Simon Buckley once operated puppets for Spitting
Image, and made a name with his own TV character, Nobby, a
talking sheep. Now, his charges play a slightly different role. He
talks to Martin Wroe
Barbara Pym became known as the novelist of High Church
Anglicanism, and has, over the years, fallen in and out of favour.
In the author's centenary year, Kate
Charles charts her ups and downs
The Charismatic movement has had a powerful and growing
influence on the Church of England over the past 50
years. Ted Harrison traces its
effect
Two diocesan retreat houses have announced their closure this
year. Are there opportunities in the autumn to support those that
remain?
Today, Jimmy Mizen will be remembered in St George's RC
Cathedral, Southwark, five years after his
murder. Christine Miles talks to
Margaret Mizen
Metal-thefts have blighted churches and congregations. At what
stage is legislation now, asks Rebecca
Paveley
CHURCH roofs are a target not only for metal thieves, but for
all sorts of other dangers, both natural and man-made.
Case study: St Mary's, Charlbury
English Heritage picks a selection of buildings worth looking up
to
There is a literary romance, evoked by the country rectory, that
speaks of gentility, serenity, and unchanging values. But this is a
long way from the truth, says Deborah
Alun-Jones
Fifty years ago, Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern
hospice movement, fell in love with the work of the Polish artist
Marian Bohusz-Szyszko. Then she fell for him, too,
says Jonathan Evens
If couples can stay married for the first ten years, they have a
good chance of staying together for ever. To help make this happen,
Harry Benson has designed a course, and written a book. He talked
to Rebecca Paveley
Honest to God, by John Robinson, then Bishop of
Woolwich, made waves when it was published in 1963. Its call to
abandon traditional images of God met with both enthusiasm and
animosity. Fifty years on, Mark
Vernon asks how the book has changed the theological
landscape
Richard Harries was a curate
when Honest to God hit the bookshops, 50 years
ago. He recalls its impact
NHS staff are accused of acting without compassion. The story is
more complex, says Martin Barrow
Accounts of healing can be challenging. Dawn
Knight tells her story
For Gillian Straine, being told that she
was in remission from cancer was, for many years, a Holy Saturday
experience.
Remission from cancer meant that Richard
Evans re-evaluated who he was, and his
relationship with God
Parish nursing was launched in the UK in
2006. Christine Miles looks at how it
has developed
The Liverpool Care Pathway for dying patients has received a
mixed press. Terence Handley
MacMath explains its workings
Should the Church be concerned about obesity? How can it shape
up, asks Christine Miles
Madeleine Davies previews next week's
Faith in Health and Healing conference
We have a commission to heal the sick; so should we actually
pray for a cure? Terence Handley MacMath considers
God's healing mystery