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  • 4 Mar 2010
    Crossing many paths in Ireland

    The third in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 4 Mar 2010
    'Chocolate Sunday' hopes to serve up sweet deeds

    A Church of Scotland parish church will be bathed in chocolate for Lent on Sunday 7 March. But as well as the sweetness, there's a more serious message about sacrificial service of others being the true 'reason for the season'.

  • 24 Feb 2010
    Celtic Christianity revisited

    The second in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focusing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 19 Feb 2010
    Don't give up for Lent, says Kirk moderator

    The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has called on Kirk members to find ways of being better Christians, rather than avoiding things such as chocolate, alcohol or cigarettes during Lent.

  • 18 Feb 2010
    Lent from Ekklesia? Couldn't be easier

    Lent is about redirecting our lives in the way of peace, justice and openness to God, other people and the earth. A tough challenge... but we're trying to make it easier.

  • 18 Feb 2010
    Remembering and visiting Iona

    The first in a series of 2010 Lent blogs from Willard Roth focussing on places of particular spiritual intensity and interest across Britain and Ireland.

  • 18 Feb 2010
    Why Adjoa Andoh is counting on Christian Aid's Lent 'blessings'

    Actor Adjoa Andoh, who stars in the new Academy Award-nominated movie Invictus, alongside Morgan Freeman, is supporting Christian Aid’s Count Your Blessings Lent campaign for 2010.

  • 18 Feb 2010
    Fast for Life focuses on consumption, global food security and Lent

    Thousands of Christians across the world have been joining a “Fast for Life” to reflect on their own consumption and commit to doing what they can to contribute to global food security.

  • 17 Feb 2010
    World church bodies spread Lent message: share global resources justly

    Christians observing the Lenten time of reflection and self-sacrifice are being urged by world church bodies to engage in acts that enable a better and more just sharing of the world's resources.

  • 17 Feb 2010
    Church leaders in Ash Wednesday challenge to economic inequality

    Church leaders in West Yorkshire will come together today to issue a joint statement urging greater action to tackle the increasing gap between rich and poor in the UK.