14/01/10 | Posted by Poppy | Permalink | (10) Comments
The earthquake in Haiti this week has injured, made homeless or killed up to three million people according to early news reports. How can God allow this to happen? More ... 
13/01/10 | Posted by MattPage | Permalink | (2) Comments
The gospels only tell us of one occasion when Jesus encountered a woman caught in adultery (John 8). She is dragged before him in front of an unforgiving crowd, baying for blood. They all know the law: she should be stoned to death. More ... 
13/01/10 | Posted by Poppy | Permalink | (1) Comments
For the last ten days I've been struggling to get to work through the snow and although it has been hard at times there have been some real benefits as people remember what it is like to be a community and help each other out. But when the thaw comes will it change how we behave? More ... 
24/12/09 | Posted by ellen | Permalink | (0) Comments
I don't know about you but this year has at times been quite hard for me - ill health, a few disappointments and a lot of changes. But as Christmas gets closer I am reminded that Jesus brought with him a lot of hope. Hope for a world in desperate need. More ... 
16/12/09 | Posted by MattPage | Permalink | (0) Comments
The birth of Jesus has always been a popular subject for art going right back to wall paintings in the Roman catacombs. Since then there have been thousands of paintings and sculptures made about the first Christmas, by many of the greatest names in art history.
So it’s no surprise that many contemporary artists have also attempted to depict the nativity. Interestingly as modern art has developed on the one hand, and Christianity’s privileged position in western society has slipped, Christmas-related works of art have become less straightforward and more complex and challenging More ... 
12/12/09 | Posted by Poppy | Permalink | (6) Comments
We aren't that festive in the Poppy household at the moment as someone close to us if very ill. Every time the phone goes I'm expecting bad news and it seems to be a particularily bad time of year to be in this situation as the last taboo for converstaion seems to be even more strongly observed now than at any other time of year. More ... 
27/11/09 | Posted by MattPage | Permalink | (1) Comments
For many of us, the first time we really understood something about Jesus was perhaps when we starred in a nativity play. It’s a defining moment in many chldren’s lives, yet one rarely explored in the cinema.
Nativity! is the latest film by director Debbie Isitt starring Martin Freeman. Freeman plays Mr. Maddens a primary school teacher who was left with Scrooge-like attitude to Christmas after he was festively dumped by his girlfriend (Ashley Jensen) five years ago. Having previously studied drama, every year he is lumbered with producing the school’s nativity play and his enthusiasm for the project is further hampered by the shining brilliance of a rival school’s winter productions. More ... 
22/11/09 | Posted by MattPage | Permalink | (0) Comments
A Vatican expert claims to have deciphered Jesus' death certificate. Dr Barbara Frale, who works for the Vatican's secret archives, has for many years been studying the Shroud of Turin - the cloth some claim was used to wrap Jesus up after his death. She claims that letters which are imprinted on the shroud were transfered on to it from his death certificate. More ... 
16/11/09 | Posted by Poppy | Permalink | (5) Comments
The prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd has apologised to the hundreds of thousands of people, some British migrants, who were abused or neglected in state care as children and said that he hoped that this statement would lead to a 'turning point' in Australian history. Should an apology come before forgiveness? Is an apology ever enough? More ... 
10/11/09 | Posted by ellen | Permalink | (1) Comments
Jesus and Robbie Williams chat backstage at the X-Factor studios after Robbie has just performed his latest single ‘Bodies’ to a live ITV audience. More ... 
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