New vision for fire-wrecked pier
Keith Hayden invites Christians to get involved in restoring the pier to spiritual as well as visual glory IN OCTOBER 2012 Hastings pier suffered a devastating fire that left it…
From Wolves to Weald
What do Wolverhampton Wanderers, theology, Brighton’s homeless and a food bank have in common? The answer is they’re all passions of Mervyn Weeks, a new pastor in Lindfield, the pretty…
VICAR OF BAGHDAD: “COMPASSION FATIGUE STOPS BBC REPORTING IRAQ VIOLENCE”
CANON ANDREW WHITE, the popular “Vicar of Baghdad”, says that the BBC has given up reporting on the daily violence suffered in Iraq.
IRAN AND WEST “THWART ZIONIST PLOT” WITH NUCLEAR DEAL
IRAN HAS HAILED the nuclear deal it reached with Western powers in Geneva as a victory over “the Zionists”.
Album review: Clannad celebrates 40 years of heavenly harmonies
Nádúr /Christ Church Cathedral (CD and DVD) Clannad (ARC Music) Forty years of heavenly harmonies by Irish band Clannad have been marked with not only a live album and DVD…
Album review: Hope, ache and struggle after the heady days of “Delirious?”
Of Burdens, Birds and Stars Stu G Gone are the days when we used to sing twee “happy ever after” songs about the Christian life. Older and wiser, some of…
CD review: “Deeper wells of worship” in a sung liturgy for a healing service
The Healing Experience Grenville Richard Harding and Jane Weeden Classical music remains on the edge of mainstream worship in the 21st century. Yes, some churches might experiment with a “special…