On this Mothering Sunday, Stephen looked at Mary, the mother of Jesus, focussing especially on Luke 2:19 which tells us that Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. We usually look at that passage - following the birth announcements and visit...

Mothering Sunday is a day honouring mothers and mother churches, celebrated in the United Kingdom and Ireland on the fourth Sunday in Lent since the Middle Ages. On Mothering Sunday, Christians have historically visited their mother church and in the Middle Ages, this...

One of the things that is very difficult in formal situations is how a florid way of speaking is encouraged which is not necessarily honest but is deemed to be necessary. The Parliamentary system and judicial system in this country still encourage ways of addressing...