Mark's account of the Day of Crucifixion is very precise about the timings and this short paragraph describes what happened between the sixth and ninth hours. First, there was the cloud. When the Lord Jesus was born there was brightness [...]
Robbie Low considers some aspects of the Christian response to death, bereavement and despair THIS WINTER HAS seen a disproportionate number of deaths amongst families and friends in many congregations and communities. Some expected, some sudden, some at great age, [...]
August 9th 1996 GOOD MORNING. Here is the news. Experts can now confirm the evidence that there was once a very primitive form of life on the planet Earth. For a long time this was thought to be Impossible, because [...]
Tom Sutcliffe wonders how long a "period of reception really is THERE ARE THREE potent phrases by which the Forward in Faith element of the Church of England sets great store: “universal church”, “period of reception”, and “two integrities” - [...]
Angles on Gregory and Augustine QUITE HOW ANGEL-LIKE Pope St. Gregory the Great would have found the modern English tourist in Rome is a moot point. Pilgrims might fare a stage better perhaps. All the same Gregory’s inspiration, at the [...]
Sheila Fletcher argues that the key to enlivening religious education in schools is to meet children where they really are THE STATISTICS are disturbing. More than 93% of 14-21 year olds have no contact with any of the mainstream churches [...]
The second of our series "Reconstructing the Faith CHRISTIANITY HAS ALWAYS had a political aspect1: our Lord was crucified partly because the Roman powers feared He would start a revolution, and partly because Judas Iscariot thought He would not. The [...]
In the light of Rowan Williams' recent letter, David Dale looks again at some of the evidence used to support women's ordination THE BISHOP OF Monmouth’s letter in last month’s New Directions raises fundamental issues. I hope that he will [...]
THE CHURCH has a duty to be involved in politics. Not the advocacy of party but the true “polis” - the common weal of the state. If, as we believe as orthodox Christians, that can only be done by the [...]