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SHALL WE DANCE? asks CLAIRE BRINE

Footloose teenagers dance to the beat

FEEL like kicking off your Sunday shoes? Then Footloose is what you need. The toe-tapping musical film – a remake of the 1984 hit – is putting a spring in the step of cinemagoers, after its release yesterday (Friday 14 October).

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The story follows Boston-bred teenager Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald) as he moves into the small, southern town of Bomont. As a fan of loud music

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ARMY PROVIDES AID FOR DROUGHT-HIT FAMILIES

Children in Kenya gather water from a Salvation Army bowser

Food for Kenya’s children THE Salvation Army in Kenya is giving food to 17 schools in Turkana so that children in the drought-hit country can continue their education.

In Kenya parents usually have to pay fees in order for their children to attend secondary schools. The fees cover food, water, educational materials and transport.

Under its ‘food for fees’ programme, The Salvation Army is providing schools with food, benefiting more RIBA East has named The than 5,000 children, Salvation Army’s hall in while the schools are Chelmsford its Building of the waiving their fees.

Decade. The regional office of the The Salvation Army is Royal Institute of British Architects also transporting water made the award to mark ten years to more than 20 remote of its Spirit of Ingenuity Awards. areas affected by the The judges said that the building, drought that has had an designed by Hudson Architects, impact on more than ‘still shocks as it comes into view’ ten million people in and called it ‘innovative, stark and East Africa. yet welcoming and enticing’.

CHRISTIAN education trust Damaris has produced resources for churches and individuals to use around Hallowe’en. It has TRIPLE O won Best published a ‘countdown calendar’ on its Gospel Act at the Mobo website which focuses on All Hallows’ Day – Awards. Accepting the the day after Hallowe’en – which in the church award, the singer said: calendar is a time for ‘I just want to thank the honouring heroes and Lord Jesus Christ for heroines of the giving me this Christian faith. opportunity to make A SALVATION Army church in music on his behalf.’

Nottingham is running a community allotment to help feed homeless people and struggling families.

The Nottingham Aspley church is using the Mustard Tree allotment to grow its own cabbages, carrots, leeks, potatoes, onions and other fruit and vegetables. It uses some of the produce in its church café, gives some of it to a community market and distributes some of it in food parcels to hungry people.

Much of the planning and planting at the allotment was carried out by two friends of The Salvation Army, Ian Piper and Sandra Ferguson. Ian says: ‘The plot should produce a decent crop, and being able to use fresh ingredients in the café and in any food parcels will be of benefit to the people of Aspley.’

Building success

REPORT REVEALS DEEPENING SECRECY

Tax havens still in business FINANCIAL secrecy is intensifying in the world despite pledges made by powerful nations to tackle it, according to an index compiled by Christian Aid and the Tax Justice Network.

The Financial Secrecy Index ranks 72 leading countries and jurisdictions offering financial services according to the amount of international business they enjoy and the secrecy given to their clients.

Switzerland is placed as the ‘most harmful’ country.

Alex Cobham of Christian Aid says that, although G20 governments committed themselves to eradicate tax havens, ‘the findings show that more secretive jurisdictions have actually increased their share of business, and more jurisdictions now offer greater secrecy.

‘Tax haven secrecy is hugely damaging and facilitates crimes such as money-laundering, corruption and tax evasion. It also has a grave impact on the economies of developing countries.’

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PLAYS ON THE WORD Lieutenant Matt Elsey, leader of Nottingham Aspley Salvation Army, harvests potatoes

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From page 1 and bopping to the beat, he is in for a bit of a culture shock when he learns that his new home town prohibits dancing.

Ren learns that three years ago, the community was rocked by a car accident which resulted in the deaths of five teens. They had been travelling home after a night on the dancefloor. In response to the tragedy, the Rev Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid) banned loud music and dancing. He lost his son in the crash and is desperate to protect his daughter in the future.

Before long, Ren lands himself in trouble with the police for listening to music at full blast while driving. The court accuses him of disturbing the peace. Ren vents his frustrations by driving to an empty warehouse, where he dances off steam.

He simply can’t live without dancing.

Nor can he understand the ban, especially as the time for a school prom is coming up. He wants to change things. So with the support of friends, Ren organises a protest against the dance ban.

He uses passages from the Bible to argue his case with Rev Shaw.

There is ‘a time to mourn and a time to dance’, he quotes from Ecclesiastes. There was once a time for the ban, he says, ‘but not any more. This is our time.’

Rev Shaw is in a tricky situation. Deep down he’s not a bad guy. His whole purpose in setting up the dance ban was to protect people. But the people are unhappy. Is it time for the town to ‘cut loose’ and make a fresh start?

Making changes won’t come without risk. Perhaps the townsfolk would feel safer to stick with what they know. But then comes the biggest risk of all – the risk of missing out on something better because they are adamant on staying the way they are.

Maybe we face a similar problem if we are living with a harmful addiction or caught in a vicious circle of destructive behaviour and self-loathing. We are used to it – but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is good for us. Perhaps we are so accustomed to our way of life with its worries and pressures that we forget an alternative is even possible.

But it is.

People who build a relationship with Jesus can know a life that is full of joy and freedom. They can receive his

Is it time to cut loose and make a fresh start?

Kenny Wormald plays Ren who (above) is cornered by the Rev Shaw Moore and his wife

forgiveness for past mistakes. They can find strength to break free from present struggles which weigh them down.

Jesus told people that to follow his way of life was the true way.

He also said: ‘You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free’ (John 8:32 New International Version).

If we feel bound by our past or our present circumstances, knowing Jesus can bring about a brighter future.

Whatever our problems, he promises to help us. With him by our side, we can know that we are taking a step in the right direction.

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Theatre plays on the S Good Book IXTY-SIX books. One hundred and thirty actors. Twenty-three directors. One new venue.

That is how London’s Bush Theatre is marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

‘The King James Bible is one of the most beautiful documents ever written in the English language,’ says Josie Rourke, artistic director of the theatre. ‘Whether a person has faith or not, there is something extraordinary about the book’s language, poetry and imagery.’

To put the production of 66 Books together, Josie and her team approached 66 writers and asked each of them to create a response to a particular book in the Bible. The writers include the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

‘We began by making a wish list of writers, people whose work we liked,’ explains Josie. ‘We came up with our first 20 names, then we drew up a set of criteria as we thought about the others.

‘We wanted to make sure that we used writers from a diverse range of backgrounds and countries, including places such as South Africa, America and Nigeria to reflect the fact that the King James Bible was an important colonial tool.

‘We also wanted an equal number of males and females. We wanted to include writers of faith and of no faith.

We wanted them to come up with material which would be secular and holy.’

Once Josie found the writers, it was time for them to get creative. 66 Books includes a mixture of performance material.

‘The pieces range from six to twentyfive minutes in length,’ Josie says. ‘The performances include monologues, duologues, short plays, songs and poems.

The writers were also free to choose their own genres, such as comedy or tragedy.

‘The poet Paul Muldoon responded to the Book of Lamentations by creating a song, which Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill performs. And novelist Jeanette Winterson has written Genesis as a series of tweets, entitled GodBlog Book One.’ Many stars of stage and screen are performing in the 66 productions.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible.

The event has been commemorated in print, on radio, television and the internet.

The book has been praised for the beauty of its language. It has been lauded for its spiritual, historical and cultural significance.

Theatre artistic director JOSIE ROURKE tells Claire Brine how the Bible inspired her to work in theatre and about how actors are staging a new show that celebrates each of the Bible’s 66 books

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Josie Rourke and (above) Rafe Spall and Michelle Terry rehearse a play based on the Book of Hosea

Comedian Catherine Tate appears in Winterson’s version of Genesis, and actress Juliet Stevenson stars in The Beauty of the Church, which is a response to the Song of Solomon.

As well as marking the anniversary of the King James Bible, the Bush Theatre is using 66 Books to celebrate the opening of its new venue. Audiences have various options available to them.

They can watch the entire production of the Bible in a special 24-hour show, or they can attend evening performances, which include just a selection of the books. The production will also travel to Westminster Abbey for a 12-hour overnight performance on Friday 21 October.

Taking on the Bible in this way has been an ambitious project for Josie. She explains where her big idea came from.

‘Three years ago, I attended a symposium held by the Royal Shakespeare Company on the King James Bible, dur-

ing which they mentioned its upcoming 400th anniversary. I began thinking it would be interesting to do something which would mark the occasion.

‘Eventually, a colleague and I came up with the idea of getting 66 contemporary writers – from a range of backgrounds – and asking them to create responses to the Bible’s 66 books. We told them that we wanted their work to be written in such a way that it could be spoken aloud.’

Josie says she has been influenced by her time overseeing the project and directing six of the books.

‘Growing up, I had 14 years of Catholic education. This production has enabled me to reconnect with my childhood. In many ways I believe that it was hearing the Bible spoken aloud in church that made me want to work in the theatre.’

I reconnected with my childhood

66 Books runs at the Bush Theatre until 29 October

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NAME: Joan Hubber.

OCCUPATION: Retired.

LOCATION: The market and high street, Birkenhead.

DURATION: 11 years.

MOTIVATION: ‘I love meeting my regular customers and strangers, hearing about their happy times, telling them about my faith and praying with them in their troubles. In the process I have made so many friends.’

FAVOURITE STORY: ‘One woman came to me each week with many problems. We talked and prayed together, and I invited her for a coffee at our Salvation Army hall.

She eventually joined our over-60 club,

Sound and vision

IN THE PRESS

MILLIONS of people logging on to Google last week were faced with ‘Steve Jobs, 1955–2011’. For many, it was the first they knew that the cofounder and public face of Apple had died.

News of Mr Jobs’s passing, coming as it did just one day after the launch of the latest iPhone, evoked responses from the general public and public figures.

President Obama said: ‘Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world and talented enough to do it.’

The world of technology certainly changed under Steve Jobs. He was at the forefront of the revolution that brought computers into the home, the briefcase and the pocket. His vision fills the iPod-headphoned ears of people the world over.

As well as making the world feel comfortable with the small screen, Jobs pioneered the silver-screen technology of computer-generated animation along with Pixar. Toy Story was not the only thing that reached for infinity and beyond.

Visionaries

enjoyed it and renewed her faith in the Lord.’

CUSTOMER SERVICE REACTION: ‘Joan was nominated

by Robert Jackson, who says: ‘She is a friend to everyone.

She is so enthusiastic and has a lovely smile to greet you on the street or in the Salvation Army hall.

Joan is full of faith and her energy seems boundless.

She is also so modest about what she does in – as she says – “the service of our Lord”.’

If you would like to nominate your local War Cry seller, please write to ‘War Cry Seller and Teller’, The War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. Or email warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk

PC Thomas hits the buffers THOMAS the Tank Engine has been accused of falling victim to political correctness after a story about the engine referred to a Christmas tree as a ‘holiday’ tree, reported The Daily Telegraph.

According to the paper, the Little Engines, Big Days Out DVD features stories about Thomas in which the Christmas season is referred to as the ‘winter holidays’.

Former Tory MP Ann Widdecombe said that ‘children would be surrounded by references to Christmas at this time of year and would be happy

to celebrate the occasion, whatever their religion’.

The original Thomas the Tank Engine books were written by the Rev Wilbert Awdry.

Faith-school parents face ‘discriminatory tax’

RESEARCH by The Daily Telegraph has revealed that parents may have to pay up to £500 to send children to faith schools. The paper reported that councils across England are to ‘axe subsidised transport’ to the schools, which could result in families struggling to meet the rising travel costs.

Roman Catholic and Church of England groups have branded the move ‘discriminatory’ and believe that it will exclude some children BBC News reported on the Organ Academy at from faith schools altogether.

Halifax Minster, which is hoping to tackle a Terry Sanderson, president of the shortage of people able to play the instrument National Secular Society, defended in church. the move, saying that parents sendReporter Jenny Hill said that half of all ing their children to faith schools churches do not have a regular organist. To should not be entitled to a ‘privihighlight the problem she spoke to Canon leged extravagance’.

James Allison, who uses sound files on his

Organists needed

ON THE BOX

Film director Spike Lee, in his tribute, said that ‘visionaries are always called crazy in the beginning’.

The world needs visionaries – people who are brave enough, bold enough and gifted enough to see a new world and to take the people of the old world there.

In this respect, the world has seen no greater visionary than Jesus Christ.

Born in an era of low-tech, he was scoffed at by those who had known him as a child – written off as ‘the carpenter’s son’.

He never wrote a book, let alone a blog. But by word of mouth and the digital technology of his fingertips he connected with people.

He spoke – and showed – love, mercy, grace and forgiveness. He presented a vision of the fallen world being restored and reunited with its Creator. That vision cost him his life. Jesus died so that the world could be saved. God raised him to life so the vision and reality of eternal life can be ours.

SELLER AND TELLER

smartphone to provide accompaniment to singing. He pointed out that the rigidness of tempo on recorded backing can be a problem and added: ‘Occasionally you can press the wrong button and get Kylie Minogue coming out of it.’

RADIO

Comment

ACTORS Celia Imrie and Michael

Kitchen explore the daily life of a parish priest in Words and Music – The Parish Priest on Radio 3 tomorrow (Sunday 16 October 5 pm). The presenters consider the roles that priests have played in literature over the years, and analyse poetry by priests John Donne and R. S. Thomas.

LIFESTYLE

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transaction STATUTORY body Consumer Focus has issued a ‘super-complaint’ to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) about the amounts people are paying for their holiday money.

The watchdog believes that complex charges and poor or misleading information are the reasons why consumers pay too much when buying foreign money or when using their cards abroad.

Consumer Focus estimates that charges to customers for exchanging money total £1 billion a year. The group is asking the OFT to investigate how much of the charges are warranted.

The three areas of concern are: Charges for using debit or credit cards abroad are complex and confusing. They vary and make it difficult for people to establish the full cost of exchanging money and to shop around for better deals.

Banks and credit card providers charge customers cash withdrawal fees when buying travel money with a card in the UK. While the cost to the banks of processing a debit card transaction is 9p, and a credit card transaction costs 37p, customers are typically being charged 1.5 to 2 per cent of the amount converted (up to a maximum of £4.50).

The use of marketing phrases such as Library pictures posed by models

Card charges are unclear

‘0 per cent commission’ is misleading and makes it difficult for consumers to compare banks with bureaux de change or the Post Office. In practice, exchange rates already include mark-ups levied by suppliers so they are not fee-free as ‘0 per cent commission’ implies.

One in five holidaymakers uses a debit card when abroad. Consumer Focus says that because of the charging structures applied to cards, often with multiple charges layered on top of each other, cardusers are losing out.

Cards usually add surcharges on the exchange rate

offered. These can be up to 3 per cent of the currency cost, to which a further charge is added for the use of foreign ATMs. Credit card users may incur cash advance charges and higher interest rates. Rather than giving customers the usual interest-free period, which can be up to 56 days, cash advances can be levied from the day the money is debited.

Consumer Focus says such charges are difficult for consumers to understand as they are often buried in small print.

Mike O’Connor from Consumer Focus says: ‘Every year almost half of Britons travel abroad and face a confusing array of charges that are often hidden. Converting £500 into euros can cost from £10 to more than £30, depending on where you exchange your money.

‘People who buy holdiay money often tend to stick with the same supplier. Confusing charges and lack of transparency mean travellers are losing out in a big way. We hope that the OFT will work with the industry to send these dubious charges packing.’

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Lady Stedman-Scott, how did you become a peer?

I was invited to become a peer by David Cameron. I like to think the offer came as a result of the work that I had done at Tomorrow’s People and of the work I was privileged to undertake with the Centre for Social Justice.

I worked with Iain Duncan Smith and others in producing the reports Breakdown and Breakthrough Britain. The experience of this influenced my understanding of social justice and the need for things to change significantly for those people I was in business to serve.

I am a Tory peer and spend much of my time talking with and for people in the voluntary sector, including The Salvation Army.

Do you have a history of politics – a desire to be an MP maybe?

No, none at all. I’d spoken with MPs on a range of issues in connection with my charity – social justice, employment and so on. Some people had suggested to me that I should consider standing for Parliament. Although I thought about it, I decided it wasn’t for me. I am, though, very comfortable with the opportunities to help people that come with being a peer.

Peer speaks up for those on the

margins

What is your mission as a peer?

It is to speak up for unemployed people and those on the margins of society and to try to prevent unemployment. It is criminal that in this country we have huge numbers of people who are out of work – huge numbers of people who are reliant on the benefits system. It is a good thing that we have the system, but we need to make sure it helps people move on and improve their lives.

We have not only financial poverty but also wholesale poverty of aspiration.

For many young people, going on benefits is the only lifestyle choice they have. It enrages me that too many of them aspire to nothing more.

I am not an economist, but it is easy to see the scale of the issues associated with unemployment. There is a big problem. People say that there aren’t any jobs. There aren’t many jobs but there are jobs, and those organisations that try to help people into work have got to work harder themselves. We can’t leave people, especially young people, relying on benefits. We must make sure that the problem does not sit in the ‘too difficult’ in tray.

I’d like to see schools identifying and giving extra help to those youngsters who are in danger of becoming a ‘Neet’ – not in education, employment or training. The problem for many youngsters is that after education, employment or training there is no long-term, meaningful job.

For those young people without a university place or job to go to after they leave school, I’d like there to be community apprenticeships – something that Tomorrow’s People and other organisations are calling for – where what they could receive in benefits becomes a wage in return for undertaking meaningful activity in their Debbie Stedman-Scott community. I am not a proponent of

For most of her working life BARONESS STEDMAN-SCOTT has championed the cause of those who cannot get work. Chief executive of Tomorrow’s People, she was created a life peer in 2010.

She talks to Nigel Bovey about her hopes and her faith

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Young people decorate a storage container at a nursery in Inverclyde

working for the dole, but I see nothing wrong with making sure the financial package is in place to support people so they are not in poverty but are being helped to get used to a 35-hour working week.

Is this a way not only of them gaining the self-esteem of earning money but also of them being acclimatised to a working routine?

Yes. Some young people have never been through an employer’s door. The 35 hours could be filled with helping them to improve their basic literacy, numeracy and communication skills, helping them prepare for interviews, giving them experience of work in the community. People would start to respect them and their self-respect would improve.

Your government is cutting public spending. Where would the money for such a scheme come from?

Of course, the scheme needs money, but so much public spending is being wasted that we could divert some. It’s not enough for charities simply to ask government for money. They need to show politicians and the public what they do – how they are value for money; how they add value to people. When they do, government and business are more likely to invest in them, so they can improve people’s lives.

It’s criminal that we have huge numbers of people who are out of work

Why has helping unemployed people to get and keep work become your life’s cause?

I was once a Salvation Army

officer and have always worked with people on the margins. I have seen firsthand the difference helping people can make.

I started working for Tomorrow’s People 27 years ago. I saw a newspaper ad for somebody to work in a new Hastings-based charity which looked after unemployed people. I thought it was the job for me, applied and got it.

I’ve never been unemployed myself, nor were my parents. My father started his own business making fur coats. In the beginning he ran it from our home in Paddington. All he wanted in life was to have a key to his own front door, a place of his own. He worked very hard to achieve that. He didn’t want to rely on the State. He wanted to be in charge of his own destiny. And that’s what I want for today’s young people.

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From page 9 How big is Tomorrow’s People?

We have a staff of 200 and look after 8,000 people a year. We are based in Scotland, Newcastle, Merseyside, Bristol, Plymouth, all along the South Coast and London. We’d love to expand, but for that we need a sustainable funding stream.

Do you have a typical client?

We take the bottom 3 per cent. Everybody who comes to us has a different problem. There are consistencies – for example, many people who have been long-term unemployed have depression and debt.

Some people have been made redundant and need to be helped to see that they have transferrable skills. In some young people’s families nobody has worked for three generations. We ask clients what it is that’s stopping them from working and then put a plan together to overcome it.

Success isn’t just getting somebody into work but keeping them there. If someone has been able to hold down a job for more than a year, then the chances are they will stay; and if circumstances change, they are equipped to deal with it.

If things are not going well at work, the client or the employer gets in touch with us and we help to sort it out.

Many people who have been longterm unemployed have depression and debt

You say you deal with the bottom 3 per cent, but running at more than a million youth unemployment is at a record high and affects more than the bottom 3 per cent. Where is the breakdown in society that invites young people to go to university, get into debt and then sign on the dole because there are no jobs?

Getting a degree is a fantastic achievement (I haven’t got one) and I wouldn’t want to deny anyone the opportunity of education. When the labour market was buoyant we didn’t talk in these terms so we can’t pick and choose too much.

However, the decision about going to university has to be made in the light of what the labour market may have (and we have to get better at predicting what opportunities there are going to be).

Almost as soon as young people are in secondary school they are having to make decisions about their lives. They mustn’t be made to feel inadequate if they don’t choose to go to university. It is no good sending them if there aren’t going to be any suitable jobs when they graduate.

All parts of society – the voluntary, the public and the private sectors – have to work together to make life better.

In recent years abortion, stem-cell research and assisted dying have been the subjects of Lords debates. How would you vote on such issues?

I am yet to vote on those issues. I would never judge someone for having

Members of a Working It Out scheme and their tutor in Southwark, London Tomorrow’s People

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an abortion, it is a very personal decision. Helping someone to die is different. I don’t know if I could do that for someone I loved.

To me, the question of legalising assisted dying is not about benefiting society, it is about giving individuals a way out or not.

Because I think people generally should be allowed to make choices about their life, part of me says that if somebody wants to end their own life, it is up to them. But I’m not sure I am comfortable with the idea that someone can legally help another person to end their own life. It’s a dilemma, and I have not resolved it yet.

On the question of stem-cell research, although I respect the view of those who believe that an early embryo should have full legal recognition as a human being, I am completely committed to learning and using new things that will relieve suffering.

Some years ago there was an outcry at the idea that pigs’ kidneys could be used in transplants as there were not enough human donors. Around that time someone dear to me had unsuccessfully received a human kidney transplant and had to go back on dialysis. It was awful.

If research can bring about cures, then I’m all for it.

You mention having been a Salvation Army officer. How and when did you become a Christian?

My faith started when I was about 16. At the time I wasn’t doing very well at school. I didn’t enjoy it. I didn’t cooperate with the teachers. I didn’t do well in my exams. I then met a Salvation Army officer who, with her husband, put herself out for me and really encouraged me. They treated me with respect. They encouraged me to go

My Christian faith motivates me to do something rather than just sit back and say how terrible the world is

to technical college and get my O levels, which I did. I started going to The Salvation Army and became a Christian. I became a Salvation Army officer because I wanted to put back into society what those Salvationists had given me.

When I was training I was given a book about the life of King David. It described how David went off the rails but his friend Jonathan stood by him.

The author said that everybody would like to have a Jonathan in their life – someone who will stick by them no matter what.

He also went on to say that finding someone to be a Jonathan to was even more important.

What does your faith give you?

It gives me hope. It motivates me to do something rather than just sit back and say how terrible the world is. It drives me to play my part in society. I never doubt the existence of God, but as I get older I do question more.

How does your faith influence your life as a peer?

I just think you have got to be straight and truthful. That is the biggest influence. There are ways of doing things, handling things and saying things from which you mustn’t deviate.

I try to live up to that standard.

How does God get through to you?

It depends on what I am dealing with at the time. Sometimes I listen to music and something clicks; other times I read something and I think yes.

In your maiden speech you described getting someone into a job as a ‘truly great thing’. What truly great thing would you like to achieve as a Christian peer?

To do what I can to influence policy that makes life better for people and to encourage all the people we work with to see that their lives can be better and show them how to take responsibility for their future.

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WORDSEARCH Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9 Solution on page 15

Look up, down, forwards, backwards and diagonally on the grid to find these items of clothing BELT BLOUSE BODY WARMER

QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Fast train (7) 5. Student (5) 7. Depraved (7) 8. Cook by dry heat (5) 10. Repose (4) 11. Introduction (8) 13. Edify (6) 14. Niche (6) 17. Ejected (8) 19. Just (4) 21. Armistice (5) 22. Akin (7) 23. Dupe (5) 24. Attempted (7)

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HONEYCOMB Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number 1. System of stars 2. Thin slice of bacon 3. Female parent 4. Piece of jewellery fastened to clothing 5. Dipping dish DOWN 2. Sunshade (7) 3. Needle case (4) 4. Lampoon (6) 5. Side by side (8) 6. Crash (5) 7. Fat (9) 9. Cherished (9) 12. Wealthy (8) 15. Precisely (7) 16. Funeral car (6) 18. Feather (5) 20. Alack (4)

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QUICK QUIZ 1. Lucy Honeychurch and Helen Schlegel are characters from novels by which author?

2. Which TV detective was famous for saying: ‘Book ’em, Danno’?

3. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

4. Who painted The Fighting Temeraire?

5. What animal lives in a sett?

6. What is traditionally given for a 20th wedding anniversary?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Express. 5 Pupil. 7 Corrupt. 8 Roast.

10 Rest. 11 Prologue. 13 Uplift. 14 Recess.

17 Expelled. 19 Fair. 21 Truce. 22 Related.

23 Cheat. 24 Essayed.

DOWN: 2 Parasol. 3 Etui. 4 Satire. 5 Parallel.

6 Prang. 7 Corpulent. 9 Treasure. 12 Affluent.

15 Exactly. 16 Hearse. 18 Plume. 20 Alas.

QUICK QUIZ 1 E. M. Forster. 2 Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five-O. 3 Colorado. 4 J. M. W. Turner. 5 A badger.

6 China.

HONEYCOMB 1 Galaxy. 2 Rasher. 3 Mother. 4 Brooch.

5 Fondue. 6 Oxygen.

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Feet of clay THERE is a Chinese proverb which says: ‘Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.’ However, it can be downright disappointing when people discover that someone they consider to be a role model – even an idol – turns out to have feet of clay.

The idol is up on a pedestal, and then they go and reveal some sort of character flaw which leads to their being knocked down. Power and trust are replaced with the sound of someone crashing to the ground as they show themselves to be capable of wrongdoing.

The phrase ‘feet of clay’ comes from the Old Testament book of the ‘This image’s prophet Daniel. head was of fine King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon gold, his breast had a troubling dream. He and his arms of summoned his magicians, silver, his belly enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers and ordered them to tell him what his and his thighs of dream meant – without actually brass, His legs revealing to them what it was about. of iron, his feet They couldn’t do it, but God revealed part of iron and both the dream and the meaning to a part of clay’ young exile from Judah called Daniel.

(Daniel 2:32,33) Daniel explained to Nebuchadnezzar that the dream was all about kingdoms which were to

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TOEING THE LINE: some role models are not as clean as we might like follow his. The King’s mighty statue People are generally a mixture of would be brought down by a rock iron and clay – just like the statue’s striking its iron and clay feet. ‘Then feet. Every human being has the iron, the clay, the bronze, the strengths and weaknesses. But that silver and the gold were all broken to does not stop God from loving and pieces and became like chaff on a forgiving his children, whatever they threshing-floor’ (Daniel 2:35 New have done. His promise is that they International Version). Daniel then can still be a part of his eternal went on to talk about a kingdom Kingdom. which ‘the God of Heaven will set up’ (2:44) CAN WE HELP? that will never be Just complete this coupon and send it to destroyed.

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EUAN MURRAY, a member of Scotland’s Rugby World Cup squad, decided not to play the crucial group match against Argentina last month because it took place on a Sunday.

(Scotland lost by just one point.)

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Murray’s words make me wonder what our Bibles would look like if we tore out pages that didn’t suit our lifestyle. And more importantly, what the world would look like.

Some people might forgive their friends, but not their enemies. Others might refuse to share their wealth to help others.

But Jesus emphasised that if people were to be his followers, they needed to give their all. A halfhearted faith in him would not get them very far. Nor would a pick-andmix attitude to his teachings.

He said: ‘If you are not on my side, you are against me’ (Matthew 12:30 Contemporary English Version).

For or against. That’s the choice.

Committing our life to Jesus is not easy. He knows that. So he promises to help us to try.

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Some people mocked his decision.

Others were perplexed at how he could pass up the opportunity because of his religious principles.

But Murray is not the first sportsman to take such action. At the 1924 Olympics, Eric Liddell of Chariots of Fire fame refused to run in the heats for the 100 metres. His reason? The race was held on a Sunday – and he was a Christian. He went on to win the men’s 400 metres instead.

Several years ago in an interview, Euan Murray said: ‘I don’t believe in pick-and-mix Christianity. I believe the Bible is the word of God, so who am I to ignore something from it? I might as well tear out that page then keep tearing out pages as and when it suits me.’

Perhaps Murray thought that playing rugby on a Sunday would risk injuring his relationship with God. Maybe he thought that overlooking God on this occasion would prompt him to consider overlooking him again in the future.

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SWEET TREAT

All-in-one shortbread Ingredients: 175g wholemeal flour 125g margarine or butter 50g demerara sugar Method: Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Put the ingredients in a food processor and process until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Press the mixture lightly into a greased 28cm x 8cm Swiss roll tin.

Bake the shortbread for 15–20 minutes or until it turns pale brown. Score into sections and leave to cool.

Artichoke and pineapple paella Ingredients: 1 red onion, chopped 2tbsp olive oil 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 100g button mushrooms, halved 2 carrots, diced 1tsp turmeric 200g Basmati rice 570ml vegetable stock 20g capers 50g black olives 50g tinned or fresh pineapple, cut into chunks 1tbsp tomato purée 100g artichokes in oil, drained and halved Small bunch of fresh tarragon 100g whole almonds 2tbsp balsamic vinegar 10 cherry tomatoes, halved Method: Gently fry the onion in a little olive oil for a few minutes, then add the garlic. Cook for 1 minute.

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Makes 18

Add the mushrooms, carrots, turmeric and rice to the pan, then cook for 2 minutes, stirring continuously.

Pour in 3⁄4 of the stock and stir, then leave the dish to simmer for 7 minutes.

Add the capers, olives, pineapple, tomato purée, artichokes and half the tarragon. Stir the mixture and cook for 10 minutes, adding more stock as required.

When the rice is cooked, add the almonds, balsamic vinegar and tomatoes. Garnish the dish with the remaining tarragon and serve.

Serves 4

Recipes reprinted, with kind permission, from the Vegetarian Society website vegsoc.org

Can the trade fashion an ethical future? asks RENÉE DAVIS BE prepared for this season’s hottest looks and trends with a twist! The Ethical Fashion Source Expo – a trade show dedicated to ethical sourcing – opens in Sadler’s Wells, London, on Monday (17 October).

Staged by the Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF), the two-day event will bring together suppliers, manufacturers and co-operatives who work to high ethical standards. Between 70 and 100 exhibitors are expected to showcase their fair-trade or organic designs made from sustainable materials.

Designers and entrepreneurs will be visiting the expo so they can gain insight into – and inspiration from – the ethically sourced fashion industry.

Industry professionals, students, graduates and members of the public who are interested in learning more about ethical fashion are expected to attend as well.

There will also be seminars on the latest developments in sustainable fashion and a chance to debate topical subjects.

Last year, representatives of designer brands (including Vivienne Westwood and Burberry) and highstreet labels (such as Marks & Spencer and New Look) went along to take a look.

The fashion industry is cottoning on to ethical sourcing. EFF wants to help designers and manufacturers of all sizes be more responsible with the world’s finite resources. The duty of caring for the planet is some-

Our lives will come to an end

ON! thing that has been with humankind almost from day one.

The Bible reminds us that God took the first man and ‘put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it’ (Genesis 2:15 New International Version).

Each of us has a duty of care for planet Earth. Recycling and using renewable energy sources are important in looking after the world’s resources.

But there is one resource that can never be recycled – life. Life is finite. Life is precious. Life is limited. Our lives will come to an end. No second go. God holds us responsible for how we spend PA photo of a our time here.

Those who buy into his model in an ethical world view – those who trust in Jesus, God’s fashion show in Milan design for the saving of the world – will gain his seal of approval: eternal life.

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