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Posted 19 hours 24 min ago
I was pleased to call at the Church of St Mary de Castro in Leicester this winter. Its peculiar name has less to do with Cuban dictators than the Latin word for 'castle' in the shadow of which it once stood. It is an Anglo-Catholic congregation; Simon Jenkins' waspish comment in England’s 1000 Best Churches made me smile:
Posted 1 day 19 hours ago
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, is said to have been killed in this weekend's US and Israeli attacks. War always causes destabilisation, and I fear for the Iranian people and its persecuted Christian community, as well as repercussions around the world. Iran’s Shia regime counterbalanced the Saudi Sunni regime; removing the one may well strengthen the other.
Posted 3 days 19 hours ago
Twice now I have passed and briefly inspected the Quinta Congregational Chapel in Shropshire, albeit from without. On the last occasion, in the autumn, I arranged to meet the minister, Dr James, who sold me seventy pounds’ worth of books on the Welsh Revival and puritanism (he is also in the business of republishing very fine Christian books).
Sunday Worship 10.45am & 6.00pm