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FLYING START: Oscar Pistorius in the Olympic 400m heats

BLADE Runner. The fastest man on no legs. However he is tagged, Oscar Pistorius is a man who makes history. At about 10.40 am in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday 4 August, the South African sprinter rested his carbon fibre prosthetic feet on the blocks of lane six. He settled himself for the first heat of the men’s 400m. Seconds away from being the first amputee to compete in an Olympic Turn to page 3

WE NEED TO KEEP ON TRACK writes NIGEL BOVEY

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CHRISTIAN AID PROVIDES RELIEF IN MANILA

Theatre company presents ‘lost props’

CHRISTIAN Aid is working through organisations in Metro Manila to provide food, medicines and blankets to people fleeing from floods. Hundreds of thousands of inhabitants left their homes and are now staying with family and friends or at one of the evacuation centres that have been set up. Continuous heavy rains in the Philippines led to landslides and flash floods which killed at least 19 people and left half the city under water. Christian Aid has become

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concerned about the prospect of worsening health problems among the people made homeless. ‘There are increasing reports of fever, coughs and colds which could turn into serious epidemics given the current situation,’ says Ted Bonpin of Christian Aid. ‘There are concerns too about tetanus and other infections caused by rats and snake bites.’

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Flood victims ﬁnd food and shelter

A THEATRE company has given The Salvation Army thousands of items that it used as props in a production. Many of the items were lost property collected by Transport for London, which gave them to the Manchester Library Theatre Company on the condition that they would eventually be donated to The Salvation Army. The items formed the set and props of the theatre company’s play Manchester Lines, which was set in a lost property office. Rachel Steward, community manager of The Salvation Army in Sale, said that crutches used in the play were being taken to a hospital in Zambia. Some other items were to be sold to raise money for The Salvation Army’s work.

Nigerian church facilitates feast A CHURCH in Nigeria donated food to six mosques to assist less privileged families with their post-Ramadan feasts. The Rev Yunusa Nmadu of the Evangelical Church Winning All in Tudu Nupawa, Kaduna, said: ‘We exist for the community in which our church is situated, which is 99 per cent Muslim. We seek to build trust.’

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THE War Cry has a selection of official Olympic and Paralympic pin badges to give away to readers who can answer the following question: South African runner Oscar Pistorius has some words from the Bible tattooed on his shoulder blade – but what is the Bible reference? Send your answer on a postcard to Olympic Badge Competition, The War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN or email your answer to warcrycomp@salvationarmy.org.uk with the subject line ‘Olympic Badge Competition’. Include your name and address in your entry. Entries must be received by Monday 3 September. The senders of the first randomly selected 20 correct entries will receive a selection of badges. The Editor’s decision is final.

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Oscar’s achievement is worth more than a gold medal

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From page 1 Games, he went on the B of the bang. It looked like a stroll in the Olympic Park. Easing up before the line, he recorded a season’s best of 45.44 and beat three other athletes to finish second. He was through to the semi-finals. The next day in the semis, though, he ran out of road – finishing last behind the eventual Olympic champion Kirani James. In the 4 x 400m relay, South Africa were out of the running long the blades do not give him an advanbefore the baton was slapped into tage was he allowed to compete with his hand for the last lap. But if it’s able-bodied athletes. And then all the taking part rather than the win- he had to do was to run a qualifying ning that is important, then Oscar’s time! achievement is worth more than a Oscar, who is due to run at the gold medal. Paralympics in London, does not As Oscar was born without shin- regard himself as disabled. bones, his legs were amputated ‘We make this huge thing out of below the knee when he was just a disability,’ he says on YouTube. ‘I 11 months old. While playing rugby am not disabled in any manner. I’ve as a 17-year-old, he smashed a knee never seen myself as being worse or and was ruled out of sport. better off. Physically speaking, I do To help his rehabilitation he began more than 99 per cent of the world.’ running. In 2004, he won a school Spiritually speaking, it is worth 100m race nearly half a second noting the tattoo on his left blade faster than the Paralympic record. – shoulder blade. It is a quote of Later that year, equipped with his some lines from the Bible, which in ‘Cheetah’ legs, he set a Paralympic one translation read: ‘I do not run world record in the 200m. Four years later in the Beijing Paralympics, he won the 100, 200 and 400m, setting a world record of 47.49 seconds in the 400. The bigger challenge, though, was to convince the authorities that the Cheetahs did not mean he was a cheater. Only after he showed that

HARD SHOULDER: a Bible text inspires Oscar

like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize’ (1 Corinthians 9:26, 27 New International Version). The verses speak about the discipline needed to win the big prize. The writer, Paul, is looking further afield than an athletics field. His goal is the glory of a place, not in the finals, nor in history, but in Heaven. He knows the obstacles, doubts and temptations that life throws up. He knows it is easy to be distracted. To lose focus. To settle for an easy life. To follow selfish desires rather than the way Jesus set out. Making that first step of faith – confessing our sin to God and asking his forgiveness – is not the whole nine yards. It is those who go the distance – starting with God again, if necessary – who will hear him say: ‘Well done!’

I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not ﬁght like a man beating the air

Interview

‘Chariots of

ATASHA BROOMFIELD saw the ﬁlm Chariots of Fire a long time ago. She enjoyed it. But she could not have expected that one day she would be performing the story on stage at London’s Gielgud Theatre.

‘I play Eric Liddell’s sister, Jennie,’ says Natasha. ‘She’s lively, passionate and constantly striving to be a better person. She cares a great deal about other people and works at a Christian mission to help them.’ Like the film, the play focuses on the life of devout missionary and runner Eric Liddell and his refusal to run on a Sunday at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Although he and Jennie have a close relationship, tensions arise when Jennie feels that her brother is putting his love for running above his commitment to God. ‘Eric and Jennie share a passion for doing God’s work, but they differ in their interpretations of how to do it best,’ says Natasha. ‘Jennie has found that she feels close to God through her missionary work, so when Eric stops doing so much of that in order to concentrate on his running, she can’t get her head round it. She doesn’t understand that by running, Eric is still worshipping God, just in a different way. ‘I also think Jennie feels that she and her brother are growing apart – and that hurts her. It’s painful when someone you love no longer wants to do the same things as you. And when Eric chooses to run – rather than focus on the mission – his decision challenges everything that Jennie holds dear.’ To get into her role, Natasha did some research into the life of the real Jennie Liddell. Eric Liddell (Jack Lowden, left) competes with Harold Abrahams She made some surprising discoveries. (James McArdle), and (right) Natasha as Jennie Liddell ‘In real life Jennie didn’t disagree with Eric’s racing,’ she says. ‘She was totally up for it. But apparently film-makers changed her character so that her role could ‘I got mixed responses,’ she reveals. represent Eric’s conscience. By dis- ‘Some people said their religious approving of his running, Jennie is upbringing was really rigid and they displaying that there was a part of Eric found it oppressing. Others said that which was always saying: “Are you they took strength from their faith and doing the right thing?”’ that it helped them to be more generous. Natasha also had to get to grips with ‘I don’t think people talk much Christianity. As she had no religious about spirituality these days, so it was background of her own to draw on, nice when they opened up to me. Their she asked different people about their responses also made me consider my experience of faith and what it meant to own beliefs. I have a lot of respect for them. people of faith who are trying to work

NATASHA BROOMFIELD tells Claire Brine about playing Eric Liddell’s sister on stage

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out how to live the best way.’ As Natasha discovered more ab about faith, she began to understand the different attitudes that Eric and Je Jennie have towards it. ‘Eric has a real ease with his fa faith,’ she says. ‘He gets joy from it, by running. I don’t think Jennie connects with that idea quite so well. She does God’s work at the mission – but such work doesn’t have to result in her suffering. Suffering is not what God wants. Life is meant to be joyfful. fu l. I think Eric un undersstands st ands that a bit bette an better.’ The story of Eric Liddell – w who, after his runn running career, spent s tthee rest oof his th

life working as a missionary in China – has been inspiring people for decades. Natasha explains why she thinks his story has so much influence. ‘It’s not every day that we see a person who is prepared to deny themselves an instant success because they are holding out for something greater than glory. Eric’s sacrifices and the way he achieves success in spite of his challenges is inspiring. ‘I love the question that comes up in the play: “Why do you run?” Eric runs not for himself, but to feel closer to God. And the same type of question can be applied to all of us. Why do any of us do the things that we do? When we are up against huge challenges, when we have failed, what is it that makes us get back up and keep going?’ Towards the end of the play, Eric’s rival Harold Abrahams is called the ‘faster’ runner, but Eric is labelled the ‘better’ runner. Natasha suggests why this could be the case. ‘Eric runs to celebrate something greater than himself,’ she says. ‘He isn’t out to prove anything. He runs with an incredibly generous spirit. Eric doesn’t care about ego. That’s what’s exceptional about him.’ Chariots of Fire is scheduled to run until 10 November. Natasha says that performing during the Olympics was particularly exciting for the cast. ‘Watching real athletes during the day got us in the mood for performing at night,’ she says. ‘It helped to bring Eric’s story alive. It’s wonderful being able to go on stage and celebrate a man who didn’t focus on acquiring individual glory, but cared more about giving to other people.’

Eric runs to celebrate something greater than himself

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Face it

According to the commuter paper, ‘the “face of Jesus Christ” has been spotted in the middle of a tree trunk and is beginning to attract a large number of visitors in Northern Ireland’. The ‘likeness’, the paper continued, is on a hewn tree-stump in Belfast City Cemetery. Crowds were said to be ‘ﬂocking’ to see it, and some people have been reportedly praying beside the tree.

Unexpected To remind readers that this is not the first time the divine image had appeared, it offered the ‘Top five unexpected appearances of Jesus’. The list included Jesus in a Marmite lid, a Google map image and a pancake. A seasoned watcher could also add Jesus in beer froth and on a crisp. Unexpected, definitely. So where do we expect the real Jesus to appear – if not physically, then spiritually? Many people believe that the sun shines on the righteous – that Jesus is interested only in good, charitable churchgoers. Religious people. That’s not so. The Bible records that Jesus spent a lot of his limited time with people who were valued less than others by society – children, women, foreigners, ill people. He appeared to them and changed their lives. He values everybody – nobody is outside the love of his Father, God. That’s the whole point of him appearing in the first place. And why his body is not to be found in a cemetery or anywhere else.

York Bible play is ‘a spectacle’ KIPPA MATTHEWS

LIKE this year’s summer, the Olympic Games were a long time coming and didn’t last for long. But in spite of wall-to-wall coverage of them, the inevitable still happened. Buried beneath swaths of reports of athletes’ emotional reactions to winning a medal (and narrowly missing out or being disqualiﬁed), the sureﬁre shoots of the silly season appeared in the Metro newspaper. And it was a traditional seasonal favourite – the face of Jesus.

Media

PUTTING on the York Mystery Plays was ‘a tremendous act of faith’ and is ‘richly rewarded’, reported The Daily Telegraph in its review of the production and its cast of 500 volunteers. According to the paper, the production made up of Bible stories – in which former Coronation Street actor Graeme Hawley (pictured) plays Satan – is a ‘spectacle … [and] rivals the Olympics for sheer theatrical heft’.

The review went on to say that the event is ‘piercingly moving’ and ‘brave’ in the way that it ‘takes on huge theological questions’. The plays are staged

at the York Museum Gardens until Monday 27 August. The city has been putting on mystery plays since the 14th-century.

‘Rev’ for the big screen?

THE production company which makes the BBC TV series Rev could ‘take the adventures of Adam Smallbone … to the big screen’, reported The Guardian. In an interview with the paper, Kenton Allen, chief executive of Big Talk Productions, said that, were the title to be made into a film, the action would not be transferred to Hollywood. The paper also said Allen was ‘discussing an American A BROTHER and sister presented features and version of Rev’. conducted interviews on Premier Christian Radio after winning a competition. Ten-year-old Matt and 12-year-old Emma Westray from Croydon beat 50 other pre-teens to get the chance to work for the station during the school holidays. The siblings – who aimed to provide a kid’s-eye view of the world and current events – are pictured with breakfast show host John Pantry.

Children present…

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Lifestyle

Take steps to improve fitness at work… WAITERS clock up an average of 22,778 steps a day, according to research by diet consultants Jenny Craig. The findings show that waiters are among the fittest workers because their job includes a huge amount of incidental exercise. Using pedometers to track 100 Australians in ten occupations, the weight-management specialists investigated how many steps people take throughout a working day. By walking the hospital corridors at an average of 1,088 steps per hour over 12-hour shifts, nurses came second with 16,390 steps a day.

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Retail workers came third, taking14,660 steps a day. In contrast, people working in call centres took a mere 6,618 steps. Jenny Craig spokesperson Nathan Johnson says: ‘To get the basic benefits of physical activity, such as improved heart health, lower cholesterol levels and a boost in wellbeing, we should be aiming to take a minimum of 10,000 steps a day. ‘But people who are trying to lose weight may need to walk between 12,000 and 15,000 steps a day.’ On average, people in the UK spend six hours a week doing sports and other exercise. People working in construction

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AS there is so much competition in the jobs market, it is essential that your application for a vacancy stands out from the others. Developing a CV is more than just ﬁlling in boxes in a template. Your CV needs to look professional and be easy to read. It should paint a good picture of your personality and be free of irrelevant information. Your CV needs to stand out from the crowd for the right reasons. No CV ever got anyone a job – but a good CV has opened the door to many an interview. Do not use coloured paper, fancy boxes and ornate typefaces – they don’t create the right look. The same rule applies for handwritten CVs on lined paper. A word-processed or desktoppublished CV will not get you invited to an interview if it is an endless list of examination passes with grades and a full list of all modules taken in a degree course.

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and engineering, retail, wholesale and transport report spending about five hours a week being physically active. Those working in legal occupations and human resources claim to be the most active, spending seven hours a week on physical activity. The research supports the idea that you don’t need to spend hours in the gym to exercise – you can incorporate activity into your daily routine. Jenny Craig makes these suggestions for including fitness in the working day: 1. Instead of emailing or phoning your colleagues, get out You are applying for work, so the of your seat and employer wants to know how you will visit them. do the job that has been advertised. 2. Walk to work or It is good to illustrate how you have get off the train or done a similar or complementary job bus one stop early. for another employer – how you have increased business, customer loyalty, 3. Opt for the stairs sales and staff morale. instead of lifts or Point out that even the part-time jobs escalators. that you may have done after school 4. Go for a walk hours or during holidays were not just during your lunch to get a bit of extra spending money, break. but an introduction to the world of work. 5. Have standing Previous work shows how you or walking have been acquiring the know-how meetings with your required to run a business, offering colleagues. and providing proper customer care, 6. Wear a learning to work as a member of a team pedometer to help and beginning to stand on your own you reach your two feet. daily step target. Think of your CV as a selfassessment document which you send to someone to consider whether they want to interview you for the position.

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Faith helps ‘Dad’s Army’ vicar keep calm and carry on

F you are one of the millions of people who over the past 44 years have enjoyed Dad’s Army, you have been watching … Frank Williams.

FRANK WILLIAMS tells Philip Halcrow about being part of a TV classic and how church is a part of his real life

The sitcom was first broadcast in 1968 and, though the last episode was made in 1977, it is still a regular in the BBC schedules. Thetford – where some of the outdoor scenes were filmed – has a small museum dedicated to the show. And when ‘Whereas some comedy is based on the classic comedy was 40 years old, the BFI held a Dad’s Army: modern allusions which date, Dad’s Oddities and Rarities evening at Army was history even when it was writits Southbank centre in London. ten,’ he says. ‘The writers, Jimmy Perry David Croft, nearly always set their The guest that night was Frank, the and comedies in the past. It Ain’t Half Hot actor who played the Rev Timothy Mum was also set in the Second World Farthing, the character more usually War, You Rang, M’Lord? was set in called simply ‘the vicar’ or – in the the 1920s and Hi-de-Hi was set in the case of over-deferential verger Mr high days of holiday camps. In the case of Dad’s Army, people warmed to a Yeatman – ‘His Reverence’. Dad’s Army fans enjoy meeting Frank, who still makes public appearances to reminisce about his time on the sitcom. Among his engagements are visits to churches, where he talks about his on-screen role and his real-life Christian faith. Speaking on the telephone, Frank Williams reflects on the success of the sitcom.

vision of England as it used to be. There is a nostalgia for a world in which – although it was at war – people pulled together. ‘But mainly Dad’s Army worked because it was based on characters. Jimmy and David created some marvellous characters, and viewers grew to love them.’ Dad’s Army fans know the drill. The

characters that viewers have grown to love include Captain Mainwaring, the pompous commander of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard and Sergeant Wilson, his suave and overly civil second-in-command; Lance Corporal Jones, a nostalgic army veteran and Private Pike, a naïve youngster who confuses the reality of war with Hollywood films; Private Walker, a spiv, Private Frazer, a doommonger and Private Godfrey, a gentle soul unlikely to strike fear into the heart of any Nazi invader. And what of His Reverence? ‘I don’t think he was a terribly nice character,’ Frank suggests. ‘He was very tetchy and

‘Dad’s Army’ worked because it was based on characters

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I have so many happy memories of filming those scenes – of being on one of those railway trolleys going up and down the train line and of conducting a harvest festival in the open air area had been used for military training. It had been left exactly as it was in the 1940s, so it didn’t have any of the modern things to show that we were in the 1970s. The location scenes were filmed there and later dropped into the episodes. ‘I have so many happy memories of filming those scenes – of being on one of those railway trolleys going up and down the train line and of conducting a harvest festival service in the open air. The whole time seemed like an idyllic summer. We worked hard, but we also enjoyed being together socially.’

F rather bad-tempered. I don’t think he was a good advertisement for vicars at all.’ The Rev Timothy Farthing may have been irritated by having his church buildings taken over by the Home Guard and ARP, but Frank was having a great time. ‘It was the happiest time of my life, because they were a wonderful group of people to work with,’ he says. ‘We did Dad’s Army on television, we made

a feature film, we did a radio series and we put on a stage production that ran for six months at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London and then went on tour for six months. So it was an enormous part of my life for eight or nine years. ‘When we filmed on location, we went away for a fortnight up to Norfolk. There were three villages that had been taken over by the War Office at the beginning of the Second World War. The people had been evacuated and the

rank joined up with the cast of Dad’s Army because of a series of events stretching back years. ‘When I was a boy living in Edgware, I was a keen theatregoer. I used to go to see plays at the nearest repertory company, which was at the Palace Theatre in Watford. It was run by a couple called Andrew and Winifred Melville. When they gave it up, it was taken over by Jimmy and Gilda Perry. By that time, I was already in the acting business and I did a couple of plays for them there. I was also chairman of the supporters’ club and I got to know Jimmy well. So when he wrote Dad’s Army with David Croft, he thought of me.’ Frank can trace another – some might say mysterious – link with Dad’s Army back to his schooldays. ‘Oddly, I didn’t do very much drama at school, but at the end of my time at Hendon County, when we had done our Higher School Certificate, there were still a few weeks of term left. So the teachers had to find things for us to do.

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Interview Frank with other members of the cast in an episode of ‘Dad’s Army’

One of the things we did was to produce a play, not for the public or parents but just for the rest of the school. The play was Arnold Ridley’s The Ghost Train, and I played the leading role. Little did I realise that years later I would be working with Arnold [who played Private Godfrey] in Dad’s Army.’ Frank, who was born in 1931, was gripped by the cinema and ‘quite early on’ decided he wanted to be an actor . ‘Like a lot of people in my generation, I didn’t go to drama school. When I left school, I went to work in a kind of apprenticeship at the Gateway Theatre in Westbourne Grove in London. It was quite common then to become an assistant stage manager at a repertory theatre, where you would be given the chance to play the odd small part. And that’s what I did. ‘Television was the up-and-coming medium. There was only one channel, and by looking at the Radio Times you could find out who all the directors were. You knew they were working for the BBC, because there wasn’t anywhere else for them to be working. So I wrote to them, saying that I was a young actor and asking whether they had anything suitable. That paid off, because I was given a role in a dramatised documentary about some boys doing their first six weeks of National Service.’

ater, Frank got his first ‘big break’ when he was given a part in The Army Game, a popular sitcom on Granada Television. He also appeared in some of Norman Wisdom’s big-screen adventures, including The Bulldog Breed and A Stitch in Time. ‘I have spent most of my career doing comedy,’ he says. ‘Like most

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actors who have, there is a bit of me that likes the opportunity to do something more serious. I think of myself as an actor rather than a comic. Once I got into Dad’s Army, I became known as a comedy actor and I tended to land those sort of parts, but I did do three serious plays at Vienna’s English Theatre, where they didn’t know about Dad’s Army.’ Frank reflects on his career during his speaking events at churches – along with another aspect of his life. At the events – where he is interviewed by Chris Gidney, the founder of Christians in Entertainment – he also talks about his faith. ‘I grew up with Christian parents who went to church and, as a lot of children did in those days, I went to Sunday school. Then I sang in the church choir, and I have been a churchman ever since.’ Frank recalls the early stages of his faith. ‘When I was very young, I had a

An actor’s life is quite a precarious one, and you spend a lot of time in

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Frank worked on ﬁlms with Norman Wisdom

childlike trust in God. I would go to bed at night and my parents would come in and I would say my, as it were, “formal” prayers with them. Then, when they went, I used to chat to God, because God was absolutely as real to me as my mother and father. I felt that there were three people who looked after me: my mother, my father and God. ‘Sadly, but perhaps inevitably, that total, simple trust didn’t last, because I grew up. But, as the apostle Paul says in the Bible, I had to move on from milk to meat – so my faith has developed.’ Frank says that over the years his faith has changed and he has appreciated different kinds of Christian worship. ‘But I still see God as the bedrock of my life. My faith is a solid thing even when other things are falling around me.

I still see God as the bedrock of my life. My faith is a solid thing even when other things are falling around me

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n actor’s life is quite a precarious one, and you spend a lot of time in moods of uncertainty. I have had a reasonably good career, but there have been a lot of times when a job has finished and I have wondered whether I was ever going to work again. If you want security, an actor’s life is not the one to choose, unless you become a megastar. There are a lot of actors like me who would call themselves a jobbing actor. I was very fortunate to have some good breaks. ‘There have been a lot of times when things have worked out, but there have also been times when they haven’t. My Christian faith has held me throughout my life.’ QFor more information on Frank’s church appearances visit shorehillarts.co.uk

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QUICK QUIZ 1. What is a thermophobe afraid of? 2. In the cartoon Roobarb and Custard, what animal was Roobarb? 3. What chocolate bar was advertised with the slogan ‘Full of Eastern promise’? 4. Which classic 1940s film features the villain Kasper Gutman? 5. What links Arthurian Legend with the 2012 Epsom Derby winner? 6. Which Beatle holds a trumpet on the cover of the album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?

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Inner life THERE was a tangle of barbed wire at the top of the high wall. The sign attached to the brickwork said: ‘Private property. No trespassing. Violators will be prosecuted without further notice.’ The message was clear. Outsiders were not welcome and if those outsiders strayed into forbidden areas, there would be trouble. Life can apply similar rules. If we do something we are not meant to, we have to be ready to face the consequences. If our actions are criminal, it could well mean we face legal prosecution. But there are other harmful things we

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trespasses do which are not law-breaking: we gossip, we act selfishly, we person’s feelings. hurt another anot We may not n find ourselves in court for those things, but there Our F consequences to face. are still co ather, which Hallow could lose a friendship We c a e r d t in be Thy K or find that someone o ingdomthy name, Heaven, Thy w ttakes revenge and ill be d come, Give u one, in treats us badly. tr And fo s this day ou earth as it Sometimes we may i r s r As we give us our daily bread in Heaven feel we deserve our fee . punishment, particularly if pu And le forgive them trespasses, ; a t d h a u t we are sorry for what we s not i t r But de e s p ass nt have done wrong. hav For th liver us from o temptation against us; ine is t , e v In the Lord’s Prayer, i glory, he Kin l. g we pray ‘Forgive when d o m For ev , the p e ower, a our trespasses’ we are us ou Amen r and ever. n d the . asking God to forgive us for askin all the times we have strayed doing wrong things, into do whatever they are. The great whatev news is that God will forgive without imposing any us witho penalty on o us. The Bible writer John says: ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins’ (1 John 1:9 New International Version). Along with God’s forgiveness comes a new start. Because of his love for us, we might even imagine a sign that says: ‘Trespassers will be pardoned.’

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Food for thought

NO sooner had drought warnings been issued than the heavens opened. In many parts of the UK the rain poured. I live only a short distance, as the crow ﬂies, from the wettest place in England. Seathwaite in Cumbria has the dubious

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honour of having the most rainfall, so it isn’t surprising that we have had more than our fair share of torrential downpours. At a recent Sunday church service, one of our members spoke of the devastation at his home after ﬂood water poured down the hillside, through the back door of his house and out at the front. The damage meant he and his family would need to evacuate the property for several months while it dried out and was made habitable again. He went on to ask if anyone could help with the packing and clearing of his home to enable the clean-up to commence. So, along with about 20 others, I spent the next evening wrapping, stacking and sealing boxes of items for storage. After an hour or so of working we stopped for a break and had a cuppa. On my mug I read the words: “Keep calm and carry on.” How appropriate for the situation! This slogan (which originates from a Second World War poster) has been used on all sorts of items recently and

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I mugged up on words of comfort certainly struck a chord with me at that moment. It’s not a new idea either. More than 2,000 years ago, people were worrying about what was happening and whether the future would be any better. But the prophet Isaiah passed on words of comfort from the Lord: ‘Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God’ (Isaiah 41:10 The Message). It is a timeless message. God is always with us. He helps in our distress and promises hope for the future.

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What’s cooking?

Scones

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

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Jacob asks:

Do you have any hints and tips for cooking in an electric fan oven? I have always used a fan-assisted electric oven, because of the consistent quality it gives me. Always ensure your electric oven is up to the required temperature before you start cooking. If you find a problem with food coming out overcooked, check the temperature with an external hand-held thermometer to be sure that your oven thermostat is working correctly. Be aware that the heated air created by an electric oven is much drier than that created

Ingredients: 330g plain ﬂour 2tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 35g caster sugar 60g butter 55g sultanas 150ml milk

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Method: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/ Gas Mark 6. Place the flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar in a bowl and mix together. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sultanas. Add the milk a little at a time until you have made a firm dough. Dust the worktop with flour, then roll out the dough until it is 1–1.5cm thick. Use a 12cm pastry cutter to cut out the scones. Lightly grease and flour a baking tray, then place the scones on top. Bake in the oven for 10–15 minutes. Serve with jam and clotted cream. Makes 8

by gas, so read up about your recipe requirements before cooking. Some people place a small amount of water in a tray to create moisture. I vent the oven by opening it at certain stages. The position of the heating elements can also affect the way an oven works. Fan-assisted ovens cook food more quickly so get used to the speed of cooking. Electric fan-assisted ovens are said to be about 20 per cent more energy-saving, so they should save you money.

Tuna pasta bake Ingredients: 150g dry pasta 3tbsp vegetable oil 2 small onions, ﬁnely chopped 2 x 185g cans tuna chunks in oil 420g can chopped tomatoes, drained 1tsp dried basil 1tsp sage 1tsp rosemary 1tsp oregano 115g frozen sweetcorn, thawed Salt and pepper 150g mature cheese, grated

Method: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Pour the vegetable oil into a frying pan, then fry the onions until they turn fairly soft. Stir in the tuna with its oil, and add the tomatoes, herbs, sweetcorn and seasoning. Keep the pan on a low heat for about 2 minutes, then mix in the cooked pasta. Place the pasta mixture in an ovenproof dish, sprinkle the grated cheese over the top, then bake for 20 minutes or until cooked. Serves 4–6

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Christian festival rocks on writes RENÉE DAVIS

IT’S the annual ﬁeld festival that ploughs its own furrow. Celebrating arts, Christian faith and justice, Greenbelt is back for its 39th consecutive year.

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Organisers of the festival, which runs until Monday (27 August), are expecting more than 20,000 people to rock up to Cheltenham Racecourse to enjoy the diverse and culturally rich line-up of acts and entertainment. Last year, singers Billy Bragg and Mavis Staples and Mavis Staples comedian Milton Jones took to and Billy the stage to entertain crowds. Bragg at last This year, Greenbelt has year’s event loosened a notch on its schedule and plans to be even bigger. Music lovers can expect to hear Mercury prizewinner Speech Debelle give her latest offering. For those who like a good chuckle, Frank

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Skinner will be taking to the stage. American author Thomas Lynch will be one of many guests giving talks. Greenbelt focuses not only on celebrating Christian artistic creativity, but also on values that are rarely headlined in society, such as justice, tolerance and equality. Greenbelt’s head of communications, Phil Smith, tells The War Cry: ‘As ever, we want people to leave feeling inspired to make their corner of the world a little brighter.’ Society can be self-centred. We can harshly treat the people

who least deserve it. We can be unforgiving of people’s mistakes and choose to take revenge rather than resolve disagreements. It is easy to dismiss those who are less fortunate than us. When people experience such things, they are hurt and destroyed. They wonder why the world is such a cruel place. But we can take comfort from the example of Jesus. He came into the world to spread love. At the beginning of his ministry he said: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free’ (Luke 4:18, 19 New International Version). Thousands of years later, Jesus remains the same. If we invite him into our lives, he will forgive us for being selfcentred. He will teach us how to live right. No matter how bad things get, we will experience his goodness. Now that’s something to sing about.

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