FORMER YOUNG CHORISTER OF THE YEAR REVEALS LESSONS SHE’S LEARNED
iBelie e MARCH 2013 Issue 14 • £2.90
THE CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE
Another brilliant instalment from best-selling author
SOPHIE NEVILLE
GARDEN GADGETS
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HARDMAN SOFTENS
Why film star Chuck Norris is helping others
Become a supermum
CRACKING EASTER RECIPES Roast leg of lamb
...top tips to help you
Great ideas for Mother’s Day IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT ME
...says singing sensation sen Brooke Fraser
SPRING A SURPRISE Add some colour
Simnel cake
Contents
iBelieve March 2013
INTERVIEWS
REAL LIFE
ON THE COVER TV and film hardman Chuck Norris reveals how finding faith softened his heart
Nicholas Vesey led a playboy lifestyle. Now, he’s a vicar who gives seminars on Christian living
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ON THE COVER Kiwi export, chart star and Hillsong singer Brooke Fraser talks about her faith and why fame’s not all about her
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time Young Chorister of the Year Lexie Stobie has learned when one door closes God opens another
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chef Emily Glancy looks at Easter faves leg of lamb and simnel cake
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FASHION
23 ON THE COVER Spring
is the perfect time to add a splash of colour to your wardrobe
Great garden gadgets
What softens heart of a hardman?
44 ON THE COVER Resident
Globetrotting Claudette Schlitter reveals how God helped her overcome years of bullying
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FOOD
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Pop star tells of her faith
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Spring a surprise for new season
Make mum’s day with our gift ideas
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ADVICE 36
Your Money Check out our super money management ideas to make sure your cash goes further
41 Mandy Smith lends an ear
as she helps you solve your problems
VIEWS
time to get into the garden. We pick the best gadgets to help the green fingered
16 My Favourite Things with
Manchester musician Kevin Wardman
28 Picture feature We focus on an awesome sculpture that’s perfect for Easter and includes a 190ft cross
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17 Only by God’s grace...
Rest days Take a trip to Marrakech and pick out the highlights
32 Matthew Smith works at a
life truly is worth shouting about!
Evangelist Joyce Meyer challenges what our idea of being holy is all about solicitors and tells us why he believes
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Men’s ministry leader Carl Beech believes we shouldn’t lose our cool, no matter how frustrating life is
FEATURES
8 ON THE COVER Gifts Don’t miss
our brilliant ideas to help you lavish your mum for Mother’s Day
10 ON THE COVER Great
garden gadets Now winter is over, it’s
33 Devotion We look at why 34
Beyond Reasonable Doubt What’s in a name, asks Mark Wreford. Quite a lot actually, as it turns out...
38 iReviews Books, music & DVDs 42 The life of Sophie Neville
Don’t miss the second instalment in our exclusive series from the top author
48 Puzzles Two fun-packed pages 52 ON THE COVER How to... be a great mum
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The pretty new Vauxhall in Motoring
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from the editor Time is marching on and spring is in the offi ng with Easter peeking out from around the corner. It’s a great time of year with new life in focus all around, in the church and in the garden, and we’ve packed plenty of fantastic features into your latest edition of iBelieve too! Life is good! Chuck Norris makes a special guest appearance in this issue that you’re about to enjoy – and he’s more about the message than the muscles, even if he does still pack a mean punch with his famous roundhouse kicks! The macho man to end all machismo talks about his faith, which keeps him fighting fit and raring to go. And if Chuck has a straight ahead knockout of a testimony, Brooke Fraser brings all the bright breezy beauty that characterises her wonderful songs. The New Zealand-born pop ‘Easter is the star explains what gives meaning to perfect time her life as well as to remember her music – and brings it all back we’re part of down to earth something with her quirky, humorous style. bigger...’ Humour is available by the bucket load in our latest instalment of Sophie Neville’s biographical tale of hilarious woe! If only illness were this funny when it happened to me! Easter is the perfect time to remember that we’re part of something much larger than ourselves. The Church is one the most remarkable institutions on the planet. The Body of Christ has been active for a couple of millennia and it’s thriving globally today. Join in brothers and sisters in the great family of God... and celebrate the great gift the Lord gave us in salvation this Easter!
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GARDEN GADGETS
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Why film star Chuck Norris is helping others
Brooke sen ...says singing sensation
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...top tips to help you
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