Yesterday was the Dearne hOurbank Launch, held in our building. This is a venture seeking to unite volunteers and allowing people to invest their time and skills to help others and also to receive help from people whose talents may well be different! People can choose...

When I was a child, I used to listen to Danny Kaye singing 'The Ugly Duckling.' This story, written by Hans Christian Anderson, tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight (and to the...

Mark's gospel begins with the words 'The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet' (Mark 1:1-2). The New Testament scholar and former bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, has just released a book called...