A World without Christianity ?
The world would be a very dark place without Christianity. Sharon James outlines the reasons why.
January 8, 2024
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One New Year’s Resolution you should definitely adopt!
Among our New Year’s resolutions should be one on building positive views of our old age so that it’s healthy and meaningful.
January 1, 2024
Sorry, Mr Osman, but I’m not buying any more of your brilliant books
The Thursday Murder Club books by Richard Osman are wonderful, but sadly, in his fourth book Mr Osman has betrayed the character of Elizabeth, the lead person, and given a boost to the Dying with Dignity lobby. I won’t read them again and will not buy his new ones.
September 24, 2023
Traffic Officer Brings Mixed Blessing
He’d been the first at the scene of the near-death accident 18 months’ ago, and at a chance meeting this week offered an unusual kindness – but it’s a mixed blessing.
September 15, 2023
Seniors – let’s speak the Name of Jesus over the young ones
Asking older people, especially those of us with life experience, to pray for our teenagers, and speak the Name of Jesus over their lives.
September 9, 2023
Keep smelling the roses: scents strengthen memory and brain functions.
Sleepers inhaling scents for two hours a night (from a diffuser) showed memory improvement and strengthened neuronal function.
August 8, 2023
Dealing with stress and finding rest for your soul
1.3 million people are off work with stress and although there’s a remedy in the Scriptures and a promise of finding rest for our souls, we often find it hard to do.
July 30, 2023
How thankfulness is the key to good mental health
David seemed imprisoned in his negative, hopeless world, but doing what the Scripture said and helped by the Holy Spirit, he is now free.
July 10, 2023
Majority of 40 – 60 year olds fear dementia, YouGov survey reveals, but risk is higher for women
More is known about preventing dementia than ever before. It includes taking care of mental health.
May 20, 2023
Talking more about dying
Hospice UK wants us to talk more about dying and death, as part of its flagship awareness campaign. But we need to look beyond death, to what God has prepared for us.
May 6, 2023
Keep ‘Chilling and Sinister’ Canadian euthanasia out of Scotland
World’s leading expert on palliative care describes how people not contributing to society in Canada are caught in the crosshairs of a predatory euthanasia programme.
April 29, 2023
3 million women forced into providing unpaid care: church members show that they matter
Church pastoral workers standing in the gap as 3 million women and 300,000 men are forced into providing unpaid care.
April 22, 2023
When ‘bailed out and burned out,’ our carers delivered
During the COVID-19 pandemic, carers in not-for-profit residential care homes were better motivated than those in the private sector, says a new report by Warwick Business Schools, showing that motivation makes a huge difference.
April 16, 2023
March 27, 2023
A new session for Brain and Soul Boosting
Pastor Andy Wilcock and his wife Anne-Marie run Brain & soul Boosting sessions in their church, Hampden View in Sheffield. They are popular with people from other churches, who come to join in. Pastor Andy has sent in a brilliant new session they’ve produced on the rainbow in the story of Noah’s Ark.
February 15, 2023
Not wanting a team of bald men like him costs his company £71,000 compensation for ageism
A mobile phone company wanted younger, more dynamic men than the current sales manager, and one line manager said he didn’t want a team of bald-headed men like him – the firm ended up having to pay £71,000 compensation for ageism and discrimination.
February 11, 2023
Third-agers – your country needs you!
Trying to persuade older employees that they’ve made a mistake in retiring early isn’t going to work for the government, but diving deeper into the reason for it will.
December 27, 2022
How much we owe to Mary, the mother of Jesus
The Protestant Church tends to overlook Mary, the mother of Jesus, at Christmas time. But she sacrificed much for us, from the danger of stoning to the approbrium of her community in agreeing with the angel Gabriel.
December 18, 2022
Catch a touch of Christmas blessing before it moves on today!
When children put on Nativity Play for Bethany care home residents, joy lights up like a star!
December 6, 2022
Churches’ work worth over £50 bn a year: it makes sense for govt to fund building repairs
Churches’ work to individuals and communities is worth over £40 bn a year :let the government help with building repairs and keep their working going.
November 18, 2022
