Madeleine McCann, the little girl from our neighbouring village, Rothley in Leicestershire, was abducted on 3rd May 2007 and is still missing after 1220 days.

We are pleased to announce that the full text of the King James translation of the Bible is now contained on our site, together with a daily reading plan. An index page lists each book in both the Old and New Testaments with links to each book and chapter - also on each chapter page. PLEASE NOTE that the Bible will open in a new tab/window.

Right from page one of the book (and it is 600 pages in length in paperback form), I found that I could hardly put it down. Dan Brown's method of stringing together unrelated facts into a so-called solution to the centuries old mystery of the Holy Grail makes a jolly good read, fascinating, absorbing, intriguing.

In the following  reading the issue is not ownership of possessions but ownership by possessions. Wealth is a hard taskmaster. The person who desires wealth is tempted to make its acquisition top priority. The person who has wealth is tempted to devote his or her life to guarding it and

The story of the Good Samaritan (the Biblical text is contained at the end of this page) may seem very ordinary to us in the 21st century. What would there be in it to surprise the teacher of the law ? Well, the fact that the man who took pity on the injured person was a Samaritan was

A woman bought a parrot, took him home, and then returned him to the pet shop the next day. "That bird won't talk" she told the owner. "Does he have a mirror?" asked the owner. "Parrots love mirrors. They see themselves and start up a conversation." So the woman

The iPhone and iPod Touch hand-helds are becoming very popular, especially as applications, very often free, can be downloaded and used. There is an enormous number of applications available, many of them of a religious nature. I have tried many of them, and here are some of my thoughts. I

May 2010. The Methodist Church has announced the launch of their first app for iPhone and iPod touch. The Methodist App enables people to view daily bible studies, prayers and news from the Church.

In Acts 9:36 we are told that in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which is interpreted as Dorcas, and she was always doing good and helping the poor. Tabitha was engaged in social service. She had the gift of sewing. Do you mean to tell me that sewing is a gift of the Holy

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