Steve Cattell was a career criminal. Dubbed Britain’s most prolific burglar, he spent 24 years behind bars before making a life-changing decision. He became a Christian. Here he tells his story of hope.

Do men today see Christianity as irrelevant - something for women and wimps? Is God intervening in our lives, even if we didn’t recognize his input? Do we really all have a ‘God-shaped’ hole waiting to be filled?

Celebrities may have their brief moment of glory but everyone eventually reduced to dust and ashes. No-one made greater claims for himself than Jesus Christ. Though constantly challenged over the past two thousand years, millions have found the claims to be true, where it matters - in their personal life and daily experience.

‘Think Planetshakers, think of a Hillsong conference with amps.’ Sydney Morning Herald ‘Young people relate to the music; they want a purpose in life, they want to be involved in a service; they don’t just want to be a spectator. There’s nothing wrong with tradition. It’s all about making that tradition speak to the younger generation.’

‘Friendships are so important if we want to feel fulfilled in life. Our happiness, our health and our emotional wellbeing are often linked with how deep our friendships go’. So says David Oliver. ‘But what does being friends really mean? And what can you do to make friends and deepen your friendships?’

Once again it’s that time of year when blood-red poppies contrast with the grey of a November day. The present generation may struggle to appreciate the sacrifice of Remembrance, even with the flag-draped coffins coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan, while the older generation discover once again that time doesn’t really heal the memory – or make up for the lost of two World Wars.

Jess Wilson’s story:

Desperation with life and herself led Jess Wilson to habitual self-harm. ‘For me,’ Jess says, ‘self-harm was a mixture of self-punishment and release the physical pain somehow seemed to lesson my emotional pain.’

Christine Bowmaker (née Bloomfield) has spent a lifetime in athletics – as athlete, coach, mentor and minister. ‘At present I am a coach and mentor to some athletes, just encouraging them really. Making sure that there is someone there to listen to them, shoulder to cry on and to motivate them. I feel there are many facets to what I do – to some I am a coach, to others a mum, to others a motivator or a friendly face, it makes them calm in a stressful