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Featuring Day by Day with God

Articles | 16.08.2026

Continuing our summer series highlighting the riches of our new September-December Bible reading notes. This week we feature Day by Day with God.

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Illuminating The Upper Room

Articles | 09.08.2026

Continuing our summer series highlighting the riches of our new September-December Bible reading notes. This week the spotlight is on The Upper Room.

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Highlighting Guidelines

Articles | 02.08.2026

Continuing our summer series highlighting the riches of our new September-December Bible reading notes.

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Spotlight on New Daylight

Articles | 26.07.2026

The September–December issues of our Bible reading notes are now available, and over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting some of the riches to come.

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Dementia, God, and the Church – part 2

Articles | 19.07.2026

The second extract from Dementia, God, and the Church: Journeying with hope, published 24 July 2026.

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Nicaea 1700 – part 3

Articles | 20.07.2025

Marking the 1,700 years of the Nicene Creed, Stephen Rand offers a personal and thought-provoking essay from his own Baptist perspective.

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Nicaea 1700 – part 2

Articles | 13.07.2025

Gordon Giles, theologian, musicologist and canon chancellor of Rochester Cathedral, reflects on the powerful relationships between music, prayer and belief.

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Nicaea 1700 – part 1

Articles | 06.07.2025

Mike Royal, general secretary of Churches Together in England, marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed.

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After well over two years of planning the fourth Messy Church international conference took place last weekend. Read all about it! Articles

All together! Messy Church conference 2025

Articles | 29.06.2025

After well over two years of planning the fourth Messy Church international conference took place last weekend. Read all about it!

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Highlighting Guidelines

Articles | 22.06.2025

The latest in an occasional series highlighting the riches of our Bible reading notes. This week Guidelines with Helen Paynter.

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Loving those who are different 2

Articles | 15.06.2025

The second reflection by Inderjit Bhogal, looking ahead to Refugee Week 16–22 June.

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Loving those who are different 1

Articles | 08.06.2025

The first of two reflections by Inderjit Bhogal, looking ahead to Refugee Week, 16–22 June.

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Looking forward to Pentecost

Articles | 01.06.2025

Looking forward to a very special Pentecost celebration on Bromley Common.

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Thy kingdom come 2025

Articles | 25.05.2025

To mark the 10th anniversary of the global prayer movement Thy Kingdom Come, Rachel Tranter reflects on the Lord’s Prayer.

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Farewell to Erica Roberts

Articles | 18.05.2025

We say farewell and Godspeed to Erica Roberts, stalwart of the Anna Chaplaincy network from the earliest days.

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