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With all the troubles in the Anglican Communion at the moment, and ahead of the Lambeth Conference in a few days’ time, a number of archbishops, bishops, clergy and laypeople gathered in Jerusalem for..

This article here is interesting, about the invention of a washing machine that uses only a cup of water. It works apparently by pounding the clothes with small plastic chips, using a fraction of the ..

A friend told me about what promises to be an extremely useful website. Usually when ringing companies you have to use an 0845 or 0870 number, which are exempt from most calling plans, which means you..

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there’s no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. Jack Handey

I read this verse this morning: Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 1 Peter 2.16 (ESV) The kind of freedom won for us in Christ i..

Here’s an interesting page, on the Grove Books website. They ran a competition to write the story of the Bible in 750 words, and these are the winning entries . I think I might have a go at this mysel..

The following extract is from the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , by Douglas Adams, concerning the Babel Fish : Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly us..

I read James 2 this morning, the almost infamous passage which apparently contradicts Paul’s theology that we are saved only by faith, that there is nothing we can do to earn our salvation. I don’t th..

I am very excited by the launch today of Freesat . It is a joint initiative by the BBC and ITV, and offers free digital and HD satellite TV to 98% of the UK population. I will definitely be investigat..

I voted in the local elections on Thursday. Imagine my shock when I realised that the so-called ‘secret’ ballot is the exact opposite. While my ballot paper doesn’t have my name written on, it may as ..