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2 days ago

Appeal judges quash murder conviction of former churchwarden and order a retrial A FORMER churchwarden, Benjamin Field, who was sentenced in 2019 to life for the murder of a teacher and fellow churchgoer, had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Thursday. The son of a Baptist minister, Mr Field was imprisoned for a...

A former #churchwarden, Benjamin Field, who was sentenced in 2019 to life for the murder of a teacher and fellow churchgoer, had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Thursday

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School assembly songs go ‘pop’ to inspire youth worship A NEW programme that uses popular school-assembly songs to inspire worshipping communities seeks to “double the number of children and young people as active disciples by 2030”. iSingPOP is the singing, performing, and resourcing project of the ch...

A new programme that uses popular school-assembly songs to inspire worshipping communities seeks to “double the number of children and young people as active disciples by 2030”

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Free Churches warn over right to protest as Crime and Policing Bill reaches final stages THE leaders of Free Churches in the UK have raised the alarm about the Government’s move to require the police to consider previous and planned protests in the same area when deciding whether to impose conditions on a demonstration. The Crime and ...

The leaders of #FreeChurches in the UK have raised the alarm about the Government’s move to require the police to consider previous and planned protests in the same area when deciding whether to impose conditions on a demonstration
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Wiltshire Police confirm investigation into fraud allegations brought by Church of England WILTSHIRE POLICE “have been contacted by the Church of England regarding allegations of fraud” and an investigation is ongoing, the force confirmed this week. The statement came a week after the Church Times revealed that the Bishop of Salisbury, ...

Wiltshire Police “have been contacted by the Church of England regarding allegations of fraud” and an investigation is ongoing, the force confirmed this week

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3 days ago

I will go on saying what must be said, Pope responds to berating by Trump Pope Leo defends himself against angry remarks by US President, who claimed that the American Pontiff owed his election to him

The #Pope has defended himself against angry remarks by President #Trump, after the US President claimed that the American Pontiff owed his election to him

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Young violinist reflects on his ‘Pilgrimage of hope’ ANTHONY KNIGHT, who turned 20 on Monday and is in his second year at the Royal College of Music (RCM), remembers the moment when he dreamed up the idea now called the “Pilgrimage of hope”, during which he has toured hundreds of churches across the...

Anthony Knight has toured hundreds of churches across the UK and Europe, playing the violin and raising funds for charity 🎻⛪ James Macintyre meets him

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Artemis II astronaut expresses gratitude to God after successful mission ONE of the astronauts on the Artemis II space mission, Victor Glover, thanked God after the crew touched down safely on Friday. Mr Glover was speaking in Houston, Texas, at the weekend, after the four-person crew returned safely from their journey...

One of the #astronauts on the #ArtemisII space mission, Victor Glover, thanked God after the crew touched down safely on Friday 🚀 🌌

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5 days ago

3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 2.14a,36-41; Psalm 116.1-3,10-17; 1 Peter 1.17-23; Luke 24.13-35 THE most important theological question that Christians can ask about their faith is: “Is it true?” The most important historical question that Christians can ask about their fa...

Cally Hammond reflects on the lectionary readings for 19 April 📖

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Book review: The Crown of Thorns: Humble gods and humiliated kings by Faith Tibble FAITH TIBBLE traces the representation of the Crown of Thorns, in Western iconography, from the so-called Passion Sarcophagus (c.350, Vatican Museums) to the present day. A concluding chapter races from the 14th century to the present and includes...

Nicholas Cranfield reviews The Crown of Thorns: Humble gods and humiliated kings by Faith Tibble 📚

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Book review: Exploring Spirit: Finding what matters in a broken world by Giles Goddard GILES GODDARD’s new book, Exploring Spirit, is attractive, profound, and well worth reading and then reading again. He writes beautifully, in an almost lyrical style, which is clear and easily accessible — whether he is writing about deep mystical...

Lyle Dennen reviews Exploring Spirit: Finding what matters in a broken world by Giles Goddard 📚

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Music review: Sad and Beautiful World, album by Mavis Staples Peter Barrett listens to Mavis Staples, now 86

‘She makes these songs her prayers, to shine light in dark times’

Peter Barrett listens to Mavis Staples, now 86

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Donate: Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) still open OUR thanks to everyone who has donated to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund appeal this Lent. Donations so far have reached a total of £17,736.99, which will be added to a generous legacy received last year. In 2026, TAP will once again s...

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Faith for Holy Places PEOPLE often talk of holy places as “thin”, where the boundary between this world and the heavenly realm is so porous it’s barely there. These are usually ancient sites of prayer and pilgrimage, or of astounding natural beauty. I relish these, but...

Catherine Fox reflects on the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, where the ‘sense of the holy is hidden’

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Faith: In my end is my beginning IN 1994, the BBC was at its most imaginative and creative. Starting on the Eve of Palm Sunday, it broadcast the première of Sir James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross over seven nights. To my mind, this work stands as the equal of anyth...

Andrew Davison offers a theological analysis of James MacMillan’s Seven Last Words 🎶✍️

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Book review: Convent Wisdom by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita THIS book is nuns for the TikTok generation: the authors, who met at Brown University while working for their doctorates, run a popular podcast, Las hijas de Felipe. Although their writing is clearly well informed by their studies, it has somethin...

Hilary Pearson reviews Convent Wisdom by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita ✍️

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Book review: All is not Loss by Duncan MacLaren, and Ashes to Crowns by Kate Patterson IT MAY at times be hard for us to believe that death can lose its sting, and yet here we are offered convincing evidence that, with patience, time, and courage, grief can bring transformation and growth. Duncan MacLaren is a priest in the Scottish...

Jennie Hogan reviews All is not Loss by Duncan MacLaren, and Ashes to Crowns by Kate Patterson 📚

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Ashley Banjo on BBC’s Pilgrimage: ‘Conversion was never the mission’ Psalms, regular churchgoing, and physical fitness helped the dancer Ashley Banjo to complete the BBC’s Pilgrimage, he tells Susan Gray

Psalms, regular churchgoing, and physical fitness helped the dancer Ashley Banjo to complete the BBC’s Pilgrimage, he tells Susan Gray

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Analysis: Desperate times call for lament Giles Goddard suggests a spiritual practice that does not yield to despair

Giles Goddard suggests a spiritual practice that does not yield to despair

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Book review: Goethe: A life in ideas by Matthew Bell THE name of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is perhaps the first that comes to mind when thinking about German literature, certainly before the 20th century. Some regard Goethe as Germany’s “national poet”, drawing parallels with England’s Shakespeare ...

Natalie Watson review Goethe: A life in ideas by Matthew Bell 📚

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Evangelical Alliance survey suggests complex picture of faith in public life A cross section of 884 Evangelicals asked about their Christian experiences

Evangelicals broadly feel free to live out their faith, but almost half believe that it has been harder to practise it publicly in the UK in the past five years, a survey from the Evangelical Alliance suggests

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Book review: God, Struggle, and Suffering in the Evolution of Life by Christopher Southgate, et al. THIS sparkling collection is available free of charge on Open Access for those with links to subscribing colleges — a very welcome innovation. Nevertheless, even if you have to pay, it is well worth buying. It gathers together a distinguished grou...

Robin Gill reviews God, Struggle, and Suffering in the Evolution of Life by Christopher Southgate, et al

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Book review: Goethe: A life in ideas by Matthew Bell This biography skips anecdotes for the work, says Natalie Watson

Natalie Watson review Goethe: A life in ideas by Matthew Bell 📚

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Patriarch Kirill praises Putin’s ‘daring’ Ukraine raids Message published as the Ukrainian President Zelensky proposes Easter ceasefire

Patriarch #Kirill of Moscow, praising the elite Russian Guard for its “glorious accomplishments” during the war against Ukraine, has reiterated his Church’s support for President Putin’s “most daring projects”.

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2 weeks ago

Notebook: Patrick Kidd Patrick Kidd on real tennis, mini-rugby festivals, sportsmanship, and counting Harry Potter characters in a procession

Patrick Kidd on real tennis, mini-rugby festivals, sportsmanship, and counting Harry Potter characters in a procession ✍️

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Faith: Freedom from the blame game THERE are two approaches to thinking about the meaning of Jesus’s death. One focuses on the effect of his death on the individual believer. The other asks what has been achieved by that death, even apart from its impact on believers. The first app...

Richard Harries reflects on different understandings of the atonement ✍️

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Lent series: How fantasy can enrich reality GOOD FRIDAY Tolkien, Lewis, and the Road to the Cross C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King; and “The Dream of the Rood” (anonymous) THE events of Good Friday are so seminal, so foundational ...

"Meet these events afresh this Good Friday. Imagine being there: put yourself in the shoes of the onlookers, the soldiers, the thieves on the cross"

Reflection: Read Mark 15.16-39 ✝️

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2 weeks ago

Podcasts review IN THE episode “Rosamund Pike: Failure is Pretending to be Someone You’re Not”, of the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, the Oscar-nominated actor speaks of her experiences with failure in various aspects of her life, including language, and...

Azariah France-Williams on How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, Atonement: The John Paulk Story, A Slight Change of Plans, and The Bible for Normal People 🎧

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100 years ago: Viceroy keeps Good Friday THE Liverpool Post chides Lord Irwin, who lands at Bombay on Good Friday, because he has postponed his official reception and has expressed his intention of going straight to church. Our contemporary regrets that an Indian Viceroy should prefer hi...

From our archive: April 1st, 1926 📰

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