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Lent can sound sombre, restrictive, even joyless. And yet, year after year, I return to it with fresh gratitude.Lent is God, in his kindness, giving us time.Here are four reasons...

A Valentine’s Day reflection on love that grows when life gets real Valentine’s Day arrives every year with remarkable self-confidence. It assumes love should be obvious, effortless and permanently exciting....

Dear Friends, Across the UK and beyond, something extraordinary is happening. Strangers are turning up at church services. Atheists are buying Bibles. Hardened sceptics are softening. Even the media is...

It all began on Christmas morning. That quiet moment when the house should be warm, the kettle should be on, and the only thing dripping should be gravy later in...

Celebrating 500 Years of the English New Testament (1526 – 2026) This year marks the 500th anniversary of one of the most world-changing books ever printed: William Tyndale’s English New...

There’s something irresistible about a new year. The fireworks fade and the diet starts again. We stare at the clean page of a brand-new calendar, full of empty squares and...

Christmas Eve – taken from Celebrating Christmas There’s an old quote, ‘It is better to travel hopefully, than to arrive’, attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson. There is something appealing about anticipation...

Jesus – taken from God With Us The time came for the baby to be born, and [Mary] gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and...

Simeon and Anna – taken from God With Us Simeon took him in his arms and praised God . . . [Anna] gave thanks to God and spoke about the child...

The Clergy – taken from God With Us When [Herod] had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to...

Herod the Great – taken from God With Us Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem...

Peace – taken from Celebrating Christmas Peace is certainly one of the seasonal values. One of the great prophetic passages in Isaiah talks about the Messiah as being someone who can...