Celebrating 50 Years of Continuous Publication
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Quote of the Day

Walk boldly and wisely....There is a hand above that will help you on.

Philip James Bailey
Issue 619 - July 2009

New articles...
By hook or by crook

"If you’re regularly carrying £25k to £50k
in drugs and cash,
people want to rob you."


Many of the people from Steve Rawlins old life are either dead or in prison.steve rawlins2.jpg This fact makes Steve even more passionate about telling how his life was transformed by God. ...

By hook or by crook

Who rules your life?
Shell Perris was 15 years old when told she had only eight weeks to live if she continued to starve herself. Her response was to turn her life over to Jesus Christ.

"I was bullied constantly for three years.
I could feel my inner self being squashed.
I felt like I couldn’t trust anyone and that
feeling of
lonliness was slowly taking over."



shell perris 1.jpgShell, short for Michelle, became a Christian while suffering from anorexia nervosa. God healed her and transformed her life.

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Who rules your life?

Cadbury's goes traffik free
When you bite into a bar of chocolate, you may not realise that the cocoa was probably harvested by child labour.cadbury.jpg But, from this Summer, your bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk will use only Fairtrade cocoa in the UK and Ireland. You’ll only have to compromise your diet and not your conscience. ...
Cadbury

My Reason to Hope: Pete McKnight

As I was lying there, a hand stretched down towards me to pull me from my bed. I reached up and grabbed the hand and it gripped me firmly. It began to pull me upwards, through the ceiling, up through the clouds, and towards the sky.hand.jpg I knew it was Jesus pulling me upwards and taking me home. Suddenly someone jumped up from the earth and grabbed onto my feet to try and stop me leaving…

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My Reason to Hope: Pete McKnight

St. Swithin's Day: 15th July

"St Swithin’s day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithin’s day if thou be fair
For forty days ‘twill rain na mair"

Why do we still blame a rainy July weather forecast on a man born nearly 1200 years ago?

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St Swithin’s Day: 15th July

Fiddles to success

Sara Watkins, the self-titled debut album from the former Nickel Creek fiddle player, is a glorious mixture of folk, country, gospel and pop.sara watkins2.jpg
Produced by former Led Zeppelin bassist, John Paul Jones, it features original songs written by Sara plus inspiring cover tracks.

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Fiddles to success

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