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RHYMES AND REASON

Capital Xtra presenter enjoys hearing from his listeners

Online poetry brings people support and encouragement

Coast to coast

ADRIAN CHILES TRAVELS TO SOME REMARKABLE IRISH SEA SHORELINES

From the editor’s desk

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THERE is often a world of difference between the career a teenage school pupil may dream of and the job they eventually have. The answer to the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ is not often related to working in retail, accommodation or catering, and yet these three areas alone provide almost 25 per cent of job opportunities.

A survey conducted at the end of last year by the charity Education and Employers found that five times as many pupils aged 17 and 18 wanted to work in art, culture, entertainment and sport as there were opportunities in those fields.

Robert Bruce was a similar age when he decided that he wanted to work in radio. As he explains in this week’s War Cry, he followed his dream by studying broadcast journalism at university. While there, he came to the attention of a national broadcaster and now presents his own show on radio station Capital Xtra.

Life was not so straightforward for Morgan Harper Nichols.

She tells us that by the time she was in her mid-twenties, she was struggling to pay her bills while trying to forge a career as a musician.

Morgan questioned God about her difficulties, which led to her writing a poem that she then posted online. The response that the poem generated encouraged Morgan to start a project in which she writes poems for other people to mark special occasions or to give them encouragement during difficult times. Morgan illustrates the poems herself and then shares them online.

Motivated by her Christian faith, Morgan wants her poems to help her followers on social media ‘keep hope alive’. She says: ‘I want to tell people to keep on going, keep believing and keep trusting.’

Our hope is that by reading Morgan’s story and all the other articles in this week’s War Cry you will receive that same encouragement.

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Shore foundations TV series goes to the coast

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Poetic licence How online poems are helping people

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Jessica Velasquez Scientist works to support communities at risk of earthquakes

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Listen up!

Interview with radio presenter Robert Bruce

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News and media

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Browsing the Bible

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Coast lines up new horizons Documentary series explores the lay of the land and sea, writes Sarah Olowofoyeku

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H, we do like to be beside the seaside – and it seems we like to watch documentaries about it too.

Following on from programmes such as Coast, Sea City and Scotland: the Edge of the Land, BBC Two’s Our Coast, which begins this week, is shore to please.

The series, presented by Adrian Chiles, Mehreen Baig and a team of experts, features four coastlines linked by the Irish Sea. It explores their histories and the environmental changes that are taking place in them and, along the way, highlights people whose lives have been affected by the coast.

The first port of call for the series is Merseyside.

In Liverpool, Adrian climbs aboard the Queen Mary 2, the largest oceancrossing liner in the world. On board, he meets a passenger whose father worked on the original Queen Mary years ago, as well as the restaurant manager, who informs him that the kitchen staff prepare 16,000 meals a day.

Food is again on the menu when reporter Joe Lindsay pays a visit to another vessel.

The boat, called Floating Grace, is a restaurant and a ‘place of refuge on the water for ex-servicemen and women’. The business was started by Peter Kenny, a former member of the Territorial Army, who wanted to help veterans turn their life around.

One of the trainees working on board suffered from post-traumatic stress for 30 years after serving in the military. He says that, since being given the opportunity to be a part of the crew, he had ‘felt a little bit of self-worth again’.

Sometimes, as Mehreen sees, the coast itself can be a difficult environment. She joins a lifeboat

crew in Hoylake, a seaside town in the Wirral, who have the task of watching over the area’s mudflats.

She rides in a hovercraft that the crew use to navigate the thick, sticky mud, which would be too soft for

The coast can be a difficult environment land vehicles and has water that is too shallow for boats.

People on a walk – and animals – can easily get trapped in the mud, and Mehreen helps in a practice rescue of a victim.

Many people find in life that they are in deep water, whether it is through

events outside their control or because of their own mistakes – and they would welcome a helping hand.

Rescue can come through the support of loved ones or a community.

Countless Christians have experienced such help in their own lives, but they have also found something else that will weather any storm – God’s care for them.

One Bible writer explains that God’s promise to help us is certain, describing the hope it can bring as ‘an anchor for the soul’ (Hebrews 6:19 New International Version).

It’s a hope that is available to us all.

If we choose to put our trust in God, he will keep his promises to love us, help us discover our worth and to work for our good.

Will we get on board with him?

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NEWS AND MEDIA

Gloria’s gospel wins Grammy

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GLORIA GAYNOR has won a Grammy in the best roots gospel album category for her latest release, Testimony.

The Christian singer spoke to the War Cry last year when the album was released.

She said that she valued the gospel genre as a way of ‘imparting the love, the mercy and the grace of God and showing how much better life can be if we are surrounded by it’.

She also spoke about why the album included a new version of the classic hymn ‘Amazing Grace’.

‘I wanted to get back to the idea of gospel as reflecting a faith that can be at the centre of your being,’ she explained. ‘And that is why I sing the new words to “Amazing Grace” – I wanted to show what amazing grace means to me and how it applies to my life.’

Church to discuss ‘cruel’ funerals THE Church of England is set to tackle the ‘cruel experience’ of paupers’ funerals during its next national assembly meeting, The Guardian reports.

Figures from insurance company Royal London, cited by the newspaper, indicated that UK councils paid out more than £6 million in the 12 months up to April 2019 to dispose of bodies.

In 2018, an ITV documentary discovered that there had been a 70 per cent increase in paupers’ funerals in the preceding three years.

Local authorities have a responsibility to provide public health funerals for people whose families cannot be traced or who cannot afford a funeral. However, many people are buried in unmarked graves, sometimes shared with other remains. Some councils even reject requests to

Boys’ homelessness discovery prompts them to help TWO schoolboys have delivered more than 100 food parcels to people living on the streets in Glasgow and provided food supplies for all 52 residents at a Salvation Army centre tackling homelessness.

The Daily Record reported that Liam and Ciaran McHugh received support from friends and businesses, including Morton’s Rolls, which donated 100 rolls to the cause.

Liam and Ciaran’s dad, Arthur, told the newspaper: ‘The boys were asking, “Who are those people sitting in the doorway?” … When they discovered there were so many homeless people, they decided they wanted to do something to help them.’

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host the service at a church or return ashes to loved ones after a cremation.

Church of England assembly member Sam Margrave is proposing a motion to end paupers’ funerals, which is due to be discussed at the General Synod meeting on Wednesday (12 February). He said: ‘People should have dignity in death, and those left behind should have the love, care and support they need.’

THE Salvation Army has become the nation’s ‘fourth emergency service’, according to a minister at the Department for Work and Pensions.

Baroness Stedman-Scott made the comment during a visit to the church and charity’s Riverside Complex in Tower Hamlets, where the department announced a £3 million boost in funding for job centre staff to work with people experiencing homelessness.

Residents talked with welfare delivery minister Will Quince and Lady StedmanScott, under-secretary of state at the Department for Work and Pensions. The residents spoke of how they are rebuilding their lives with the support of The Salvation Army and its Employment Plus programme, which helps them to find work.

Lady Stedman-Scott said: ‘I’ve known The Salvation Army for many years and think of them as the fourth emergency service – they are there when you really are in trouble.’

Cycle scheme aims to boost supply chain A BIKE recycling scheme run by The Salvation Army is encouraging people to donate their old bikes if they received new ones for Christmas.

Recycles Blackpool repairs and sells refurbished bikes and second-hand parts.

All revenue raised is reinvested into The

Salvation Army’s work in the town, which includes its drop-in events for people experiencing homelessness.

The scheme’s Douglas Cox, (pictured below left), said: ‘We rely on donations. We are skilled in bringing new life to unwanted bikes and are in urgent need of more.’

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Doing the write thing online Artist and poet MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS tells Sarah Olowofoyeku how she uses her words on social media to help others

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ITH an Instagram following of more than one million, Morgan Harper Nichols is making her mark. The 29-year-old American did not set out to be an artist and poet, but after a poem she shared on the internet went viral, she decided that it was a path she wanted to pursue.

She says: ‘When I was 26, I had been trying really hard to make it with my music career and I was doing a lot of cool things, but it just wasn’t paying the bills. It was a struggle. I was thinking: “God, why would you give me this gift that I feel is from you, but it’s so hard for it to come to life?” I was stuck in that place.

‘One night I opened my journal and wrote a poem, which began, “When you start to feel like things should have been better this year, remember the mountains and valleys that brought you here.” I felt they were the words that God wanted me to hear in that moment.

‘I ended up posting that poem on Pinterest. I forgot about it, but a few months later it started showing up on Instagram and a lot of other people were sharing it. For the first time, I saw how through all the times I had doubted myself, God was still using me.’

Morgan grew up in a Christian home in Atlanta, Georgia. Her parents were pastors, and she watched them ‘be Jesus to people’.

She laughs: ‘I have distinct memories of being a kid and going Christmas shopping with my mum for other kids. Through years of watching my parents serve people selflessly, giving their time and their

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‘I never really doubted God. Even as a kid, when I had big questions about things that were going on in the world, I remember thinking, “I’ll just ask God when I get to Heaven – he’ll explain it.”

That’s not to say, though, that I’ve never struggled and questioned God. ‘I think that God uses different things in people’s lives to remind them that they

Beneath the layers we’re more alike than different are loved and seen. For me, he did that through music and art.

‘When I was in high school, I struggled with depression. At the same time I was able to teach myself how to play guitar and to sing and write songs. When I think about the fact that those two things were happening at the same time, I can see how that was God’s love and presence in my life.’

After the poem that Morgan shared on Pinterest began to receive a lot of attention, she decided to continue her interest in poetry, but she didn’t want to write about herself.

‘One day in 2017, I started a project to write for other people,’ she says.

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Morgan writes and illustrates poems in response to other people’s stories

media. She said she would then read the stories and write poems in response.

Over the past three years, hundreds of people have written to Morgan to tell her about special occasions, and to seek encouragement for new or difficult situations in their lives.

‘Something happens when you offer someone the opportunity to share their story,’ she says. ‘I wasn’t a known person when I started this project. I didn’t have a bunch of followers. But when you create the space for people, it’s surprising how many just need that space to let things out.

‘A lot of people who send stories say, “Hey, I don’t know if you’re going to read this, but it’s really good to get it out.”

Giving someone a safe space to share their story is bigger than anything I could say.

‘To decide who I respond to, I scroll through the submissions, then randomly stop on a name. Sometimes I see myself reflected in a story. I recognise an experience that I have been through.

Other times I can relate the story to something that somebody I’m close to has been through. But sometimes I come across a story about something that I never thought possible.’

Morgan publishes her poems, which she illustrates herself, on her social media pages, but she keeps submitters’ messages private. And although she writes each poem for one person specifically, it seems that many people can relate to them.

‘We’re constantly reminded that we are different, whether that’s on social media, in the news or at work,’ she says. ‘It’s so easy to compare ourselves to one another.

But when someone says that they connect to something that I’ve not even written for them, it’s a reminder that beneath the layers we’re so much more alike than we are different.

‘Many of us are, in various capacities, dealing with fears and doubts. No two stories are the same, but we can connect with a lot of the pain and the suffering.

‘People often ask me whether I would share the stories I am sent. If people allow me, I may in the future. But I think there’s something beautiful about not having to know every single detail before we are empathetic towards one another.

‘One thing that always amazes me is when I share a poem and then get messages from two people back to back who say it really related to them. And yet their stories are complete opposites of each other, they’re from different places in the world, they’re different ages, ethnicities, and they have completely different lives.’

Even while she is writing for other people, Morgan is also writing for herself.

‘I don’t give advice,’ she says. ‘I’m just here to let people know that they are seen and they’re not alone. When I read back through so much of what I’ve written, I can see how I needed to hear it at different stages of my life.’

Growing up, Morgan had been conflicted about being introverted while

wanting to reach out to people. She had always loved writing stories and drawing pictures, but did not feel that she was able to make connections with others. It was challenging for her. But, she says, ‘when I look back over the course of my life I can see that I was connecting to something greater than me and that in sharing my work I’m now able to connect with others’.

She recently released her second book of poems All Along You Were Blooming, which she hopes will help her readers to ‘look back on all the little things that made them who they are, and see that all of it matters’.

She adds: ‘This life isn’t random, we’re not here by accident. We’re all in some capacity wandering and searching for something. My poems might not spell everything out for people, but maybe they keep hope alive, keep people on the journey, and keep them curious about what eternal love might look like.

‘I want to tell people to keep going, keep believing and keep trusting.’

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‘We can’t prevent earthquakes, but we can help communities recover’ Ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science next Tuesday (11 February), American seismologist JESSICA VELASQUEZ tells Linda McTurk how she came to study earthquakes for a living

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ARTHQUAKE researcher Jessica Velasquez has been fascinated by rocks from the time she could walk. As a young child, she kept a collection of them in a toy vanity case, filling up every compartment she could find.

‘I’ve always loved science,’ she says. ‘My entire life I’ve wanted to know why and how things work. I’m curious, but also sceptical – I never believe the first thing that people tell me. I have to figure it out for myself.’

Jessica’s parents encouraged her curiosity about the world.

When she would ask them questions, they would urge her to explore further and seek out answers.

‘When I was about six years old, I remember asking my dad about how the sun rises and sets and him showing me a globe with a flashlight,’ she says.

Her fascination with the world eventually led her to study geology, through an Earth science course at university.

Taking her first physics and Earth science courses at the same time, she recognised that she could ‘use so many of the physics principles to explain what was going on in the Earth’.

Then when someone told her that people cannot predict

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earthquakes, Jessica became determined to change that.

She was convinced that even if she couldn’t predict earthquakes exactly, she would be able to do something to help.

Jessica has what might be considered an unusual view of earthquakes.

‘I love just about everything about earthquakes, except the impact that they have on people,’ she says.

But her path to becoming a seismologist was not straightforward. She was outnumbered by her male colleagues.

‘The field of Earth science is dominated by men,’ she explains. ‘That was the case with the vast majority of my professors. It was very difficult to find a woman in the field.

At first, I didn’t think anything of it. I just thought I could keep up.

‘But then in graduate school I started to recognise how alone women were in the geophysics side of things. Many of my female colleagues didn’t make it through their programmes. I didn’t really understand why so many of my women colleagues didn’t finish their programmes versus the men.

‘It’s hard to put into words, but the expectation was that if you were a woman, you probably didn’t understand all these complicated maths concepts and the nittygritty physics, and that you were probably a little more qualitative than quantitative. It’s not an overt thing – but of course, it isn’t fair.’

Jessica attained her geological sciences PhD some years ago. But the latest data shows that less than 30 per cent of researchers

worldwide are women, according to the United Nations. In order to help women and girls to ‘participate fully in science’, the organisation declared 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Regardless of any gender bias that she may have faced, there is no question that Jessica has made a valuable contribution as

I love just about everything about earthquakes, except the impact that they have on people a seismologist to the scientific community and beyond.

As part of her job at a catastrophe modelling company in California, she helps to design research models that inform insurers about what kind of damage they can expect in the event of an earthquake.

Financial experts can use these models, she says, to ‘cover vulnerable populations, the ones who don’t have insurance and don’t have the means to supply for themselves’ because they are financially poor.

One of her recent projects was to work on

a catastrophe bond that could be sold to raise funds to protect lifelines – essential pieces of infrastructure – for communities in Nepal.

In the event of another major incident like the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the country in 2015, the money made in the purchase of the bonds could then be used to help people recover faster.

Jessica sees her Christian faith as an important part of her personal mission as a scientist.

‘The Lord loves people and so do I,’ she says. ‘People are vulnerable to things that they don’t understand. I want people to understand that they don’t have to be terrified of an earthquake. It’s a scientific process. We can’t prevent them from happening, but we can try to make sure that communities have the resources they need to recover after they happen.’

An avid lover of both science and faith, Jessica is convinced that the two do not have to contradict each other in our understanding of the world.

‘For me, science only addresses the how, whereas faith addresses the why and the who,’ she explains. ‘They address completely separate things.

‘I love seeing how intricately God put everything together. He designed all of our physical laws – our laws of physics, biology and chemistry. I’m still trying to figure out how everything works together.’

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Ahead of World Radio Day, Capital Xtra presenter ROBERT BRUCE chats to Sarah Olowofoyeku about his broadcasting career and why radio is worth celebrating

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OBERT BRUCE was just a teenager when he knew exactly what line of work he wanted to get into. ‘When I was 15, a radio DJ gave me a shout-out and it was the best feeling ever,’ he recalls. ‘I wanted to give someone else that same excitement and joy, so I decided to get into radio.’

Rob, who is now 25 years old, went off to university to study broadcast journalism. While presenting on the university’s student radio station, he was scouted by London-based Capital Xtra, which plays dance and urban music to 1.9 million His Saturday show features guest artists who people across the UK each week. His join him in the studio to have a chat. ‘I’ve done professional radio career began as he was one interview a week for the past two years, finishing his degree. and that has been a highlight,’ he says.

That was three years ago, and today he The interviews with some of the UK’s top presents his own radio show on the station. artists, including Stormzy, Ella Mai, Jorja ‘My show is on from 7 to 10 pm, Monday Smith and Wretch 32, are also shared on to Thursday. On Saturday from 4 to 7 pm I Capital Xtra’s Youtube channel. present Homegrown and play only UK music.’

For more than 100 years, radio has been a As well as playing new tunes on the radio, significant medium for sharing people’s music Rob spends time out of the studio, hosting and stories, as well as a valuable form of mass music events, putting on live shows and communication for news and political affairs. reporting from occasions such as the European World Radio Day on 13 February, which was premiere of the film Black Panther and the established by the UN in 2013, highlights radio Mobo awards. as a medium ‘for celebrating humanity in all its diversity’. Radio, the UN says, is ‘a powerful tool’ and ‘the most widely consumed medium’.

For Rob, radio is worth celebrating because ‘the relationship you can build with your listeners is unique’.

He says: ‘There’s no face time, so listeners are always relying on a voice. That voice can become a comfort, a friend, something that people tune in to on their commute or in the car. Whatever someone’s routine is, it can line up with certain presenters, so cool relationships can be built. And because people are on the radio throughout the year, no matter what listeners are going through, presenters are there for them all the time.

‘There’s a mum who listens to my show every Saturday with her Rob presents on the radio as well as hosting daughter, who is about five years old. It’s nice live events and reporting from red carpets

that it’s family-friendly and, though you’re not part of the family, you’re there with them to keep them company.

‘You’re on your own in the studio, but I like the interaction with people when they message in, or let me know they’re listening to the show.

‘Also I introduce many new artists, which is amazing. I love getting to see their careers grow from making music in their bedroom for fun to selling out big stages and touring around the world.’

While Rob interviews a lot of artists and musicians, he wants those who are tuning in to

The people I interview get scrutinised a lot know that everyone has a story and that each story is valuable.

‘The people I interview are in the limelight, and they get scrutinised a lot,’ he says. ‘But they’re not perfect people. And we can all learn from each other. I don’t ever cast judgment on anyone I interact with, and I hope my listeners get that through the show.’

Even away from his radio show, Rob wants to communicate, through the way he lives, something else that he considers important.

‘I grew up in a Christian family,’ he says.

‘I’ve been going to church all my life too, but when I was about 13 or 14, I said to God: “If you’re real, show yourself to me.” Since then, it has been a whole journey of discovering God and Jesus’ love and seeing where I fit into that picture.

‘Since I was about 16, I’ve always had a sense that God’s there with me and knows what he’s doing, even if my reality doesn’t align with that. I know that I can’t convince anyone about faith, or of why they should go on a faith journey. But my idea is that if God loves me, then it’s my job to love all the people around me. And I’ve seen that sort of love transform people’s lives.’

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EXPLORE Prayerlink YOUR prayers are requested for Phyllis, who is concerned about her family; for Christopher, that he will get the support he needs; and for Lynn, who has been struggling since the loss of her mother.

The War Cry invites readers to send in requests for prayer, including the first names of individuals and details of their ­circumstances. Send your requests to Prayerlink, War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, Lon­don SE1 6BN. Mark your envelope ‘Confidential’.

Becoming a Christian There is no set formula to becoming a Christian, but many people have found saying this prayer to be a helpful first step to a relationship with God Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong.

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.

Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit.

Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

Amen Extract from Why Jesus? by Nicky Gumbel published by Alpha International, 2011. Used by kind permission of Alpha International

Philippians

Nigel Bovey gives chapter and verse on each book in the Scriptures

HE eventful visit of early Christian T leader Paul to the Macedonian city of Philippi is recorded in Acts 16.

bling or arguing’ (2:14). He urges two of the congregation to settle their differences (4:2).

They are also to be watchful of false evangelists who require Gentile converts to be circumcised as a sign that they bind themselves to keeping the Law, which God had

Fabrics-dealer Lydia and members of her household responded to the gospel. Paul delivered a slave girl from an evil spirit, for which he and his companion, Silas, were flogged and imprisoned. While in Paul maintains that the their cell, Paul shared the gospel with his jailer, and he and his family put their faith only thing that counts is in Jesus.

Now imprisoned in Rome, Paul writes to the that ‘Christ is preached’ church in Philippi, a congregation who hold a special place in his affection (1:3–11). He given to the Jewish people in Old Testament describes them as ‘my joy and crown’ (4:1). times.

He assures them that his present incarceraPaul asserts that God makes us right with tion is not a setback to the spreading of the him not by us obeying rules, but through the gospel. On the contrary, his guards know atoning death of Jesus. When we put our faith about his faith, other believers have been in him, we are made right with God and will emboldened to talk about Jesus (1:12–14) be raised to new life. and some in Caesar’s household have become To illustrate his point, Paul describes his Christians (4:22). religious background. He was a clean-living The theme of the letter is unity. He man, but recognised that his goodness was knows that some people preach Jesus out of useless in earning God’s forgiveness. For that, questionable motives. However, rather than he needed to put his faith in Jesus (3:1–11). allowing this to become a divisive distraction, Paul maintains that the only thing that counts is that ‘Christ is preached’ (1:18).

Stressing the need for unity, he exhorts his readers not only to be like-minded, but also to have the same attitude – yes, to know the as Jesus, who was hum‘I want to know Christ n’ (Philippians 3:10 bly obedient to God’s will power of his resurrectio (2:1–11). They are to do on) New International Versi everything ‘without grum-

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EXPRESSIONS

NOW, THERE’S A THOUGHT!

by Jim Burns

QUICK QUIZ

1. Who played the title role in the 1970 film Ned Kelly?

2. The world’s first public railway operated on steam traction was named after which two towns in the northeast of England?

3. What type of animal is the children’s show character Sooty?

4. Which country leads the parade of nations during the opening ceremony of the Olympics?

5. Who wrote the play Titus Andronicus?

6. Who played Chandler Bing in the TV series Friends?

ANSWERS 1. Mick Jagger. 2. Stockton and Darlington. 3. A bear.

4. Greece. 5. William Shakespeare. 6. Matthew Perry.

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Shepherd song scores with supporters OST people would probably find it surprising to hear that the fans M of a football club have a hymn as one of the songs they sing while watching their team play. But recently I discovered that West

Bromwich Albion fans sing Psalm 23, ‘The Lord’s my Shepherd’.

I’ve heard two versions of how the song came to be used by the club, and both have a certain charm to them.

Fan Keith White’s version is that he originally sang ‘Giles is my shepherd’ way back in 1976 in honour of the player Johnny Giles. ‘He turned us into a promotion-winning side and laid the foundations for the next few years,’ said Keith in an interview with a local newspaper. When Giles left the club, fans reverted to the hymn’s original words.

The second version tells of fans finding a hymn book on a bus on the way to a game. They started singing the songs inside, and the most popular turned The song has out to be Psalm 23. It became the fans’ brought joy anthem and is still used today, often sung after West Brom score a goal. and comfort to Whichever story is true, it’s safe to say that countless people Psalm 23 is one of the best-known and mostloved of the Bible’s psalms. It has brought joy and comfort to countless people over the years at weddings and funerals.

Whether or not people know the whole psalm, the first five words alone are well worth remembering. ‘The Lord is my shepherd’ means we can feel assured because, like a shepherd to their flock, God is always close to us.

Those words promise us that when we lose our way – as sheep tend to do – we have someone looking out for us.

The psalm goes on to say, ‘Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me’ (23:4 New International Version).

It’s a reminder that no matter what opposition we’re up against, or how dark an experience we are going through, we need not be afraid, because God is with us.

Now, that is something to sing about!

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PUZZLES

QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Broom (5) 4. Board game (5) 8. Cooking stove (3) 9. Slum (5) 10. Spacious (5) 11. Previously (3) 12. Central (5) 13. French pantomime character (7) 16. Commotion (6) 19. Sheriffs (6) 23. Prisoner (7) 26. Frequently (5) 28. Nothing (3) 29. Henry ____ , sculptor (5) 30. Planet’s path round the Sun (5) 31. Horse-drawn carriage (3)

HONEYCOMB Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number 1. Small notebook 2. Historical account written from personal knowledge 3. Brightly coloured tropical bird 4. Mythical monster 5. Capital city of the UK 6. Envelop

WORDSEARCH

ANSWERS HONEYCOMB 1. Jotter. 2. Memoir. 3. Parrot.

4. Dragon. 5. London. 6. Enfold.

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1. Besom. 4. Chess. 8. Aga. 9. Hovel. 10. Roomy. 11. Ago. 12. Inner.

13. Pierrot. 16. Uproar. 19. Lawmen.

23. Captive. 26. Often. 28. Nil. 29. Moore.

30. Orbit. 31. Gig. 32. Elite. 33. Yield.

DOWN: 2. Seven. 3. Malaria. 4. Canopy.

5. Eerie. 6. Scour. 7. Crypt. 9. Haiku.

14. Raw. 15. Ore. 17. Pea. 18. Out. 20. Apology. 21. Nonet. 22. Renege.

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15. Mineral (3) 17. Vegetable (3) 18. Absent (3) DOWN 20. Expression of remorse (7) 2. Prime number (5) 21. Group of two more 3. Disease carried than 2 down (5) by mosquito (7) 4. Roof-like covering (6) 22. Go back on (6) 23. Ship of the desert (5) 5. Weird (5) 6. Clean vigorously (5) 24. Examine (5) 7. Underground room (5) 25. Ancient East 9. Japanese poem (5) Anglian tribe (5) 27. List (5) 14. Uncooked (3) 32. Superior (5) 33. Cede (5)

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RECIPES

Moroccan egg wrap

SERVES

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1tsp olive oil 3 spring onions, trimmed and sliced 1 small garlic clove, crushed 100g chickpeas, drained 2 large British Lion eggs Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1tsp harissa paste 1 wholemeal seeded tortilla wrap 2tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Scrambled eggs and ham on croissants 6 large British Lion eggs 2tbsp milk Salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 croissants 25g butter 4 slices ham

Heat the oil in a small non-stick frying pan and add the spring onions, garlic and chickpeas.

Cook for 1 minute, stirring continuously.

Crack the eggs into a bowl, season with salt and pepper, and beat. Add to the frying pan and continue to cook with the other ingredients for a further 30 seconds, stirring until the eggs are scrambled to taste. Stir in the harissa paste.

Spoon the mixture down the centre of a wholemeal wrap. Scatter the parsley over the egg. Fold in the two ends of the wrap, then roll it up to enclose the filling. Slice in half to serve.

Beat the eggs and milk together with salt and pepper in a bowl.

Carefully cut the croissants in half horizontally. Place each half cut-side up on a grill rack.

Toast under a hot grill for 2 minutes or until golden.

Set aside.

Melt the butter in a non-stick pan and add the eggs. Cook over a low heat for 3 minutes, stirring until the eggs begin to thicken and scramble.

Arrange the croissants on four plates, top the base of each croissant with a slice of ham, then spoon over the cooked eggs. Top with the other croissant halves and serve immediately.

SERVES

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Recipes reprinted, with permission, from the British Egg Information Service website eggrecipes.co.uk

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