Austin Farrer on The Bible Farrer’s Short Bible, is a selection of readings from the Authorized Translation. It was to help those unfamiliar with the Bible to grasp the essential message. His aim is to explain the most basic facts [...]

All Saints’, Monkland, Herefs Heading west from Leominster into that open country towards the Welsh border, Monkland is the first village that you come to, and you soon spot this little church with the shingled timber broach spire. Closer up, [...]

Ian McCormack is inspired by a new edition of the life of a twentieth century prophet. THE LIFE OF RAYMOND RAYNES Second edition Nicholas Mosley American Church Union, 335pp, pbk No ISBN. £9 including shipping and handling, from The American [...]

Christopher Smith on swearing in front of the magistrate. The Magistrates’ Association has had a bright idea. They are consulting on the oath. It’s all a bit old fashioned, isn’t it? All that silly business about taking the testament in [...]

Ghosts TOM SUTCLIFFE wonders why Ibsen’s controversial play is so rarely performed Ibsen’s play Ghosts has never been staged at the National Theatre - a serious omission in its 50 years’ existence. Probably Ibsen’s most controversial work, written in 1881, [...]

Arthur Middleton on Richard Hooker November 3rd commemorates Richard Hooker, that great Anglican theologian, who presents a constructive synthesis in which the mystical, the intellectual and the institutional are mutually related and balanced. The mystical dimension is rooted in the [...]

Spiritual exercises Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House ‘It is all about eternity’, so said a Priest friend of mine last week. We were comparing notes, in general terms, about Spiritual Direction. ‘It is amazing,’ he went [...]

William Doyle reflects on the constant presence of God Divine Immanence is a truth stated throughout Christian Scripture; God dwells in His creation and is indivisibly present in all His works. This is not meant to imply Pantheism, which describes [...]

In the first in a new series we look at the life of this important devotional Society. The Society of Mary springs from two similar societies founded in 1880 and 1901 respectively, which united in 1931. The Society has members [...]

John Masding explains the importance of the Association in its 75th Anniversary year A private luncheon to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the English Clergy Association was held at the Oxford and Cambridge Club on 9th September. Among those present [...]