Businessman building faith with LEGO brick workshops
A Bristol man has combined his love of LEGO and his faith in a fun and innovative way to get people talking about some of life’s big questions.
70k run marks Paul’s 70th birthday – to raise £7k for sustainable agriculture in West Africa
To mark his 70th birthday, Norwich man Paul Coleman did not have a party or eat a cake – instead he ran 70km to raise £7,000 for a development project in West Africa.
Dr Amy Orr-Ewing – Mary’s Voice: Advent Reflections to Contemplate the Coming of Christ
Worthy ISBN 9 781346 004523 Price £16.99 182 pages As I write this there are still a few shopping days left before the beginning of Advent. If you have not chosen one yet, why not consider this one. This is a beautifully produced hardback book providing reflections, prayers, and artwork…
Michael Green – A Year with Michael Green: 365 reflections to challenge and inspire your faith
As a young Christian I found books by Michael Green a great help. Then in the early years of being a pastor I found Green’s books, especially on evangelism to be really stimulating.
‘Chapels everywhere – and they are all empty’
You’ve got a generation who know nothing of the gospel. We’ve got chapels everywhere and they are all empty – rotting (Ben, a Welsh pastor) This was the stark picture painted by Ben Franks, a pastor in the Rhondda Valley, at Innovista’s recent trainers’ gathering. Just over a century ago,…
Arun Arora – Stick with Love: Rejoicing in every tongue, every tribe, every nation
The Archbishop of York’s Advent book SPCK ISBN Price £10.99 112 pages I like a good Advent book and Stick with Love is definitely one of them. Arun Arora writes with an engaging style in introducing the reader to a constellation of God’s special people, both men and women, from…
Nancy Pearcey – The Toxic War on Masculinity
We have all heard about men behaving badly. Contemporary models of toxic masculinity in the church and in society have done no-one any favours.
Tish Harrison Warren – Advent: The Season of Hope
IVP Hardback ISBN 978 1 5140 0018 2 £17.99 119 pp The Christian year is relentless. No sooner do we pack away the Harvest Festival things and navigate Light Parties for All Saints Day we begin to think of Christmas. Yet before we get there, we have the season of…
Edward Stourton & Amanda Hancox – Sunday: A History of Religious Affairs through 50 years of Conversations and Controversies
The Sunday programme on BBC Radio 4 has become an institution over the past five decades. It continues to be a place where matters of faith and practice are discussed.
Rev Neil Walpole (left) with the Archbishop of York
Archbishop launches move to renew mission in the north of England
The Archbishop of York plans to celebrate stories of faith in the north of England, as part of renewing the missionary purpose of the Church in the region over the coming years.