Common to Man

Spain continues to be affected by the current economic crisis. Last year the number of unemployed people here went over the four million mark for the first time. There are now well over a million families in Spain without a single bread-winner. A lot of people have lost their homes because of not being able to keep up with their Continued…

News from Northern Ireland

It is a cause of great amazement to me that so often we allow ourselves to be dictated to by the strangest of notions. One such notion came to my mind recently during a prayer time. It relates to past blessings. It may be that you have prayed or heard it prayed, or said or had it said to you Continued…

Ups and Downs in TOMAR

Tomar, right in the centre of Portugal is a beautiful little town that, as such, is nearly as old as the country. Of course the Romans were here, then the Arabs and, when Tomar was founded, in 1160, it was done under the auspices of a Catholic Military Order, the Temple Order. Thus, from its very beginning, Tomar has been Continued…

BOOKSHELF

They Were Pilgrims By Sir Marcus L. Loane Banner of Truth 2006, Hardcover, 272 pp. ISBN 9780851519289 The death earlier this year of former Archbishop of Sydney, Marcus Loane, marked the end of a life of varied service in the cause of Christ. Among his enduring legacies are several books, especially those of the biographical variety. Most, though not all, Continued…

Thoughts from the influenza epidemic

VitalyLast October was marked by the storming into our daily life of a severe influenza virus, which took the lives of many people and put thousands of others in our city into hospital beds. It was reported later on that the “long-awaited” virus A (H1N1) had come to Continued…

Introducing Tim & Deb Brooks

BEGINNINGS Forty years ago, Len Holder was the pastor of a small Baptist church in Surrey, where he met some Swiss au pair girls who were converted under his ministry. This seems a far cry from a Christian guest house in the Black Forest, Germany, but this is where Len’s vision for German-speaking Europe was eventually to lead. Haus Barnabas Continued…

A tale of two churches

Pietro and TeresaThe more I go to Sicily, the more I seem to enjoy it. I think this is in large measure because each time I go I get to see a little more of the island, and the Christian people who inhabit it. On this Continued…

A Ray of Sunshine in a cloudy season

“Crisis” is certainly one of the most prominent words in the world today. In many countries factories are closing one after the other and unemployment is growing more and more. Fewer and fewer births in many countries are causing a degree of anxiety, because of future retirements, medical assistance, etc. Assaults, assassinations, famine, financial corruption, rapes, paedophilia, prostitution, divorces, the Continued…