise and fall of celebrities. [...]
editorial
Perhaps one of the most disturbing things I have read recently, written by a Christian, came from the pen of Canon Rosie Harper. Addressing members of the House of Lords on the issue of so-called 'assisted dying' she said: `Let [...]
touching place
ST ETHELDREDA, GUILSBOROUGH, NORTHANTS Northamptonshire being Northamptonshire, you expected — and got — a spire. This is not one of those stately Nene Valley masterpieces that you see at Warmington, Kettering or Oundle, as the 14th c. tower is topped [...]
Book of the month
George Nairn-Briggs is prompted to consider the power of forgiveness AGAINST THE ODDS True Stories of Forgiveness and Healing Carmel Thomason BRF, 192pp, pbk 9781841017396, £8.99 It was a delightful surprise to find that I knew a number of contributors [...]
the way we live now
Christopher Smith worries that we may be on the way to a 'Fixed Period' There are, of course, many ways in which a perfectly pleasant evening can be soured at the end: a difficult journey home, food poisoning, discovering that [...]
SECULAR LITURGIES
The German question Tom Sutcliffe encourages us to visit an array of fascinating exhibitions in Hanover Anglicans are bound to have mixed feelings about these matters because did not our prize Anglo-Catholics in 1688 refuse to swear fealty to King [...]
faith of our fathers
Arthur Middleton on Transfiguration If in prayer you have been listening and have heard what is happening then a language may well have been communicated, which will have come from the One who lives and speaks in you, spontaneously communicating [...]
GhostlyCounsel
Living truthfully Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House 'Everyone who is of truth listens to my voice' (John 18.37, ESV). If life in the Spirit is one of 'listening and response to the Lord', it must be [...]
views, reviews and previews
THE FIRST GEORGIANS Art and Monarchy 1714-60 The Queen's Gallery 11 April-12 October Admission £9.75, concessions available It was one of the triumphs of Queen Victorias image makers that they played down the Germans. Not so much Albert but Victoria's [...]