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A passion for precision
Can I let you into a secret? It’s something I can too easily feel ashamed of. I have a passion for precision. It can make me hyper-critical. But I can’t help it – I am obsessed [...]
Family worship
‘Religion was established first in families, and there the devil seeks to crush it… The family is the training ground of Church and State; and if children are not well instructed there, both will fail. Families [...]
Focus on Italy
There is perhaps no country in Europe that captures the imagination like Italy. Think of Rome and you think of history. Think of Florence and you think of art. Think of Milan and you think of [...]
Life after university
Leaving university and going into the real world, or indeed heading back home, can be a daunting and exciting prospect. Three recent graduates share their experiences: New challenges Six years ago I graduated from university, where [...]
National prayer: Spurgeon’s sermon to the nation
Sunday 26 May 1940 was, at the request of His Majesty King George VI, observed as a National Day of Prayer for deliverance at a time when Britain was staring military disaster in the face. The [...]
Watch and pray
In gold letters on the clock face of the parish church at Madron, near Penzance, are the words: ‘Watch and pray – time hastes away’. Previous generations who looked to the church tower for the time [...]
Reaching rural Wales
Great to read this. I've been doing a similar thing, going around rura
A little known quarryman in Wales
Thank you for your wonderful article. I happened onto the movie, "Bey
So you have no children?
Thank you so much for writing this article. It is very comforting. It'
The great harvest
I live and worship in Yeadon, in a church born out of the revival. It
Feminine Threads
I was interested in the above review of Diana Severance's book. Althou