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FIGHTING FOR HEARTS AND SOULS

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Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman were the first presenters of the words and numbers quiz

WO R D PLAY writes CLAIRE BRINE

Got it? The answer is Countdown – the letters and numbers game which was first broadcast on

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TV FAVOURITE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS

CAN you solve this NOWTOCDUN conundrum? If you’re left feeling puzzled, here’s a clue: when arranged in the correct order, the letters make the name of a popular daytime Channel 4 quiz show which this month celebrates its 30th birthday.

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ENGLISH HERITAGE HONOURS ST MARY’S

News

Church’s rescue act wins award A CHURCH in Norfolk has won an English Heritage Angel Award for Best Rescue of a Place of Worship.

The judges of the annual awards were impressed by the efforts over many years of the congregation at St Mary’s in West Somerton.

Church wardens Pauline Burckitt and Simon Peasley have been working since 1989 to restore the church, where 14th-century wall paintings were in danger of being destroyed by damp, a 13th-century bell – possibly the oldest in Norfolk – needed repair and the roof required rethatching.

Throughout the work, the church used local materials and craftspeople.

The awards were announced at a ceremony held at the Palace Theatre in London.

English Heritage

Rooms for young rebuilt

Simon Peasley and Pauline Burckitt helped restore the church

ADVICE ON SPOTTING SIGNS

App gives trafficking alerts THE Salvation Army has launched an app to help people spot whether someone has been trafficked.

Free to download on Android phones from http://sar.my/ahtapp, the app sets out key signs of trafficking. It says that trafficked people may:

Government backs church work

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COMMENT

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GARDENING

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PUZZLES

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INNER LIFE

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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WHAT’S COOKING?

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COMING SOON! The War Cry is Q going digital. As well as being available e as a printed newspaper, er, The War Cry will soon be available via an app. ree ‘By downloading a free app onto their Apple orr Android smartphone or tablet, readers will be able to get all the benefits of the War Cry they love in the he palm of their hand,’ says ys the paper’s Editor Major or Nigel Bovey.

NIGEL BOVEY

O Appear frightened.

O Get into minibuses or vans at strange hours.

O Look unwell.

O Be working with no pay and in an environment with poor safety.

O Have bruising or other signs of physical abuse.

The Salvation Army is contracted by the O Be living in overcrowded, often rented housing.

Government to manage the support of adult O Be prevented from speaking to anyone. victims of human trafficking in England and Wales, providing safe accommodation, counselling, medical care, translation services and legal help.

THE Government wants to work with organised by the Cinnamon Network. work. churches and Christian organisations Speaking at the forum inn Central In its first year it to promote social enterprise, Cabinet London, Mr Hurd told the Cinnamon helped 378 people, per cent of Office Minister Nick Hurd said at a forum Network, a group of Christians who aim 44 whom were to make a positive difference erence in forced to work society, that in their capacity apacity to as labourers and bring about change they were ‘sit- 42 per cent were ting on something powerful’. ul’. sexually exploited.

‘LIFE WILL NEVER

A SALVATION Army centre for young homeless people in Southwark, South London, has officially reopened after being rebuilt.

Springfield Lodge Lifehouse in Camberwell will provide accommodation, training and activities to improve the wellbeing, self-esteem and employment prospects of people aged from 16 to 21.

It is capable of accommodating up to 40 residents in supported rooms with communal kitchens and in self-contained studio flats.

The centre also includes a music venue, an employment resource centre and garden.

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From page 1 2 November 1982. It was also the first programme to be aired on the new Channel 4.

In the early days of the show, it was the job of presenter Richard Whiteley and number whiz Carol Vorderman to put the contestants through their paces. But 30 years later, the leading figures have changed. These days, Nick Hewer from The Apprentice is in the host’s chair and co-presenter Rachel Riley serves up the letters and numbers for each round.

Rachel tells The War Cry why she thinks Countdown is so well loved.

‘It’s a show that keeps your brain active,’ she says. ‘And everyone can play along, no matter how old they are. The game is most popular with students and retired people.

‘Countdown is different from other quiz shows. The contestants don’t need lots of general knowledge to be able to play, and they don’t shout out their answers before viewers have even had a chance to think. Everyone gets 30 seconds to come up with their words or number solutions.’

Former ‘Countdown’ Rachel remembers that in the early days of presenters Richard her job, she was obsessed with working out and Carol sums in her head.

‘I would see numbers on front doors and try to work out what they could be divided by. I couldn’t stop myself. Thankfully, I’ve got a lot better at switching my brain off.’

As much as Rachel enjoys her work, she also recognises the responsibility she has to the viewers.

‘Some of them have been watching the show since it started,’ she says. ‘So if we want people to keep watching, Nick and I have to do a good job.’

Rachel feels that her vocabulary has increased since she joined the show. She promised to guide us. He said: ‘I will be with has also enjoyed getting to meet the spe- you always, even until the end of the world’ cial guests, including Sir Ranulph Fiennes, (Matthew 28:20 Contemporary English who ‘told some incredible stories of his Version). adventures’.

When problems seem unsolvable, we ‘Countdown is a great show to be part of,’ don’t have to work through them alone. Nor she says. ‘The format of the game is simple – do we have to give up when the going gets and that’s why people enjoy it.’ too tough. Instead, we can turn to Jesus.

She’s right.

When we ask for his help, he will provide In a showbiz world full of huge cash an answer. prizes and sparkly sets, Countdown – which offers a teapot as a prize – may not seem to fit. But people like it for its down-toearth presenters, its uncomplicated rules and the fact that it poses a challenge.

Many Christians are attracted to following Jesus because of his similar ‘nofrills’ approach to life. His teachings were simple: Love your enemies. Do not judge. Forgive those who wrong you.

Follow me.

Easy-to-understand words but a challenge to get right.

Jesus knew that following him would sometimes be difficult. That’s why he

It’s simple – that’s why people enjoy it

RUTH CRAFER

Nick Hewer and Rachel Riley present ‘Countdown’ today

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What’s going on

Campaign seeks

corruption reports RENÉE DAVIS

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ORRUPTION is a huge obstacle to economic and social development, says a new campaign, Exposed. Corruption can undermine the quality of public services, because when wealthy individuals and businesses avoid paying taxes, the money that could go towards positive development never reaches the government. It can reduce access to justice, because the legal system is influenced to work in favour of people who have money rather than those who are in the right. It can make poor people financially poorer.

Those are some of the reasons why Christian groups launched Exposed, which will campaign to highlight and fight corruption.

According to the World Bank, $1 trillion is paid in bribes every year, and the UN says that African countries lose 7.6 per cent of their annual GDP in illicit capital flows.

Exposed believes that corruption stems from a number of issues including government institutions’ failure to punish people for bribery and a lack of education that would give ordinary people confidence in knowing – and standing up for – their rights.

But the campaign aims to put Dr Dion a stop to such problems. Over the Forster next year, it will attempt to encourage and equip millions of people to work through business, government and church to raise awareness of the issues.

‘The campaign is being started by five partners – Micah Challenge, Bible Society, The Salvation Army, Unashamedly Ethical and the World Evangelical Alliance,’ says Dr Dion Forster, Exposed’s international co-ordinator.

RENÉE DAVIS

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power to end ‘Each of these coalition parties has access to a massive constituency,’ says Dion. ‘Evangelical Alliance has a constituency of 500 million people. Unashamedly Ethical reaches about 450 million globally.’

Exposed hopes many people around the world will join its efforts to promote its goals. It says individ-

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‘In the next six months, the primary focus of Exposed will be to mobilise churches and individuals, making them aware of the issue of corruption.

‘Many of our partners also produce resources. There are a number of people who have done academic research around biblical principles for businesses and governments. We will be showing videos and producing statistics for those people who don’t know about the issue of corruption. We will also encourage the people who do know about the issue to link up with other groups and individuals to spread the word.’

Exposed is, and will be, a global effort. The five major coalition partners have links to many churches around the world and to millions of people.

A panel discusses issues at the Exposed launch

uals can talk with their friends and politicians about the issue.

Church leaders can preach sermons. Businesses can adopt an anti-bribery policy. Communities can join together to expose corrupt practices.

‘One idea they are using in Malaysia is that of a bribe box,

Businesses can adopt an anti-bribery policy.

Communities can join together to expose corrupt practices

which tackles the difficulties of exposing corruption,’ says Dion.

‘A church can put a bribe box at the back of its building and if a member of the congregation is asked to pay a bribe by, for example, a government official, they will put an anonymous note in the box. And if ten people in that one area report the same person, the church immediately has the lev-

erage to do something about it while protecting the identity of the people who report it.’

One major part of the campaign will be a Global Vigil Against Corruption next October. ‘People will gather, someone will read from the Bible and people will pray about the issues of corruption,’ says Dion.

Exposed also aims to gather ten million signatures on a ‘global call’ against corruption which will be presented to the G20 summit in 2014.

In his speech at the launch of Exposed in Westminster Central Hall, Dion said: ‘God’s love should soften our hearts to feel the pain of those who suffer the effects of corruption; God’s justice should encourage us to act with courage and commitment so that the world may be transformed.’

O For more information visit exposed2013.com

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Comment

Flowers placed at Anfield after the Hillsborough disaster, which was examined by James Jones

Big ask

This year’s race has been a close-run affair, with neither President Obama nor Governor Mitt Romney gaining an unassailable lead in the polls. It is likely to come down to a few thousand voters in a few critical states.

The War Cry takes no party-political stance either at home or abroad, but whoever wins on 6 November is going to be faced with huge challenges at home and abroad.

In 1992, the slogan ‘The economy, stupid’ was part of Bill Clinton’s successful campaign.

As the subsequent sub-prime fiasco and credit crunch showed, when the American economy suffers, the world suffers.

The mother of all economies has many dependants, not least the poorest countries of the world.

Inconvenient When it comes to caring for the world by reducing carbon footprints, America has often dragged its feet. In the words of former Vice-President Al Gore, climate change – and the accelerator effect of greenhouse gases – has been ‘an inconvenient truth’. The truth is that America has much to gain by showing moral leadership on the environment.

No issue is more morally loaded than war. The world is broken, communities fractured and children orphaned through conflict. Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Gaza Strip … wherever and however the Land of the Free acts or reacts has global implications, not least for ‘special relationship’ partner, Britain.

On Monday 21 January 2013, the next American President will be sworn in.

If precedent is followed, he will hold a Bible and end the oath of office with ‘so help me, God’.

In the week that decides who that man will be, we might want to say the same.

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NIGEL BOVEY

WHEN America sneezes, Britain catches a cold. Last Sunday, two American football teams from the NFL played a league fixture at Wembley. By next Sunday, the presidential elections will be history and the President of the United States will have been chosen.

Bishop: I remembered the 96 in prayer IN The Guardian, the Bishop of Liverpool, the Right Rev James Jones, spoke of his chairing of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which reviewed the events surrounding the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans who attended the 1989 FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield.

The Bishop had not been shocked by the panel’s findings about the parts that Sheffield Wednesday, the police and the

media played in the disaster and its aftermath. ‘I had already taken seriously the families’ sense of injustice,’ he said. ‘So when documents emerged that vindicated their questions, I wasn’t shocked.’

Interviewer David Conn noted that the ‘panel’s terms of reference were phrased by the Government in carefully neutral terms’ and that ‘Jones, throughout a long interview, sticks steadfastly to that, not expressing his opinion, insisting that his job as chairman is to allow the report to speak for itself’.

But the Bishop said that after the panel’s report was presented at Liverpool Cathedral, he went to a ‘THE Church of England wants to chapel in the cathedral to pray. ‘I allow couples to have Posh and Becks went to remember the 96, and to weddings as part of a drive to raise the pray for truth and justice to prepopularity of its marriage services,’ vail in God’s world … I strayed reported the Daily Mail. from my brief as chairman in that According to the paper, brides and moment – but it was the end of the grooms may be allowed to introduce day.’ pop music into their church ceremonies

Church weddings go Becks to the future

and allow people to film or take photographs during the service. They may even be given permission rmission to stage a biker wedding – where ere ‘leather-clad couples may be brought ght to the church es’ – or on vintage motorcycles’ request a clergyman to conduct their service under water. ater.

The report went on to say that ‘the initiative, dubbed the Posh and he celebrity Becks scheme after the couple were married on golden thrones … has been produced ee by a church committee anxious to build on an improvement in numbers of CofE marriages in recent years’.

Lookalikes recreate the marriage of David and Victoria Beckham

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Autumn crocus keeps the colour going ‘Colchicum’ provides NOVEMBER offers us an opportunity to revamp our splashes of gardens. The soil still has some warmth in it, so new late-autumn lawns can be laid, trees planted and borders redesigned. colour What we do in the garden at this time of year can define our successes next summer.

One of the best blooms this month is Colchicum, which is a flowering bulb. It is known as the autumn crocus and has flowers that resemble a spring crocus.

The flowers are quite unusual in that they emerge before the leaves. The bulbs are ideal for planting in shade under shrubs to provide splashes of lateby LEE SENIOR autumn colour.

One perennial I would never be without is the dependable Heuchera.

This easygoing evergreen looks great all year round, offering a glorious array of foliage colour in borders or containers over the darker months.

Heucheras will tolerate sun or semi-shade and critically, in view of the wet summer we have just had, are generally unappealing to slugs, unlike hostas. Heucheras come in various colours including red, lime green and purple.

As a bonus, pretty flowers are produced in spring and ‘Heuchera’ looks great early summer. of frost, and plants grown in borders It is still not too late to under such conditions will plant out bulbs such as mature several weeks earlier daffodils and tulips for a than spring-sown seeds. lovely spring display.

Garlic is another tough Overwintering hardy plant that will tolerate broad bean ‘Aquadulce severe frosts. If it is Claudia’ can be sown this sown before the onset month for harvesting late of winter, larger next spring. Broad beans cloves will result will tolerate many degrees next summer.

Hedgehogs are having a ball IN some areas, this year has been a good year for hedgehogs. There has been food aplenty with an abundance of slugs. But if you are having a bonfire, check first for any hedgehogs that may have taken refuge under piles of wood to escape from the cold.

and don’t forget…

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Interview

I lost my son to drugs –

‘I

’M sorry. Jim’s dead.’

These are words that no mother wants to hear, but they relayed a harsh reality to Philippa Skinner.

Philippa discovered that her 21-year-old son had died halfway across the world in Hong Kong after taking a heroin overdose.

At home in Manchester, the day had begun normally for Philippa and her husband Graeme. ‘Actually it was slightly better than normal,’ Philippa remembers.

‘I was feeling positive after a period of feeling a bit down. In the morning, I got my hair done, bought myself a new jacket and then had lunch with Graeme. I was quite upbeat. Then at 2 pm we got an email that changed everything.’

The email was from Jackie Pullinger, who lives in Hong Kong where she runs a Christian-based drug rehab charity called St Stephen’s Society. For the past few years, Jim had been living and working there.

‘She told us that Jim had disappeared. No one knew where he was, but she suspected that drugs were involved. It was such a shock.

I didn’t know what to think or do. For the rest of the afternoon, we felt numb.

‘Graeme and I had made arrangements to go out for dinner that evening with my dad, so we did. Looking back, I think it was probably a stupid thing to do. I was in denial – trying to carry on as though everything was normal. I wasn’t thinking rationally.

‘That night, we went to bed in a state. At 11.35 pm Jackie phoned. Graeme answered.

She told him that Jim had been found dead.’

An agonising grief swept over Philippa.

She felt overpowered by it.

‘I screamed. I ran round the house. Then I ran back to the bedroom, lay on the floor and howled. The grief that I felt was too big to be contained. It moved my whole body.’

Days later – after breaking the news of Jim’s death to their three other children – Philippa and Graeme flew to Hong Kong.

‘We needed to be with Jim and talk with people who had been with him. We needed to know what had happened.’

The story threw up some devastating surprises. Although Philippa was aware that Jim had been an on-off cannabis user in his teens, she had no idea that he had begun to use heroin. His problems with drugs ran a lot deeper than she thought.

‘While friends had urged him to tell us

Philippa and her son Jim

PHILIPPA SKINNER tells Claire Brine how she faced up to her son’s heroin addiction

Philippa tells her story in her book See You Soon.

For more information visit seeyousoon.me.uk

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– but found hope in my

despair

about his drug problem, he chose to keep it a secret from us, perhaps because he felt ashamed or to protect our feelings.’

As Philippa considers the events surrounding Jim’s death, she reflects on his 21 years of life. She looks back on his childhood.

‘A

s a small boy, Jim was absolutely loveable,’ she says. ‘He was kind and gentle. I don’t want to paint him as a saint – he wasn’t – but he was so very caring. And on the whole, our family life was good.

‘Then when Jim became a teenager, he did what many teenagers do and at times became uncommunicative. He didn’t want to join in with what we did as a family. Around that time, I started finding little pieces of cigarette papers and bits of what I thought was tobacco in the toilet. I was worried that he had started smoking. I didn’t like it – but Jim was 16. I knew there wasn’t a lot I could do about it.

‘One day, I was getting some clothes out of the washing machine when I found a soggy plastic packet of cannabis in one of Jim’s

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I thought we had brought dangers of confidence to say no From page 9 socks. He must have hidden it and forgotten about it. When I saw it, I was horrified. I thought we had brought up our children to realise the dangers of drugs. I thought we had given them the confidence to say no.’

The question of why Jim started to smoke cannabis is one that Philippa struggled to answer.

Even today – five years after his death – she remains unsure.

‘I think Jim gave in to peer pressure,’ she says. ‘He was friends with some lads and no one wants to be the wimp of the group. I suppose he didn’t want to be the one to stand out.’

Philippa and Graeme decided to talk to Jim about his cannabis use and offer their help. He didn’t take kindly to their concern.

‘He was very cross with us,’ she says. ‘He said we didn’t know what we were talking about, because “everybody does cannabis nowadays”.

He also pointed out that the Government had just downgraded the drug so it wasn’t a problem.’

As the summer holidays approached, Philippa became increasingly concerned about Jim’s lifestyle. She was relieved when he received an invitation to spend a month at St Stephen’s Society in Hong Kong. final year of A levels. Everything was ‘Jim was in touch with the organisa- good.’ tion’s founder, Jackie Pullinger,’ she But the positive feelings did not last. explains. ‘She invited him to “come After a while, Philippa noticed that and do some good” at the rehab centre. Jim became quite depressed. Several It was a fantastic opportunity, so Jim months later, she went into his bedroom decided to go.’ and caught him smoking cannabis out of the window.

‘He was so angry with me for finding him,’ she says. ‘He blurted out: “The only time I feel happy is when I’m smoking weed.” His words felt like a hile he was there, Jim knife cutting into me. learnt about life at ‘I didn’t know what to say or do, so St Stephen’s. He made friends. He I went to bed. An hour later, Jim came developed a love for playing the gui- to our room, weeping. He admitted he tar. When he returned home, he was a had a drug problem and that he needed different person. help. He said that he wanted to go back ‘He was radiant,’ says Philippa. ‘It to St Stephen’s, because he thought he was a joy to be with him. In September, would get the support he needed and be he went back to school to complete his able to do something useful at the same

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time. So after he passed his A levels, he returned to Hong Kong.’

For the next three years, Jim threw himself into the St Stephen’s Society way of life. He supported drug users as they tried to get clean. He formed strong friendships with the residents and staff. He learnt Cantonese. He also sent emails to his parents, describing the ups and downs of his newly discovered Christian faith.

‘Sometimes he loved his life out there. And the residents seemed to

He made friends. He developed a love for playing the guitar.

When he returned home, he was a different person

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up our children to realise the drugs. I thought we had given him the value him because he had a way of understanding them. But there were also times when he felt depressed,’ says Philippa.

In December 2005, Jim went back home to spend a few months with the family. Philippa remembers that he became ‘very down’.

‘I didn’t know at the time, but I think his coming back to England marked the start of his taking heroin,’ she says. ‘He was often angry. And very cold towards Graeme and me. Before he headed back to Hong Kong, he decided to go to London, so we dropped him off at the train station. He couldn’t look at us.

He didn’t really hug us or say goodbye.

He turned his back and walked away.

Seeing him like that broke my heart.’

When Jim arrived back in Hong Kong, he signed up for the drug rehabilitation programme, unbeknown to his parents. Eventually he got clean. He wrote to his friends and family, explaining that he was turning a corner in life.

‘The last email I got from Jim was lovely,’ says Philippa. ‘He didn’t tell us about the drugs, but he told us he was feeling good and connecting with the Bible. He sounded so positive and affectionate.’

It seemed that Jim’s life was finally looking up. But sadly it was not long before Philippa’s world came crashing down. Jim died on 6 November 2007, UK time. She explains what occurred during his last days.

‘From what we gather, Jim had been caught with drugs and gone to court. But rather than send Jim to prison, the court ruled to send

him back to St Stephen’s for probation.

Jim was pleased about that because he had a chance to put his life straight.

‘But then somehow, later on, staff at St Stephen’s found him with heroin again. Legally, they were bound to turn him in. Jim couldn’t handle it. He was angry and ashamed of himself. He ran away.

‘Although people searched for Jim, they couldn’t find him. It turned out he had gone to see a friend called David.

David had been a heroin user, got clean and then, sadly, relapsed. It was in his flat that Jim died.’

As well as coming to terms with losing her son, Philippa had to face up to the cause of Jim’s death. Discovering that he died from a heroin overdose was difficult to stomach.

‘I heard a man being interviewed on the radio about losing his son in the con-

flict in Afghanistan. He said: “At least my son died a hero, and not like a drug addict.” His words broke my heart. In my eyes, all of my children are heroes.

Jim had a drug problem, but he wasn’t “just a drug addict”. He was my son.

And he was a casualty of the messed-up world that we live in.’

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s Philippa dealt with her grief, she turned to God for answers. She wanted comfort from her Christian faith, but struggled to find it.

‘I swore at God and told him he had let me down. I asked him how he could let my son die. I asked him why he hadn’t heard my prayers for Jim’s safety. I asked God if he was even there at all.

‘I tried to cling on to my faith.

But it was hard. Having belief in God didn’t suddenly make it OK that my son had died. It definitely wasn’t OK. ‘I kept praying. I wrote my feelings down. By doing that, I was able to connect with God even if I couldn’t always sense his presence. I felt that God was weeping for Jim too. Eventually, I remembered that God is love.

Love holds us, love is eternal and love won’t let us go in life or death. Slowly, I became stronger.’

As Philippa reflects on losing Jim, she is aware of the many ways in which his death has changed her. Her feelings have become more acute. She has a deeper relationship with God. And although she misses Jim greatly, she acknowledges that there are still plenty of good things in the world to enjoy.

‘I know that my life will never be the same again,’ she says. ‘A life without Jim is something I never envisaged. But life is very rich and I won’t give up on it.’

God is love.

Love holds us, is eternal and won’t let us go in life or death

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Puzzlebreak

SUDOKU

Solution on page 15

WORDSEARCH

Fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9

Look up, down, forwards, backwards and diagonally on the grid to find these words associated with Bonfire Night AIR BOMBS BANGERS BARRAGES BONFIRE DISPLAY FIREWORKS FOUNTAINS GUNPOWDER GUNPOWDER PLOT GUY FAWKES

QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Defunct (7) 5. Pool (5) 7. Sure (7) 8. Precise (5) 10. Attic (4) 11. Private (8) 13. Purchasing (6) 14. Impale (6) 17. Goading (8) 19. Outburst (4) 21. Long for (5) 22. Mocked (7) 23. Bay (5) 24. Deferred (7)

ANSWERS

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J W E C U T R I K O S U I S N F F G

G P A O R N R P V B K N S L E E H W

S R C R O E P E M K E P D B M J R I

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HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT JACKET POTATOES KING JAMES MINES NOVEMBER PARKIN CAKE ROCKETS

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ROMAN CANDLES SHOT CAKES SPARKLERS TOFFEE APPLES TORCHES TREACLE TOFFEE WHEELS

HONEYCOMB Each solution starts on the coloured cell and reads clockwise round the number

DOWN 2. Frugal (7) 3. Close by (4) 4. Underground passage (6) 5. Memento (8) 6. Carriages pulled by a locomotive (5) 7. Star (9) 9. Put up with (9) 12. Intuition (8) 15. Rich (7) 16. Combined (6) 18. Creep (5) 20. Replete (4)

1. Building for the confinement of criminals 2. Long-tailed bird of the crow family 3. Sledge drawn by horses 4. Small handbook 5. Container made from interwoven strips of cane 6. American word for biscuit

QUICK QUIZ 1. What was the first James Bond film that starred Daniel Craig?

2. According to the nursery rhyme, where was Little Boy Blue fast asleep?

3. What is the term for a female badger?

4. What is 73 miles long and stretches from the Solway Firth to Wallsend?

5. Who coined the phrase ‘Big Brother is watching you’?

6. Which singer had the Crickets as a backing group?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Extinct. 5 Kitty. 7 Certain. 8 Exact.

10 Loft. 11 Personal. 13 Buying. 14 Skewer.

17 Inciting. 19 Rant. 21 Yearn. 22 Taunted.

23 Inlet. 24 Delayed.

DOWN: 2 Thrifty. 3 Near. 4 Tunnel. 5 Keepsake.

6 Train. 7 Celebrity. 9 Tolerated. 12 Instinct.

15 Wealthy. 16 United. 18 Crawl. 20 Full.

QUICK QUIZ 1 Casino Royale. 2 Under a haystack. 3 A sow.

4 Hadrian’s Wall. 5 George Orwell. 6 Buddy Holly.

HONEYCOMB 1 Prison. 2 Magpie. 3 Sleigh. 4 Jotter. 5 Basket.

6 Cookie.

Inner life LAST week, we left Joseph without his many-coloured coat and on his way to Egypt after his brothers sold him to travelling merchants. In turn, they sold him to Potiphar, who was an official at the court of Pharaoh, Egypt’s ruler.

Potiphar became so impressed by Joseph’s reliability and hard work that he appointed him to run his household and estate.

Joseph was also handsome, which was not lost on Potiphar’s wife. She tried to entice him into a relationship. He refused, she accused him of wrongdoing. Believing her, Potiphar put Joseph in prison.

The Bible tells us that ‘the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did’ (Genesis 39:23 New International Version). He was even a success behind bars – though it might not have been the place he wanted to be. He was given charge of his fellow prisoners.

Prison is where he encountered Pharaoh’s chief cupbearer and baker, who had found out the hard way that it did not pay to upset their boss. One night, the two of them had vivid dreams which Joseph interpreted for them.

The baker’s dream about bread being eaten by birds was bad news. Joseph foresaw that Pharaoh would have the baker killed.

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ALL IN THE FAMILY WEEK 5

ROSEMARY DAWSON looks at what the Bible has to say about everyday issues

Long-lost brother

Genesis 37 to 50

But the cupbearer dreamt about a vine with three branches. When they ripened into grapes, he squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed it in his hand. Joseph told him that within three days Pharaoh would restore him to his household. He added: ‘When all goes well with you … mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of prison’ (40:14).

Three days later, Pharaoh gave a feast for his court officials.

The chief cupbearer

was duly restored to his position. But he forgot all about his promise to help Joseph.

Could that really be part of God’s plan?

Joseph was to remain in prison for another two years.

When the going gets tough for us, when our plans come to nothing, when our wellfounded hopes seem to be dashed, it can be hard to see how we will ever find a way out from our troubles. We feel imprisoned by them.

Sometimes the only answer is to hold on, ask God to help us and have faith that he knows and cares about our situation.

O Next week: God’s plan unfolds

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Food for thought

ARE you into gadgets? Many of us are. But once the novelty of owning a new foot spa, fondue set, melon baller or whatever wears off, how often do we use it?

I once read that the common gadgets which people regret buying include fizzydrink makers, pedometers and ice-cream makers. It’s funny how many people buy a particular gizmo, thinking it will save them time, only to discover that it is just another passing fad.

Have we ever taken the same approach to the Bible? Perhaps we bought a Bible for the children or when we got married and seriously meant to read it. Maybe we even flicked through it once or twice.

But then time got the better of us or life got complicated, and so we left it on the shelf to gather dust. Just another fad.

But Bible-reading needn’t be like that.

The Bible is a book full of good advice on how to live. The messages behind Jesus’ teachings on topics such as marriage and money are relevant today. The its teachings. people recorded on The Bible says: its pages experienced ‘Everything in the similar joys and sorrows Scriptures is God’s to the ones that we word. All of it is useful experience. The book for teaching and has stood the test of helping people and for time, as is proved by the correcting them and millions of Christians showing them how to who continue to follow live’ (2 Timothy 3:16

by JIM BURNS

One must-have lasts for ever Contemporary English Version).

The Bible may not always be an easy read, but the truths it contains form a solid foundation upon which we can build our lives. It tells us that Jesus loves us. Unconditionally.

For ever.

Fashions come and go, but the love of Jesus never changes. I certainly wouldn’t want to live without it.

The messages behind Jesus’ teachings on topics such as marriage and money are relevant today

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What’s cooking?

Sausage and vegetable bake

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I’M Michael Darracott; I have been an executive chef in several large establishments in charge of cooking for 200-plus people.

I have also written a number of books. It gives me great pleasure to offer my recipes in The War Cry. I invite readers to send in recipe ideas, to be considered for publication here. I would also like to offer help with any cooking-related problems you have. So send in your question and, if it is selected, an answer will be published on this page.

Email your recipes and questions to chefmike56@chefmikedarracott.com

Cook with chef MICHAEL DARRACOTT chefmikedarracott.com

Fruity sausage meatballs

Ingredients: 1½ tsp English mustard

MONDAY (5 November) marks the start of British Sausage Week.

So why not celebrate with a bang by trying these sausage recipes

600ml milk 5 large eggs, beaten Salt and pepper, to taste 1 large white bread loaf, crusts removed and cut into bite-sized chunks 2tbsp vegetable oil 450g pork and beef sausages, sliced 225g mushrooms, sliced 1 red pepper, sliced 1 red onion, sliced 100g broccoli florets, chopped 2tsp paprika 4tsp Worcester sauce 2tsp cayenne pepper 1tsp garlic powder 225g Cheddar cheese, grated

Method: Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5.

Grease a 23cm x 9cm ovenproof dish.

Stir the mustard, milk, eggs, salt and pepper together in a bowl.

Add the bread pieces, making sure they soak up the liquid. Set aside.

Heat the vegetable oil, then fry the sausages, mushrooms, red pepper, onion and broccoli until cooked.

Add the paprika, Worcester sauce, cayenne pepper and garlic powder and cook for 1–2 minutes.

SUDOKU SOLUTION

Add the contents of the frying pan to the bread mix. Add the cheese and use a wooden spoon to mix all the ingredients together gently.

Spoon the mixture into an ovenproof dish and bake for 40–45 minutes.

Serve hot.

Serves 4

Ingredients: 450g pork and beef sausage meat 5g desiccated coconut 10g dried or fresh cranberries 10g raisins 1tsp cinnamon 1 small cooking apple, peeled, cored and diced 1 egg, beaten 2tsp plain flour Pepper, to taste Method: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6.

Grease a baking tray.

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

Lightly dust the worktop with some flour, then roll the mixture into 12 balls. Place the balls on a baking tray and bake for 10–15 minutes until they turn golden brown. Pierce each meatball with a cocktail stick.

Cover four dinner plates in lettuce, then scatter the meatballs over the top.

Serves 4

Ram1 is looking forward to the Mobos reports PHILIP HALCROW

YOUR LOCAL SALVATION ARMY CENTRE

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READ all about it – Emeli Sandé will be there. So will Labrinth. So will Angel. They are three of the acts due to perform at the Mobos tonight (Saturday 3 November) at the Echo Arena, Liverpool. They have all been nominated for awards, along with acts such as Rihanna and Jessie J. Also heading for the event is Ram1.

The Nottingham-born reggae artist is one of the nominees for Best Gospel Act at the awards, which honour ‘music of black origin’.

Ram1 tells The War Cry that he learnt he had been nominated when he saw a tweet. ‘I didn’t believe it at first.

I thought maybe they had got the wrong guy. Later, I checked on the website and my name was there. Then I got an email from the Mobos to confirm it.’

Ram1, who released his debut album 1 Way 1 Truth 1 Life last year, says the news came as a surprise because, although he knew about the Mobos, he did not really ‘keep up to date’ with awards.

Musicians tend not to make music simply to win awards. They have different motivations.

‘I enjoy singing,’ says Ram1. ‘I enjoy the creativity of writing songs that are relevant and true. Something that particularly spurs me on is my faith in Christ. I want to use music as a medium to share his love and talk about my relationship with God.’ Ram1 wants to share the good news about Jesus because it has made a difference to his life.

‘Before I became a Christian, I was quite violent, felt a deep-down depression and had quite a lot of anger built up within me. But the Lord helped me to work through that.

‘Like everyone else, I’m still a work in progress. I still have bad habits – but we’re all on a journey. I rely on God for salvation, for forgiveness.’

Whether or not he wins, Ram1 is looking forward to the ceremony. He says: ‘I’m excited, but I also feel humble, because, whether I do or don’t win, I want to share the gospel. And essentially my reward is in Heaven.’

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I enjoy writing songs that are relevant and true