Leader: ’Tis a gift to be sensible

THERE is a story in Rolling Stone, recounted in the press column, of a US pastor who wished to invoke the Holy Spirit.

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100 Years Ago: Old Catholics in England

FOR some twelve years, we understand, there has been on foot a movement for organising an Old Catholic Church in this country.

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Not innocent or perfect, but needing redemption

‘Redemption is a process, in which adults and children are implicated from the beginning of life’

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Paul Vallely: Knowing where you came from

Once, the date would have passed unmarked on the Vallely family calendar.

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Giles Fraser: Do people need saving from this?

No one doubted the devout character of Maude Royden’s faith, nor her intelligence, nor her grasp of the scriptures, nor the power of her oratory.

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Wise up and get the good news out

NEWS IS now a commodity churned out by hard-pressed journalists working in “news factories”.

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These monumental failures

IT IS COLOSSAL, but it has pleased no one.

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Simon Parke: It’s all in the nose

“NO, I AIN’T been licking the cake-mix bowl!” says the child, with cake mix all over his face.

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How ‘spirituality’ helps outreach

SARA MAITLAND said that the word “spirituality” was something that made her angry

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