| No hiding place |
 A man telephoned his friend, only to get his friend’s daughter answering the phone instead.
“Is your father there?” the man asked.
“Yes!” the little girl whispered.
“Then could I speak to him please?”
“No, he’s very busy” , the girl replied in a low whisper.
“Well, is your mother there?”
“Yes,” came the quiet reply.
“Then could I speak to her please?”
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| How to safe the planet |
 What can you and I do to help save the planet? The 10:10 campaign aims is to get everyone reducing their carbon emissions to help the UK reach an overall 10% cut in its carbon emissions by the end of the year.
It’s easy to feel powerless in the face of a huge problem like climate change, but by uniting everyone behind immediate, effective and achievable action, 10:10 enables all of us to make a meaningful difference.
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| My Story: Lesley Mayes |
Lesley Mayes has led a full and colourful life. Moved by the suffering of hospital patients, she questioned her faith and sought answers in ‘New Age’ thinking. Here she tells her story.
My father was in the Royal Navy and my mother was an ambulance driver in the First World War. They both contracted tuberculosis and were sent to a sanatorium in Switzerland to recover – and that is where they met! Fresh air, good food and rest was the medical treatment in those days, as ther
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| When God gets his hands dirty |
Sheila and Patrick Sa muels have a shared passion. Both from Asian Christian families they made a commitment to follow Jesus in very different circumstances and even different countries. Their aim now is to bring God’s love to those in need of comfort and support.
Sheila’s story
I was born and brought up in Lancashire. My earliest recollection of God is that He was always there; part of the furniture in the typical Asian Christian household and that you had to go to Church. The
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| Former BBC newsreader 'chaplain to older people' |
 Broadcaster Debbie Thrower, 52, has been appointed by Churches in Alton as the new ‘chaplain to older people’. Funded by The Simeon Trust, Debbie will be the country’s first Simeon Chaplain, concerned for the spiritual welfare of people in residential care and sheltered accommodation in the town.
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| CultureWatch DVD Review - Where the Wild things are |
 CultureWatch DVD Review Where the Wild Things are Certificate 12 Do you ever wish adults wouldn’t behave like children? Film-maker Spike Jonze believes this is one of our biggest problems: we allow our emotions to rule us, so we’ve become selfish, self-indulgent and demanding. His adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s enchanting children’s book Where the Wild Things Are shows how childish this behaviour is.
The original is a very short picture book, so the film inevitably ma
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| Christians Against Poverty |
As inflation continues to push up food prices, it’s easy to find that one of your biggest expenses is food, especially if you have a family. CAP has these top tips on how to get more for your money and make it go further:
1. Eat seasonally – fruit and veg that is in season is usually cheaper. (http://www.seasonalchef.com/cropcharts.htm)
2. Cook in large batches and freeze portions for another day. Meals like big stews, chilli con carne and soup can all work well when done this
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| Easter confusion |
It’s got beyond a joke. I really must get a grip. 
Friday is shopping-for-the-week day. It’s no fun – but it’s got to be done. My wife and I have a system designed to get the job done and then to get home in the shortest possible time.
The plan kicks off with my dropping her off to start the shopping while I get petrol. So far so good. I return, park, go into the store… and begin to check the isles…
My wife is nowhere to be seen!
It’s th
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| Oberammergau Passion Play 2010 |
 In 1633 the Bavarian village of Oberammergau was gripped by war, poverty and plague. The villagers vowed that if they survived, they would perform a ‘passion play’ re-enacting the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The first performance took place in 1634 and for more than three centuries the people of Oberammergau have kept their word. Every ten years the villagers devote a year of their lives to the production of the Oberammergau Passion Play.
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| Crucifixion for Trafalgar Square |
Over a hundred actors will bring Christ’s trial and execution to the heart of London on Good Friday by staging a Passion Play in Trafalgar Square. Organisers say the free performance will give a ‘unique’ taste of being in Jerusalem on the first Good Friday. The event has the backing of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster. Most Revd Vincent Nichols said: ‘I am delighted that people from so many Christian denominations will be coming together to remind Londoners wh...
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| Ask Y |
 Where God-questions are put to the test This month’s question…
Even though Jesus said he was God it doesn’t mean he was
You are right. Just because Jesus spoke of himself as being God it doesn’t mean he was. Much like the people they used to lock away for believing they were Napoleon.
But Jesus saying he was God does create a trilemma – which is one step worst than a dilemma! Because someone who says they are God can be only one of three things. Either 1)
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| A Life Transformed |
For the past 37 years Glaswegian Bill McGibbon has been working with ex offenders, offenders on release and those at risk of custody. Bill knows fr om personal experience that Jesus Christ can change lives. His life was transformed when he became a Christian in prison. Here is his story.
Bill’s birth was not planned or anticipated with joy. In an outside toilet, his mother tried to abort the baby she carried. If it hadn’t been for his Aunty Annie, Bill would have not survived his ...
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| Remembering God's promises |
 Marion Clarke made her commitment to following Jesus Christ as a teenager and it was through the church that she met her husband Roger. After years of happy marriage, the couple faced their most testing time when Roger was diagnosed with cancer.
After months of treatment for a skin complaint, Roger was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, mycosis fungoides. He was heard to joke that he was a man in a million, the odds for him getting the disease.
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| Christianity Explored |
Recently retired from the police force, Robin Turton has taken on a new role, He’s swapped upholding the law for  encouraging folk to take part in the course Christianity Explored.
Robin’s story
Well, who would have thought it! Halfway through 2009 I completed 30 years’ police service and started to serve with Christianity Explored on a full-time voluntary basis. How on earth did that happen? Read on and I’ll try to explain.
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| Easter or Christmas? |
What do you think? Once I was asked to produce an Easter questionnaire to discover peoples’ views about Easter. One question was whether Easter is more important than Christmas, and called for three brief reasons for the answer. How would you answer that question, and what would your three reasons be?
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| Easter Sport |
 When David Beckham was recalled to the England team after new England coach, Steve McClaren, had very publicly excluded him from his first England squad, The Times summed it up in a cartoon. The cartoon showed a very animated football fan telling a vicar ‘It’s amazing! Beckham was dead and buried. Now he’s been resurrected’. It was an interesting application of the Bible to sport.
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