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How ‘woke’ morality revives the Puritan spirit
THERE is a maxim “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” History has always fascinated me; the mistakes and successes of our ancestors reveal so much about human nature and often have echoes in our own lives and…
Priest in Chelmsford diocese barred from schoolteaching over safeguarding failure
A VICAR in the diocese of Chelmsford has been barred from schoolteaching, and has stepped back from ministry, over his failure to report that a convicted sex offender in his congregation was in danger of breaching a…
Reminder of a hope beyond politics
ON HIS deathbed, the Emperor Constantine was baptised by an Arian bishop, Eusebius of Nicomedia. Yet, last Friday, he was remembered chiefly as the convener of the church Council that rejected Arius’s contention that the Son…
Clergy Discipline Commission reprimands bishops
THE Clergy Discipline Commission has expressed disappointment at bishops’ infrequent use of conciliation in disciplinary cases, in an annual report that also warns that their “lack of attention” has resulted in a “greatly…
Organist’s 25-hour music marathon is fuelled by ‘tea and biscuits’
THE director of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), Hugh Morris, has completed a 25-hour organ marathon to “raise the profile” of the instrument and to raise funds for Play the Organ Year. Mr Morris, accompanied…
Music is the food of love at St Jude-on-the-Hill
WRITING about the consecration, in May 1911, of St Jude-on-the-Hill, the architect Edwin Lutyens’s contribution to the social reformer Henrietta Barnett’s pioneering Hampstead Garden Suburb, the Church Times reporter ended by…
’Tis the season for cathedral Christmas markets
RECORD numbers of people have been attending cathedral Christmas markets, which are fast becoming a fixture in the calendar and contributing to outreach and finances.The markets are country-wide and vary in scale and…
Church Times and Sarum College lecture series returns with spotlight on English mystics
THE Church Times is running a third series of monthly online lectures on Christian spirituality in partnership with Sarum College. The 2026 series, which begins on 26 January, will focus on five English mystics: Margery…
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Methodists launch outdoor advertising campaignTHE first ever outdoor advertising campaign by the Methodist Church in Britain has been launched in London for Advent and Christmas, with the strapline: “You are a gift, Made with…
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