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BEAR NECESSITIES Bear Grylls says faith is a backbone Page 8
MOSS FREE THE STONES HAVE BEEN ROLLING FOR 50 YEARS writes ANDREW STONE
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IT’S only rock’n’roll but for half a century the Rolling Stones have been giving their fans plenty of musical satisfaction. The band’s origins go back to an afternoon when, according to Keith Richards, the tumbling dice of chance saw him bump into Mick Jagger at Moving like Jagger – Mick in action
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PETERBOROUGH POLITICIAN AT SALVATION ARMY
CHURCH RESPONDS TO ASSISTED DYING DRAFT
‘No change unless no risk’
STEWART JACKSON, Conservative MP for Peterborough, described the Peterborough Citadel Salvation Army as ‘a church with its sleeves rolled up’ when he visited a day service for older people. Mr Jackson (centre) met the people who run and use the Young at Heart service, which offers activities, outings and talks. A luncheon club runs on the same days, providing people with affordable hot meals. Young at Heart is part of Peterborough Citadel Salvation Army’s Good Neighbours scheme, which aims to help older people live independently and overcome loneliness. As well as Young at Heart and the luncheon club, the Salvation Army church runs a befriending service which makes weekly visits and telephone calls to older people. Mr Jackson, who is a board member of the Good Neighbours scheme, said he was glad to see the Peterborough Citadel Salvation Army addressing the needs of the community.
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YOUR prayers are requested for Jonathan, who has been bereaved of his father; for Heidi, that her unborn baby will be safe; and for Ruby, who has developed arthritis.
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THE Church of England has told the Government that a change in the law in assisted dying would ‘permit people The War Cry invites readers to actively to participate in bringing about the deaths of other send in requests for prayer, including individuals, something that … has not formed part of the legal the names of individuals and details landscape of the United Kingdom since the abolition of capital of their circumstances. Send your punishment’. requests to PRAYERLINK, The War In a response to an all-party parliamentary group’s Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, LonSafeguarding Choice: A Draft Assisted Dying Bill for Consultation, the Church of England Mission and Public don SE1 6BN. Mark your envelope Affairs Council said that the draft Bill ‘fails sufficiently ‘Confidential’. to recognise its potentially damaging consequences. It is essential that society values and affirms the life and wellbeing of each of its members, regardless of age, illness, disability or economic or social status.’ The response continues: ‘The question must be asked: on balance, might a change in the law place more vulnerable people at increased risk of neglect, marginalisation or abuse? Unless the answer can be The War Cry has gone digital. As a demonstrable and well as being available as a printed ON TOUR WITH convincing “no” it newspaper, The War Cry is now available would be negligent LIONEL RICHIE via an app. the extreme to p4 incontemplate ‘By downloading a free app onto their such a Apple or Android smartphone or tablet, change.’ COMMENT p6 readers will be able to get all the benefits THE Salvation Army of the War Cry LIFESTYLE p7 supplied drinks and snacks for emergency services personnel they love in the palm of their who had been working for PUZZLES p12 hand,’ says the hours at the scene of a collapsed paper’s Editor department store in Ghana. The INNER LIFE p13 Major Nigel building in Accra collapsed Bovey. while staff were conducting morning devotions. Nine people FOOD FOR THOUGHT p14 were killed but about 60 victims were rescued from the rubble by WHAT’S COOKING? p15 emergency services.
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From page 1 Dartford railway station. They had been primary school friends and, there on the platform, they discovered a shared love of the blues. Since then, the music world has never been the same. Tomorrow (Sunday 25 November) 20,000 fans will pack London’s O2 Arena for the first of two 50th anniversary concerts. Another full house is lined up for Thursday. Tickets for the gigs sold out in just seven minutes, leaving many fans shattered at being unable to go to what promises to be one of the greatest music parties of the year. But some 600 Stones fans would claim that their band’s best anniversary concert was held in Paris last month. They were the fortunate few who bagged tickets for a warm-up gig in a small club called La Trabendo. With some in the crowd no more than three metres away from the stage, the ageing rockers played a string of hot licks. Their fans were as excited as Jumpin’ Jack Flash, saying their heroes gave a better, more energetic performance than when they were half their current ages. ‘They seemed really happy,’ one excited fan told reporters. ‘We were right next
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Getting near to people we admire is exciting to them, we could see them perfectly.’ Other members of the audience told how they had queued for hours for the chance to get close to the stars. The prospect of getting near to people we admire is always exciting. Whether our heroes come from the world of music, drama or sport, the opportunity to be in the same room as them – up close and personal – is one not many of us would miss. As a result of meeting a big name, some people’s lives have never been the same again. That happened to the people who rocked up to meet local hero Jesus.
Zacchaeus, who cheated people out of money, became generous. An overly ambitious man, John, found peace by focusing on others. Nathanael, who was prejudiced and cynical, became openminded and loyal. The Bible explains such transformations in this way: ‘Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new’ (2 Corinthians 5:17 Contemporary English Version). The great news is we can personally encounter Jesus today – and he can change our lives just as dramatically. We may not have lived perfectly. Perhaps we have been driven by greed, ambition or prejudice. But, if we ask him, Jesus will forgive us for any of our failings and give us a fresh start. With Jesus by our side, our past will fade away. We can get rolling with him on a new and better life.
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Interview
Taking centre stage Singing superstar Lionel Richie is on tour. His support act for the UK dates is PHILIPPA HANNA. She speaks to Renﾃｩe Davis about touring with superstars, faith and miracles
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EING on the O2 stage in London, performing to 20,000 people is one of the highlights of my life,’ says Philippa Hanna, who is supporting Lionel Richie on tour. ‘Music is the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do. I can’t imagine doing anything else.
‘My career took a long time to take off. As a teenager I went off the rails and was a bit naughty. I wasn’t very confident and I found it terrifying to sing in front of people.’ Philippa auditioned for BBC show Fame Academy and was on standby to go into the house. She didn’t get in. She also auditioned for a local television competition and came last. ‘After lots of knock-backs, I was at a really low point. Things weren’t so good with my family and relationships either,’ she says. ‘At the Fame Academy auditions, I met a guy. We became a couple and I moved house to be with him. It was an unhealthy relationship and just added to the feeling of not knowing what to do with myself.’ Philippa then became friends with a guy who became a Christian. ‘Seeing his transformation inspired me and gave me hope,’ she remembers. ‘It made me think: “Maybe I could have a different life.” I met a few more Christians and in 2004 ended up at a Christian music event. One of the songs was about casting your burdens on the Lord because he cares for you. ‘I started to have a big revelation about all my burdens. I was counting them up in my head, thinking: “Well, my family life is a bit complicated, my relationship is not very healthy, I don’t believe in myself, I am lost and I have no confidence. OK, God, if you’re willing to sort this out I am willing to take a chance on you.” He came into my life and started changing it.’ Philippa moved to Sheffield to become part of a church. They encouraged her to surrender her ambitions to God because he had good plans for her. ‘It was very difficult at first,’ she admits. ‘To make ends meet, I got a job as a waitress. I also became part of the church worship team. It was incredible for me to be part of music that was for a bigger purpose and not just for performing. It really inspired me. I picked up my guitar again and started to write new songs. ‘When I played the new songs and told my story, people reacted positively. My friend Andy said he would like to manage me and I agreed.’
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‘I am Amazing’ is available from philippahanna.co.uk
Since then, Philippa has recorded two successful Christian albums, entitled Taste and Watching Me. She also has a live acoustic EP titled Out of the Blue. ‘Within a few months of my career starting, I played on a BBC Christmas special with singer-songwriter Graham Kendrick. ‘He became a friend. He mentored and embraced me as a young artist. He took me on two of his tours. I will also never forget being a support act for the group Delirious? It was only a year into my career and to find myself on a big stage was amazing.’ Philippa is now supporting Lionel Richie on his latest tour. ‘On the tour I sing inspirational folky soul and have announced a free download of my song “I am Amazing”,’ Philippa says. ‘It’s about how we are knitted together in our mother’s womb and how God planned us. That’s the kind of message I wanted to leave people with.’ Philippa believes that God’s love can be shared on many platforms outside the Church.
God came into my life and started changing it
‘God is bigger than we make him. We shrink him into little churches and little events, and God speaks through many things. There is a place for music which celebrates life and brings people together, and you can impart God’s love through that.’ Philippa also intends to share God’s love through her upcoming book about the miracles that have taken place in her life. She shares a few. ‘Getting the Lionel Richie gig was a miracle. So was meeting my husband, Joel. He has demonstrated God’s love to me. This has helped to shape who I am. Then there are examples of God’s provision. When I was waitressing I was given a £20 tip. On Christmas Eve, I felt God tell me to put it in the offering plate at church. I did. Then on Boxing Day, I got a £500 tax rebate. I just knew it was God at work.’ Philippa says that the book – which is currently untitled – is for anybody whose faith is sleeping, and is a testimony of transformation for anyone who is not a believer. Philippa is also working on her third studio album, due out in March. But throughout her busyness, she continues to rely on God. ‘I stand on God’s word and float out there on his strength. His power is made perfect in my weakness.’
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ACTOR Tom Ellis Q – who stars in BBC One’s The Secret of Crickley Hall and who plays heart-throb Gary Preston in the comedy Miranda – told the commuter newspaper Metro that his Christian upbringing had a positive impact on him. Tom said: ‘It’s given me a strong moral code, which is useful when making decisions in life. It also means you try to have an understanding of people. I don’t go to church and wouldn’t say I was religious but it’s given me a reference point in my life.’
THIS week The War Cry is making history. And its history goes back a long way. First published on Boxing Day 1879, it started life as a Victorian four-page paper and has rolled off the presses ever since. Not even two world wars could stop production. During the Second World War, The War Cry survived the Blitz. Based in offices a mortar shell away from St Paul’s Cathedral and sometimes handprinted on rationed paper, The War Cry never missed a beat. The War Cry remembers the Sixties and went full colour in the Nineties. Today, issue No 7092 marks a new milestone. From this issue, as well as being available as a printed newspaper, The War Cry enters the digital age. There are a number of versions of The War Cry in the 125 countries in which The Salvation Army works. This – the oldest – is the first version in the world to go digital. We are now available on smartphones and tablets via an app with instant global reach because we believe we have a world-changing message for all generations. We believe that everyone needs to hear the good news about peace with God through faith in Jesus Christ. We need to reach those who reach first for a handset with this lifeenhancing gospel.
Human The printed version of The War Cry is not going away, not least because we also need a human face. Every week faithful, dedicated War Cry distributors make this paper available on streets and in markets, prisons, airports, clubs and pubs. Every week readers look forward to that genuine concern for their wellbeing – the human contact, the ‘God bless you’, the shared prayer, the practical help – that means so much. The printed War Cry is here to stay. We hope, dear reader, that you are too. Please continue to get your copy every week from your usual place. But please also tell those who don’t that they can get it on their phone – and wish them appy reading.
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Vicar notes tenner success A VICAR who made headlines for handing out £10 notes to his congregation with the instruction to use it for something good has been ‘sparking a Rev-olution of kindness’, reported the Daily Mail. According to the paper, after the Rev Paul Peverell
handed out the monetary gifts during a harvest service at Christ Church in Great Ayton, ‘the “doing something good” started almost immediately’. The article highlighted some of the ways in which people had spent their money. One woman bought
materials in order to make bracelets, which she aimed to sell to raise money for the church’s Syria appeal. Other parishioners bought dog food for an animal rescue centre, baked cakes for university students and took friends out for dinner. The paper went on to explain that, although Mr Peverell handed out more than 240 £10 notes, the ‘original money came from funds My Dear General – Letters to William Booth from the raised by churchgoers 21st Century and wasn’t needed for Wesley Harris building repairs or other maintenance’. Salvo Publishing
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der of The WHAT would William Booth – the founder Salvation Army – make of the organisation ion in the 21st century? In his imaginary correspondence, nce, former War Cry Editor Wesley Harris asks the founder der for his thoughts and insights, through a series of letters addressed to ‘My dear General’. Harris considers the movement’s beginnings, ginnings, reflecting on Booth’s childhood, his marriage rriage to Catherine Mumford and his early Christian ian ministry. He goes on to explore the expansion of the e organisation’s work overseas. Other letters focus on issues ssues affecting c and the role today’s churches, such as prayer, music of women. At the end of each letter, ter, Harris puts forward some further her questions, ideal for group up discussion or personal reflection. He concludes s by highlighting a particular Bible passage and suggesting a topic for prayer. The book includes historic photographs of the Booth family, as welll as images of The Salvation ion Army at work in its early days. Salvation Army founder William Booth
Lifestyle
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Keep your house in order
A BADLY maintained home cannot be a cosy home. That’s the key message of National Maintenance Week, run by SPAB (the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings). The aim of the week, which began yesterday (Friday 23 November), is to remind anyone who looks after a building – regardless of its age, type or purpose – of the simple steps they can take to prepare for the winter weather. Since 2009, SPAB has co-ordinated a research project into the energy efficiency of old buildings. Results have regardless of the construction, shown that traditionally construct- material or age of a building, if ed properties perform better than it is poorly maintained it cannot is commonly supposed. In fact, on- be energy-efficient. For example, site research suggests that 73 per leaking roofs, faulty gutters and cent of the traditionally built walls blocked drains can lead to damp, sampled – including those built of and a damp building can be cold limestone, slate, granite and cob – and unhealthy. While SPAB recognises that the lost less heat than expected. The research also shows that, energy efficiency of all buildings A cosy home comes from good maintenance
must be improved, the misapprehension of the degree of heat loss through traditionally built walls in particular could have negative consequences for historic buildings. This could lead owners to adopt inappropriate energy-saving schemes that may be less effective than hoped for, and also be harmful to the fabric of a building and to the wellbeing of its inhabitants. With this in mind, this year’s awareness week goes back to basics and encourages
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Tips to make a difference O Maintain your building and catch problems before they catch you. O Repair a leaky roof or blocked gutter and find the source of a damp problem. A dry house is a warmer house. O Install efficient heating systems and controls. Design your heating system around how you use the building and make the controls as user-friendly as possible. O Control air infiltration by keeping on top of internal decoration. Hang thick curtains and install window draught-proofing, secondary glazing or wooden shutters. O Insulate lofts and underfloor voids, but do not block or impede ventilation in those areas, as this can lead to problems. O Ventilate moisture away at the source from bathrooms and kitchens before it circulates and condenses.
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homeowners (and people who care for public buildings such as churches, village halls and local authority properties) to be aware of the simple and economic maintenance steps they can take at the beginning of winter to stave off costly major faults and damage at a later date and to improve energy efficiency. On founding SPAB in 1877, William Morris said: ‘Put protection in place of restoration. Stave off decay by daily care.’ That simple message, says SPAB, is as vital today as it was 135 years ago.
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Interview
BEAR GRYLLS tells Philip Halcrow how faith can lie
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E has climbed the world’s highest mountain. He has battled white-water rapids in a makeshift raft formed from a parachute. He has slid down a scree slope while rocks flashed past his head. Bear Grylls is wild about challenges. And he wants to encourage other people to make the most of one particular challenge: life. Viewers of Bear’s TV hits such as Discovery Channel’s Born Survivor have seen the adventurer use his shoelaces to extract water from a rock crevice in the Mexican desert and use mucus from coral as protection from the blazing Indonesian sun. In his new book A Survival Guide for Life, he aims to show readers why they should ‘never give up’. He also warns them: ‘don’t dwell on mistakes’ and ‘get out of your comfort pit’. Bear got out of his comfort pit a long time ago. He served in the SAS (after failing his first attempt at selection). He has been part of tough expeditions such as an unassisted crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean. He almost died when he fell down a crevasse on a climb of lessons about life the hard way, by getEverest. He became the star of televi- ting things wrong. My book is based on sion shows watched by an estimated what I have learnt about how to climb 1.2 billion people around the world mountains, both metaphorical and real. ‘So, for instance, I talk about how we and has the honour of being the should not listen to the dream stealers Chief Scout of the Scout Association. – the people who laugh Bear explains that he at our dreams. I look at wrote the book because the principle that storms he believes that what he make you stronger, has learnt in deserts and and I explain why you jungles can be applied to should embrace hard everyday life. times because they are a ‘At school nobody sign that you are making really taught me lessons progress. on how to get on in life,’ ‘I also urge people he says. ‘We learnt a lot to welcome failure. of maths and science, We live in a culture but I was never much where everyone is tergood at all that. So I rified of failure; but have had to learn many
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you can’t get anywhere meaningful unless you fail a little bit along the way. You have to see failures as stepping stones. There is no such thing as a successful person who gets it right first time – there are pitfalls that you have to go through.’ Bear’s career path may seem to have been mapped out from childhood. ‘I remember as a young boy being taught to climb by my dad and finding it was one of the few things I was good at,’ he says. ‘I think I found an identity at a young age in always being the kid who could climb the highest building at school. Now it feels good to have a job that involves what I have always loved to do. ‘I have always tried to stick within what I call my core competency. We all have our core competencies – they are God-given gifts and it is good to try to follow them.’ It is not unusual for Bear to use God as a reference point. His book contains pieces of wisdom from not only T. E. Lawrence and Winston Churchill but also the Bible. He says he receives strength from his faith, which he has been exploring since childhood.
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s a young kid, I had a really natural faith. I just assumed that God existed and that I was loved. As I grew up, I hit school and suddenly had to go to chapel. I met people who called themselves Christians but
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who were generally quite hard work. I just got put off. I got the impression that God was not fun but quite serious and spoke Latin, so I decided faith was not for me. ‘It took me a while to realise that the baby is much better than the bathwater and that actually faith is about finding home, finding peace, being forgiven and being loved. Ultimately faith is about being strengthened for this journey of life. ‘Looking back, I can see that faith has been a strong backbone for me in a lot of difficult times – when I was in the military and when I was on the big expeditions. ‘The aim is always to drop the religion and to keep the heart of faith, which is very unreligious. ‘Faith is a rela-
tionship. It is full of struggles, doubts, disbelief, anger and frustrations, but that is because we are human. The one constant through it all is that we are held and we are loved. That is the heart of faith.’
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ear says his faith has equipped him to get through many challenges: ‘Grief, struggle, doubt, selfdoubt, lack of faith, weakness, fear – all those things that are part of life and that are an even bigger part of life if you are going to shoot for the stars. If you are trying to get somewhere difficult but meaningful in life, those emotions are going to be bigger. But faith is in the difficult stuff – it is not all rosy, but the heart of it is very tender and beautiful.’ Of all the challenges that people face in life, fear is ‘the big one’. ‘So many people,’ Bear says, ‘are held back by fear – fear of failure, fear of looking silly. Mediocrity is easy but it isn’t fun. We all have dreams, but we learn to hide them. We don’t want people to laugh at them, so we put on masks. But when we are stripped back to who we really are, we have dreams and goals – and those are God-given. ‘There are so many brilliantly talented people who don’t use their talents, because they are scared. What I wanted to show in this book is that fear is OK, but sometimes the best way to get over our fears is to go through them. I wanted to show people how to get through their fears.’ Bear has been through many adventures. He seeks them out. Does he think that putting yourself in testing situa-
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Bear (centre) and team members arrive in Scotland after crossing the North Atlantic Ocean in 2003
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tions is a good course to take in life in general? ‘We thrive when we are pushed,’ he says. ‘I don’t think we are called to live just a comfortable, safe life – either as human beings in general or as Christians. The exciting place to be is on the front line of life, especially for Christians.
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e can be scared of stepping out, because it means putting our heads above the parapet – but the great fundamental truth of Christianity, which is totally
I don’t think we are called to live just a comfortable, safe life countercultural, is that the safest place to be is right above the parapet, because that is where we are close to God. ‘So I don’t mind stepping out. I don’t feel very strong in myself when I do that, but I know that is what we are called to do. And I know that that is when we are strengthened. ‘As I say in the book: “Tentative is no power.” If we are not bold in the steps we take, our steps don’t have any power. We need to think big and go for it – and then look up to receive help.’
Bear is working on a new TV show called Get Out Alive. ‘I’ll take a load of people into some hellholes. They will travel across mountains and volcanoes, carrying their own kit, and I will get rid of two people each week. At the end there will be a life-changing prize – but there will be some pain first.’ Get Out Alive may offer some memorable experiences and an amazing prize, but there are clues in Bear’s book that he believes there is something much more life-changing on offer to everyone. Parachuted in between the dedications (to his wife and children) and the contents page is a quotation of some words of Jesus: ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.’ Bear explains: ‘It is a secular book, it is for everybody, but it is packed full of faith. I start with that Bible verse because that is the heart of the book. It is saying: Look, we get one shot at life; so live it boldly. Life is an amazing gift.’
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DOWN 1. Fable (4) 2. Hero (4) 3. Alacrity (5) 4. Sophisticated (5) 5. Parley (4) 6. Idiotic (4) 7. Made clear (9) 8. Inspire (9) 11. Facial hair (5) 12. Fireplace (5) 13. Lock of hair (5) 14. Married (3) 16. Zenith (3) 21. Ward off (5) 22. Fathered (5) 23. Record (4) 24. Far down (4) 25. Above (4) 26. Uneasy (4)
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QUICK QUIZ 1. How many James Bond theme songs have been sung by Dame Shirley Bassey? 2. What river flows through the Grand Canyon? 3. What is Ozzy Osbourne’s birth name? 4. Which cosmetics company uses the slogan ‘Because you’re worth it’? 5. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean? 6. Who wrote the novel Gone with the Wind?
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MONEY MATTERS
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ROSEMARY DAWSON looks at what the Bible has to say about everyday issues
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Our world is divided into the haves and have-nots
THE musical Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of Tevye, a struggling Russian peasant in a small Jewish village. In the song ‘If I Were a Rich Man’, Tevye makes this heartfelt prayer:
Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realise, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor, But it’s no great honour either … Lord, who made the lion and the lamb, You decreed I should be what I am. Would it spoil some vast eternal plan, If I were a wealthy man? Our 21st-century world is divided into the haves and have-nots, and that gap is getting wider. Those who have want everything they can get. Those who have nothing – like Tevye – just want enough to survive.
boxes. The Bible tells us: ‘Many rich people put in large amounts. Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins. Jesus … said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others … For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on”’ (Mark 12:41–44 New Living Translation). Real giving is sacrificial. Real generosity is giving till it hurts. The woman wasn’t trying to impress or win an award for charitable giving; she was simply giving an offering to God, as Jesus recognised. The Bible also tells us that an attitude of gratitude is more important than the amount we give: ‘God loves a person who gives cheerfully’ (2 Corinthians 9:7). When it comes to giving, God is our supreme example. He loved us so much that he gave his only Son to die so that we could be at one with him.
It might be only a small comfort if you’re struggling to bring up a family and manage a mortgage on a limited budget, but compared with people in the developing world, Westerners are very rich in material terms. When, for example, did our children last have to drink filthy, infected water or walk miles in search of basic healthcare? It is often the case that those with the least are better givers than their more prosperous brothers and sisters. Nowhere is this LOOKING FOR HELP? better illustrated than in the Bible story known Just complete this coupon and send it to as ‘the widow’s mite’. The War Cry, 101 Newington Jesus was watching Causeway, London SE1 6BN people drop monetary Please send me offerings into the Temple’s collection Basic reading about Christianity
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Food for thought
A grey day can cloud my thinking
WHEN I look out of my bedroom window on a clear day, I can see the Purbeck Hills in the distance. If the day is grey and cloudy, the hills are not in sight. If the weather is hot and the morning is bright, the hills are often hidden in a heat haze. It seems that favourable and unfavourable conditions can affect my view of my surroundings. However, whether the hills are seen or unseen, I know that they are always there, solid and immovable.
by BARBARA LYNE
I have learnt through life’s varied experiences – as a Christian of 60-plus years – that my view of God has sometimes been a little like my view of those hills. When looking at hills, I often recall the words from the Bible: ‘I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made Heaven and earth’ (Psalm 121:1, 2 New Revised
When the clouds clear away, God is there
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I remember some words by a Christian songwriter: ‘When darkness seems to veil his face,/ I rest on his unchanging grace.’ Even when I cannot feel God’s presence near me, I cling on to my faith by my fingertips. I do this because I know that when the storm lifts and the clouds clear away, God is there – and he has been there all the time. I may not always see him, but he is no less solid and present than those wonderful Purbeck Hills.
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Standard Version). Most of the time, God feels a very real and solid part of my life – dependable, immovable and a constant source of comfort and strength. But I confess that there have been moments when God’s presence has been wrapped in cloud. I have felt him to be remote and even uncaring. All sorts of experiences have brought conflict and even doubt to me. But during such times
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What’s cooking?
Cherry Bakewell tart
24 November 2012 The War Cry
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I’M Michael Darracott. I have been an executive chef in several large establishments in charge of cooking for 200-plus people. I have also written a number of books. It gives me great pleasure to offer my recipes in The War Cry. I invite readers to send in recipe ideas, to be considered for publication here. I would also like to offer help with any cooking-related problems you have. So send in your question and, if it is selected, an answer will be published on this page. Email your recipes and questions to chefmike56@chefmikedarracott.com
Cook with chef MICHAEL DARRACOTT chefmikedarracott.com
Chicken with lemon sweetcorn relish Ingredients: 4tbsp vegetable oil 4 chicken breasts 1 small red onion, diced 3 mushrooms, diced 5g diced red pepper 5g diced yellow pepper 1 x 275g jar sweetcorn relish Juice and zest of 1 small lemon
Ingredients: For the pastry 150g flour, sifted 3tsp caster sugar 75g butter 55ml water For the filling 2tbsp apricot jam 60g butter 70g caster sugar 1 medium egg, beaten 100g ground almonds 10 glacé cherries, diced Juice and zest of ½ a lemon 65g self-raising flour Flaked almonds, to garnish
Method: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. To make the pastry, place the flour and sugar in a bowl, then rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Use the water to knead the mixture into a dough. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and leave in the fridge. After 15 minutes, remove the pastry from the fridge and roll out until it is 4–5mm thick. Use the pastry to line the bottom and sides of a greased 23cm shallow tart tin. Trim off any excess dough with a knife. Blind bake the tart base for 7 minutes, then leave it to cool. Once the base has cooled, cover with apricot jam. In a bowl cream together the butter and caster sugar, then mix in the egg, ground almonds, glacé cherries, lemon zest and juice and flour. Pour this mixture into the tart tin SUDOKU SOLUTION and garnish the top with the flaked almonds. Bake in the oven for 25–30 minutes before serving. Serves 8–10
Method: Heat the vegetable oil in a pan over a low heat, then fry the chicken until cooked. Set aside. Using the same pan, fry the onion, mushrooms, red and yellow peppers and mix in the relish. Add the lemon juice and zest to the pan and cook for a further 2 minutes. Place the chicken back in the pan, spooning the ingredients over the top. To serve, place the chicken portions on a plate and spoon the mixture over the top. Serves 4
PICTURE PERFECT? There’s no need to lose out writes RENÉE DAVIS
PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz) and Lord Shahbandar (Alan Rickman)
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the money and go. But, reality strikes and things start looking like a Picasso. When PJ meets with Lord Shahbandar, he takes a shine to her carefree outlook on life. She accompanies him to a dinner party and then has second thoughts about the con. When Harry realises that his plan may not go so smoothly, he gets himself into all sorts of trouble. He tries other ways of making money. Other ways to validate himself. PJ feels sorry for Harry and decides to stick to the plan, but will they succeed in making the £12 million? And anyway, would it really make Harry feel better about himself? As Harry’s friend The Major says: ‘You can’t put a price on dignity.’ He’s right. There are times when our dignity is at stake. In times of heartache we may feel we have a right to act selfishly and disrespectfully to others. We can lose our dignity trying to pay someone back for what they did to us. But we don’t need to live like that. We can get through difficult situations and still maintain our integrity. The Bible says that, in such circumstances, if we are willing to put ourselves into his hands, ‘the Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still’ (Exodus 14:14 New International Version). When we hand our lives over to God, ask for his forgiveness and accept his love, he will stand with us. We can experience peace when we realise he sees the bigger picture.
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Colin Firth as art swindler Harry Deane
SOMEBODY is about to get swindled. Someone could make a haystack of money. That’s the deal behind the film Gambit. In the remake of the 1960s classic, now on general release, Colin Firth plays Harry Deane, an art curator working under the tyranny and bullying behaviour of his media tycoon boss Lord Shahbandar (Alan Rickman). Fed up with the treatment he receives and wanting to make a cool million or two, Harry decides to con the art-loving lord into buying a fake painting of Monet’s Haystacks at Dawn for £12 million. Harry is confident about his cunning plan. His friend – art forger The Major – will paint the fake. Harry then will offer Texan rodeo queen PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz) £500,000 to pose as a woman whose grandfather retrieved the painting during the First World War. She’ll do the deal with Shahbandar, get
You can’t put a price on dignity
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