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Kids, parents, grandparents, churches, ministers, streets, communities – we’re going on a Christmas adventure and we want you to join us! Our belly-busting Christmas menu of resources is being prepared and there’s something for everyone. So, get out your diary right now a ...

“Saving Lives at Sea” is one of our family’s favourite TV programmes. It shows remarkable rescues performed by the volunteer crews of the RNLI. It’s extraordinary how quickly a lifeboat crew can respond to an emergency call, but even if they run to the lifeboat, launch imm ...

I live in London. I’ve never experienced a significant earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunami or landslide. My disaster preparedness is limited to taking in the washing before it rains! It’s never seemed particularly important to know what to do when the house starts shaking. But I ha ...

This week, I tripped over a whole new corner of the Internet – Ambient Noise websites! Having friends with babies, I knew that you could find white noise online, but I had no idea just how vast and varied the selection of available background sounds now is. Pining for social interaction? St ...

“Mummy loves you. Daddy loves you. God loves you most of all.” I can’t remember exactly when I stopped saying it, but for the first few years of our daughters‘ lives, those were the last words they heard each night as I kissed them and tucked them up in bed. (Or, at least, ...

Have you ever seen news footage of a flood sweeping through a town or village? The crisis response is clear. Boats make their way down roads picking up those who are stranded. Interviews are filmed with residents from their bedroom windows. The strongest and fittest carry the vulnerable to safety ...

It’s a familiar scene: the anxious, shuffling child, the lack of eye contact, the missing item, the reluctance, the embarrassment, then – finally - the confession. “The boy at school laughed at my …. coat / bike / water bottle / lunch box / trainers / hairstyle / face.&rd ...

‘I’m an atheist’ he said in the discussion group after the talk. Despite that, he attended an event in a church building that openly advertised a Bible talk as part of the programme. Not only did he sit through the talk, he took part in the discussion time and openly expl ...

By Dec 2020, the novelty of Zoom church had certainly worn off for us! After nine months of trying to use snacks and excessive enthusiasm to make ‘going to church’ an event for the children, we were all growing tired. So when we began to organise the Christmas service, we were delight ...

We all know what it’s like to be in lockdown. But what might it be like to be locked up, to be a prisoner in a lonely jail cell awaiting punishment? Many of us are looking for new ways to entertain the kids and, let’s face it, ourselves. Perhaps your family Bible times have lost their zing. O ...