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23+ min ago (562+ words) When Ofcom reported that 96% of children aged 3 to 17 were online in 2024, it confirmed what most parents and youth leaders already knew: the digital world is no longer optional. It is the air our young people breathe. And while the internet offers extraordinary opportunities for connection, learning, and creativity, it also harbours dangers that disproportionately target girls and young women. The statistics are chilling. Three-quarters of girls and young women aged 7 to 21 report experiencing online harm. Reports of sextortion involving girls rose by a staggering 2,600% in 2024, with victims as young as 11. Some 81% of victims in over 7,000 offences of sexual communication with a child were girls." But there are things we can do " So, what is to be done? The simplistic advice to "just log off" doesn"t cut the mustard. For some young people, online engagement is not a luxury, but…...

37+ min ago (130+ words) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew departed on Sunday afternoon, 7 December 2025, for Geneva, where he will serve as the keynote speaker at the 12th International Academic Meeting on Orthodoxy and Judaism, titled "Holiness of Place, Holiness of Space." The Patriarch is accompanied at this interfaith gathering by its co-chair, Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, and Grand Archimandrite [] Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew departed on Sunday afternoon, 7 December 2025, for Geneva, where he will serve as the keynote speaker at the 12th International Academic Meeting on Orthodoxy and Judaism, titled "Holiness of Place, Holiness of Space." The Patriarch is accompanied at this interfaith gathering by its co-chair, Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, and Grand Archimandrite Iakovos. Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi has been appointed as the Patriarch's locum tenens during his absence....

38+ min ago (545+ words) Richard Duncan Turnbull was born in South Manchester on 17 October, 1960, the younger son of Alan Turnbull and his late wife, Kathleen, n'e Ormston. On arriving in London, Richard settled at Brandon Baptist Church in Camberwell. Here he would meet his future wife when, just a week after he arrived, Caroline Andrew, a new graduate from Leeds University joined the staff for a year as a careforce worker. Within a month Richard had been appointed as church treasurer." Richard's curacy was served at Highfield Church, Southampton (1994-1998), during which time he became the youngest-ever member of the Press Council. He then moved to be vicar of Christ Church, Chineham, near Basingstoke (1998-2005)." In 2005 the family moved to Oxford where Richard had been appointed Principal of Wycliffe Hall, to succeed Alister McGrath. That year, he received an honorary MA from the University of Oxford....

47+ min ago (561+ words) A group of Christian volunteers have been honoured with The King's Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS. Choices is a community shop established by St John's Church in Carluke, South Lanarkshire. It is run by around 40 volunteers from different local churches. The shop sells a range of items, including good quality second-hand goods, however it also provides space for people to come and receive counselling, work experience, employment skills or simply someone to listen. Jack Battison, the treasurer of Choices, said that staff and volunteers at the shop "feel truly honoured and thrilled" to have their service recognised with the honour. He added that the project was a perfect example of what Christians from different churches can achieve when they "work together in a common purpose" in the name of Jesus Christ. The shop was established in 1993, at least in part…...

47+ min ago (366+ words) On Sunday, 7 December 2025, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at the Divine Liturgy in the Most Venerable Patriarchal Church, during which a Doxology was offered marking the 60th anniversary of the lifting of the 1054 Anathemas by the late Pope Paul VI of Rome and the late Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras on 7 December 1965. Concelebrating with the Patriarch were the Metropolitans Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Apostolos of Derkoi, Dimitrios of the Princes" Islands, Meliton of Philadelphia, Irenaios of Myriophyton and Peristasis, Theoliptos of Ikonion, Stefanos of Kallioupolis and Madytos, Athenagoras of Kydonies, Maximos of Selyvria, Ierotheos of Lemnos and Agios Efstratios, Ioakeim of Bursa, and Theodoros of Seleucia. In his address, the Ecumenical Patriarch reflected on the recent official visit of Pope Leo XIV to the Phanar and their joint pilgrimage to Nicaea, marking the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of 325. He continued: "In the same…...

48+ min ago (575+ words) The Diocese of Winchester has announced plans to establish a new church community in Townsend, on the edges of Bournemouth. The new community will be based at the local YMCA building and will serve the people of the surrounding housing estate. The project is being spearheaded by Rev Ed Haycock, the Diocesan Estates Champion. Rev Haycock said, "The most exciting thing is that God's already here. There are so many Christians in this community. There are so many people interested in faith and asking questions. "For us as a church, we've decided to call ourselves Townsend Church because they already exist. God's people are already here. Our hope is to gather them, to equip and to empower them and give them something to invite their friends, their family, and their neighbours to." He added that a lot of effort has…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago (215+ words) This is Episode 162 of Christian Research Journal Reads." This is an audio version of the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL article, "How Unanswered Prayer Grows Faith, Hope, and Love" by Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage. This article first appeared in the"Christian Research Journal, volume 44, number 03 (2021)." It was accompanied by Postmodern Realities Episode 256: How Unanswered Prayer Grows Faith, Hope, and Love. All episodes are available at the following podcast platforms with more being added daily! You can help spread the word about this podcast by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on and telling others! You can view off our Website at the"at this link"and off our"Journal main page." I Heart Radio " "Amazon Music"Audible" "PocketsCasts" " "Podcast Republic"Goodpods" " " " "Podcast Guru" " "Radio.net" " " " " " " " " "Podverse" " " " " " Also available on the following Smart Speakers. Ask them to…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (300+ words) December 14, Adv3A (Matthew 11:2-11) It is rude, some say, to point. But there's no explaining etiquette to a toddler. I did my share of pointing, too. On our walks to and from the bus stop, with Pippa in the front carrier on my chest, I would point out interesting things to see: here is a daffodil in bloom; there is a robin; look, a man walking his dog. After I'd point, she'd lift her finger to point to each object in turn. One day, on our walk home, Pippa suddenly began pointing insistently. I followed her finger and'dat! There was a groundhog on a front lawn, right in the middle of our city neighborhood, a sight I'd never seen before. For the first time, Pippa had shown me something that I had not noticed on my own. But in this text, after…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago (1174+ words) Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." (Matthew 5:12, KJV) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers." (Acts 7:52, KJV) The biblical position is clear: God's Word, from Genesis to Revelation, defines marriage exclusively as the union of one man and one woman. Any sexual intimacy outside of this covenant is sin, and the celebration of homosexuality or transgenderism is a direct assault on God's created order and a harbinger of national judgment. 2. Women Cannot be Pastors Over Men in the Church I refuse to stop preaching that women cannot be pastors over men in the local church. Thousands of…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago (498+ words) One of the joy of living in Arizona, is the many beautiful sunrises and sunsets. The amazing array of colors and textures often make me stop and stare in awe and imagine the skies are God's canvas, the sunset the picture He's painting. I recall one evening, as I drove home with my four daughters, the clouds caught the rays of the setting sun and changed from pinks and oranges to purples and blues. Three of my daughters and I were oohing and aahing as we watched the display. My fourth daughter glanced out the window and said, "I don't see what's so special." We were shocked that she didn't enjoy the sight as much as we did. Thinking about that evening makes me also remember the story of the birth of a special baby in Bethlehem. I picture that city…...