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Climate grief

united in lament for a lost world

Comment

Neighbours

Britain is tied to Europe’s destiny

Books & Arts

Sin in art

‘our tainted nature’s solitary boast . . .’

NEWS

Post-Brexit farming plans ‘unclear’

PLANS announced this week for a massive post-Brexit shake-up of gov­­­­­ernment support for agriculture in England have had a mixed reaction

04 Dec 2020

Tips issued for Christmas bubbles and outdoor carol services

THE prospect of large “bubbles” formed from three households over Christmas is giving churches a new challenge as they plan services

03 Dec 2020

Communion in both kinds permitted again

HOLY COMMUNION may now be administered in both kinds under strict conditions, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have told clergy

02 Dec 2020

Worship and carols lead BBC Christmas schedule, despite restrictions

01 Dec 2020

Handle refugees humanely, says Bishop in Europe

04 Dec 2020

Religious-freedom restrictions at highest levels for more than a decade, research finds

04 Dec 2020

Comment

Like it or not, we are tied to Europe’s destiny

04 Dec 2020

Pope Francis confronts the Covid storm

04 Dec 2020

Damned

04 Dec 2020

Features

Climate change: This grief is not private

04 Dec 2020

Climate Change: Everywoman Eve still walks

04 Dec 2020

Climate change: When the tree of life is felled

04 Dec 2020

BOOKS REVIEWED THIS WEEK

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Four books on ‘holy habits’
Catherine Pickford looks at a discipleship-orientated series
Three Vicars Talking, by Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser
Susan Gray enjoys the translation of clerical broadcasting into print
The System: Who owns the internet, and how it owns us, by James Ball
Peter Crumpler reads an investigation into the powerful online
Women in a Patriarchal World: Twenty-five empowering stories from the Bible, by Elaine Storkey
Paula Gooder reflects on encouragement from 25 Bible stories

Faith

An earthed view of creation

04 Dec 2020

3rd Sunday of Advent

03 Dec 2020

Faith: C. S. Lewis, my guardian and my friend

28 Nov 2020

Regulars

Dave Walker

04 Dec 2020

St Gargoyle’s

04 Dec 2020

Have a go at the Church Times caption competition, and read the previous winner and top entries

04 Dec 2020

Gazette

Obituary: Prebendary Patrick Dearnley

04 Dec 2020

Obituary: Sir John Margetson

04 Dec 2020

Obituary: the Revd Edmund Haviland

04 Dec 2020

Forthcoming Events

30 January 2021
How to Rage
An online day conference reflecting on theology, activism and the church   Book tickets

9 February 2021
Preaching in Lent, Holy Week and Easter
From the Festival of Preaching: save the date for a one-day online festival this February.

18 March 2021
Theology Slam Final
The competition for those aged 18-30 returns with a focus on the pandemic.    Find out more

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