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ALL IN THE GENES

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IT’S 60 YEARS SINCE DNA WAS DISCOVERED

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EX-TABLOID REPORTER GIVES THE INSIDE STORY

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News

REFUGEES FLEE CONFLICT

G8 looks for support on Syria G8 FOREIGN ministers said after their meeting in London that it was necessary for countries to maximise their contributions to the latest UN appeals and to offer support to deal with the ‘human tragedy of the conflict in Syria’.

Christian relief and development agency Tearfund says that thousands of refugees are fleeing Syria and entering neighbouring countries every day and that more than five million people are now affected by fighting between the THE Salvation Government and rebel Army provided groups. meals and drinks to Oenone Chadburn victims, families and emergency workers after of Tearfund says that two bombs exploded on a visit to Lebanon at the finish line of she met people who felt the Boston Marathon. they had had no choice Salvation Army but to flee their homes ministers, staff and in Syria. She said: ‘One volunteers also provided father told us that when emotional and spiritual he saw women being support to runners, their raped in the streets, he families and emergency workers. knew his family had to Three people were leave.’ killed and more than a Tearfund is providing hundred were injured by food aid to refugees the explosions. from the conflict.

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MEMORIAL FOR PACIFISTS’ WORK

Quaker service honoured A MEMORIAL commemorating the humanitarian work carried out by members of the Religious Society of Friends – or Quakers – during and after the Second World War has been installed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

Quakers’ pacifist beliefs meant that most felt unable to serve in the Armed Forces.

Instead, many registered in the Friends Ambulance Unit – an independent body under Quaker leadership, which carried out medical work in the field – or the Friends Relief Service, the Quakers’ official agency, which helped civilians in distress.

The memorial is shaped like four benches in an open circle, echoing the seating arrangement of smaller Quaker meetings.

The National Memorial Arboretum contains more than 200 memorials and is intended to be a place where people can honour those who have served the UK.

AMERICAN FIRST TO BE AUCTIONED

Book is Psalm-thing special A BOOK of Psalms that is one of the few surviving copies of the first title printed in America is to go up for auction in New York later this year.

The copy of the Bay Psalm Book

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There is no set formula to becoming a Christian, but many people have found saying this prayer to be a helpful first step to a relationship with God.

Sotheby’s, New York

Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong.

Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free.

Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit.

Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever.

Thank you, Lord Jesus.

COMMENT – p6 LIFESTYLE – Amen Extract from Why Jesus? by Nicky Gumbel published by Alpha International, 2011. Used by kind permission of Alpha International

is one of eleven surviving copies of a translation of the Psalms produced

by Congregationalist Puritans who emigrated to Massachusetts Bay. It was published in 1640.

The book is being sold by the Old South Church in the centre of Boston – an historic church which opposed the ‘witch’ trials, published an early anti-slavery tract and baptised Benjamin Franklin.

An estimate of $15–30 million has been put on the book, which will be sold by Sotheby’s New York in November. The proceeds from the sale will benefit the church’s ministry.

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DNA is the ABC of life. It is 60 years since Cambridge scientists James Watson and Francis Crick, building on the work of Franklin and Wilkins, unveiled their model of DNA.

Does our DNA make us do wrong?

DNA detective work and door handles

we might have a genetic disposition to, say, lose our temper, we can’t blame our genes if we do. We are responsible – our Creator holds us responsible – for our actions and reactions; for our exercise of choice.

There is no sin gene. Our DNA does not determine the people we become or force us into being people we don’t want to be. Our fate was not sealed at birth.

We are more than the three billion bits of our DNA. Human beings, says the Bible, are made in the image of God. Millions NIGEL BOVEY

In the 25 April 1953 issue of Nature, the pair’s modest paper begins: ‘We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA). This structure has novel features which are of considerable biological interest.’

The past 60 years have brought about more than ‘considerable’ interest. For a couple of years, Watson headed the Human Genome Project, which set out to discover all the estimated 25,000 human genes and make them accessible for further biological beneath a car park in Leicester to estabstudy and to complete the sequence of the lish that they were those of Richard III. three billion DNA base pairs.

DNA is used to establish relationship.

Today, the now-familiar DNA double It not only can confirm who the father is, helix adorns everything from clothing, but is also able to tell a person that they desk toys and jewellery to the door han- are a long-lost relative. dles of the Royal Society. DNA testing is DNA can indicate innocence. A numthe stuff of modern-day crime detection ber of convicted prisoners in the States and television crime dramas. Genetic have been exonerated after testing. modification of foodstuff offers hope DNA can point towards guilt. for the hungry. Talk of ‘designer babies’ Following Edmond Locard’s principle alarms tabloid headline writers. Gene that ‘every contact leaves a trace’, scenetherapy, meanwhile, is looked to for of-crime officers bag and tag skin flakes, cures for ‘incurable’ genetic conditions. hair, nail clippings, blood and body fluids DNA is something all living things as potential evidence. have. It is a molecule found in chromoBut does our DNA make us do wrong somes, which reside in the nucleus of in the first place? every cell. Humans have some 90 per ‘Our genes do not hold us hostage but cent of DNA in common with mice and they do affect how we behave,’ geneticist 50 per cent with bananas. Identical twins Professor Sam Berry tells The War Cry. and triplets have identical DNA, but their ‘We have to accept fingerprints remain unique. that there are DNA is linked with identity. Earlier such things as this year, scientists discipline and matched the DNA control.’ of bones found So while

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find their identity, their worth and their redemption through a relationship with him – offered to all through his Son, Jesus Christ.

They do so not because their DNA makes them, but because, having weighed the evidence, they freely choose to do so.

By NIGEL BOVEY

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Debate

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N the opening moments of one of his TV programmes on the wonders of the universe, humanist physicist Brian Cox announces with the same air of authority that he tells viewers the speed of light: ‘God did not create the Universe; science did.’

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In his book The Mind of God cosmologist Paul Davies says that ‘this existentialist ethos – that there is no significance in human life beyond what humans themselves invest in it – has become the leitmotif of science. It is for this reason that ordinary people see science as threatening and debasing: it has alienated them from the Universe in which they live.’

That ‘leitmotif’, or recurrent theme, is being voiced through new atheism. Characterised by the writings and broadcasts of biologist Richard Dawkins, neuroscientist Sam Harris, cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett and author Christopher Hitchens, new atheism offers a variation on the theme that ‘God is dead’.

In this series NIGEL BOVEY looks In the days of Aristotle, ideas about at questions of God’s existence the existence of God were disputed in a battle of opposing philosophies.

Today, science is being used as an could accept this satanic theory.’ add-on weapon in an attempt to give Henry Morris is widely regarded such claims some muscle. as the founder of the creationist New atheism is particularly keen movement. His words, quoted in to replay an old notion – that evo- The Language of God by Francis lution does away with the need for Collins, summarise the approach: Creation, and thereby a Creator. ‘Evolution’s lie permeates and domiIt wants to claim evolution as its nates modern thought in every field. own and brand it as, by definition, That being the case, it follows inevitaatheistic. bly that evolutionary thought is New atheism is not alone. A TV basically responsible for the lethally evangelist of the more traditional ominous political developments, and kind, Jimmy Swaggart, also had the chaotic moral and social distincsomething to say about evolution. tions that have been accelerating The American pastor subscribed to everywhere … When science and the the school of thought known as young Bible differ, science has obviously Earth creationism. It is characterised misinterpreted its data.’ by a Scripture-inspired belief that Evolution as atheistic and the Earth is some 8,000 years old. evolution as satanic are extreme Brian Cox said that science created the Universe It believes that the Bible is a record viewpoints. They are mentioned here of scientific and historical facts. It to indicate the impact and strength of impact on each other. Many observregards evolution as, at best, unbibli- feeling of just one aspect of science on ers of the faith-science compatibility cal and, at worst, diabolical.

Christian thought. debate speak from more moderate According to Swaggart, quoted in And that is the issue. Rightly or viewpoints.

Daniel F. Owlsey’s The Forbidden wrongly, science and faith do have an The Astronomer Royal, Martin Knowledge of Good and Rees, tells The War Cry: ‘There Evil: Creation, ‘evoludoesn’t need to be a conflict between tion is a bankrupt specfaith and science. There are many ulative philosophy, not good scientists who adhere to convena scientific fact. Only tional Christian beliefs. Even among a spiritually bankthose who don’t, I think the majority rupt society could ever would share the view that there need believe it. Only atheists

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be no incompatibility. I think you can accept evolution and still adhere to religion.’

Former President of the International Society for Science and Religion, John Hedley Brooke, agrees: ‘Faith and science can coexist, because it is possible to accept what science tells us about the world and yet have experiences of that world which encourage us to think that there is more to life than simply what we see around us.

Finding a personal orientation for life through religious faith does not have to conflict with science.’

Many Christians find Francis Bacon’s attempt at reconciling science and faith very workable.

The 17th-century philosopher uses the metaphor of God writing two books – God’s word and God’s works: the Bible and Nature.

Opponents of faith often claim Darwin was on their side.

Interestingly, then, that in the frontispiece of his groundbreaking book On the Origin of Species, Darwin quotes Bacon’s two-books idea: ‘To conclude, therefore, let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God’s word, or in the

Faith does not have to conflict with science

book of God’s works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let man endeavour an endless progress of proficience [sic] in both.’

As The War Cry is continuing to discover, many Christian scientists pursue their science and their faith without compromise. They are representative of the thousands more who do likewise.

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Parable of the talents

JUDGING by the thousands who want to be judged on TV talent shows, there’s no shortage of people wanting to break into showbusiness. Following their dream, they spend years gigging in pubs, practise in front of a mirror for weeks, queue in the rain for hours and give it ‘110 per cent’ in the few seconds of their audition in front of famous people.

The fact that some auditionees are tone deaf and others delusional about the extent of their ‘talent’ doesn’t stop them from believing that stardom will provide an escape from their humdrum life – the modern-day equivalent, perhaps, of running away with the circus.

It is, of course, only the chosen few who make it through to prime-time exposure. Whoever is performing, studio audiences go wild – shouting out the performer’s name, clapping along to the song and whooping at every ascending key change.

Weeks before the final, the famous judges tell a performer that they are already a superstar and that a big future awaits. Except that, in the vast majority of cases, they aren’t and it doesn’t.

Bubbles burst on reality’s thorns – that’s showbusiness.

Tomorrow (Sunday 28 April) brings two celebrations of the arts and entertainment. The prestigious Royal Opera House hosts the annual Olivier Awards for ‘the shows, performers and creatives whose work for the London stage has stood out above all others’.

Tomorrow is also Arts and Entertainment Sunday. Organised by a co-operative of Christian arts groups, it is an annual reminder to pray for people in the industry. There are many ‘resting’ actors. It can be a lonely business, with weeks away from friends and family. It can be an insecure business, where this week’s co-star is next week’s rival.

Coping with success can be just as hard as dealing with rejection.

How many stars have drink, drug or relationship problems! Knowing that they’re prayed for could be just the prompt they need.

Media

Hey! Jude is youngest priest

CHANNEL 5 has announced Q that it is to broadcast the hit US drama series The Bible.

The five-part, ten-hour series, which attracted large audiences in America, is due to be screened in the autumn.

AT 24 years old, the Rev Jude Davis is the world’s youngest Church of England priest, reported Mail Online.

According to the website, Jude – who preaches at Doncaster Minster – was made aware of her status after Canon Dr Paul Shackerley checked Church of England records.

‘I suspected for a while I may be the youngest as it’s very obvious when you’re lined up with a load of middle-aged men,’ Jude said.

The article went on to explain that Jude ‘set her heart on becoming a priest at just 17, while studying for her A levels … She studied theology at Cambridge University … before being ordained into the Church of England two years ago.’

Jude concluded: ‘It’s nice being this young and doing something I know is right for me, while I know I am making a difference.’

Forgiveness for abductor KATE McCANN says she will ‘try to find it in her heart to forgive the person who snatched her daughter,’ reported the Daily Mirror.

The paper noted that the mother of Madeleine

McCann – who disappeared in 2007 on a family holiday in Portugal – is a ‘devout Catholic’.

The former GP said: ‘I think I could probably forgive Madeleine’s abductor whatever the circumstances … I can’t change anything and I don’t want to be

eaten up by hatred and bitterness … There’s no benefit in not forgiving someone.’

RADIO 3 looks at the Q spiritual poetry of four medieval mystics – including a Christian, Hildegard of Bingen – in Words and Music tomorrow (Sunday 28 April 6.30 pm).

PEOPLE following The Salvation Q Army’s New Testament Bible Challenge are reading the whole New Testament, five chapters a week, over the course of a year. For each day’s reading plan and discussion notes visit salvationarmy.org.uk/biblechallenge

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Lifestyle

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Beware the

deskfest dangers!

Do workers eat healthily at their desks?

BUSY office workers are resorting to eating meals at their desks amid pressure from employers and peers not to step away from work to take break to eat.

Research carried out by food and drink manufacturers Alpro reveals that more than one in three people indulge in ‘deskfesting’.

More than one in four workers now regularly eat breakfast at their desk, six

out of ten eat lunch there, and one in twenty even sits down to an evening meal surrounded by their work.

Researchers found that the average worker has two snacks a day – most frequently chocolate, crisps

or biscuits – in between regular meals. More than half of those who took part in the research expressed concerns about the effect their eating habits might be having on their longterm health, while one in

Smart moves to get a job

SMARTPHONES have become the jobseekers’ best friend, giving them on-the-go news and entertainment, helping them stay in touch through social media and – says People Source – allowing them to hunt for a new job.

According to the recruitment company, 86 per cent of jobseekers use their phone to find work. Most job boards are now optimised to be viewable on mobile devices in a bid to increase their profile in the smartphone culture.

Some employment services, such as Monster and Jobsite, have developed their own mobile app, allowing users to set up a profile and apply for jobs at the click of a button.

Most job boards will also email regular job updates to users.

For people who are successful in the application process, there are apps for iPhone and Android that can help them prepare for their interview. These apps – such as Interview Prep Questions – will test the user’s knowledge on a particular subject tailored to the job. Using these apps on their way to an interview may give the job candidate extra confidence and get them in the right frame of mind so that they can impress the interviewer.

Smartphones also open up opportunities for another key component of looking for a job – networking.

People Source says that spending 15 to 30 minutes every day on sites such as LinkedIn will enable the jobseeker to improve their networks, follow companies of interest and increase their visibility.

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three said they recognised the need to make urgent changes to their diet.

Alpro dietician Kate Arthur says: ‘The question is what part the deskfesting phenomenon will play in shaping our future diets and what we, as a nation, can do to stay fit and healthy despite the increasing demands of the workplace. I’d advise people to keep it simple.

Try to make sure that two thirds of your deskfest plate is made up of plantbased foods such as fruit, wholegrains, nuts and seeds.’

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ORKING as a journalist at the News of the World, Ruth Roberts lived a chaotic life. She worked hard in the office and played even harder out of it. She was single, successful and earning good money.

But five years into the job she was miserable. She’d had enough and decided that something had to change. On a holiday to Poland in 1999, Ruth visited a church and found herself praying: ‘God, get me out of all this!’

Back then, taking the prayerful approach was a little out of character. Ruth admits that she had no time for faith and didn’t tolerate Christians gladly.

‘I used to think Christians were woolly do-gooders or judgmental hypocrites,’ confesses the married mother-of-three when we meet for coffee near her home in Surrey. ‘I would have used the words “evangelical Christian” as an insult.’

On her return to the UK, Ruth got a new job as a TV news producer. She began to explore Christianity. After a long process of questioning and discovery – and accepting that faith by its very nature leaves some questions unanswered – she gave her life to God. Ruth – her pen name – has recorded the experiences of her journey from non-belief to faith in a book Am I Missing Something?

‘The aim of my writing was to explore Christianity through the eyes of a new believer,’ she explains. ‘So the book is about how I navigated my way Ruth Roberts into church culture and what I made wrote her of the new experiences I came across, book under a pen name such as people praying for me.

‘I guess I’m trying to help Christians understand some of the issues that a new believer might face. If it helps any new believers who are finding it all a bit weird, then that’s great too.’

The idea for Ruth’s book – which started off as a series of articles in Christianity magazine – arose after some conversations she had at work.

Speaking with colleagues in the TV newsroom, she became aware that Christians did not always appear in the best light in their dealings with nonbelievers.

‘It was coming up to Christmas and I was a relatively new Christian. A friend turned to me and said: “You’re going to hate me for this, but I’m going to church on Sunday.” I was shocked. Why would I hate her for going to church? It turned out that she thought I would judge her because she didn’t have a serious faith.

Her reason for going to church was so that her young son could the experience the carols and candles.

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RUTH ROBERTS tells Claire Brine how walking into a church was the first step towards leaving the cut-throat world of tabloid journalism ‘After that the whole newsroom erupted. One person said: “My brother wanted to get married in church and the vicar laughed him out of the building, saying he just wanted the pretty church and had no interest in God.” ‘I was surprised to hear my colleagues’ experiences of Christians, as they were so unlike mine. I hadn’t met any Christians like that at my church.

I was sad, too, because I thought that surely people wouldn’t want to go to church if they felt they were going to be judged. Shouldn’t the

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Church accept people as they are? With all this in mind I decided to start writing about my own experiences of becoming a Christian.’

Despite attending a Church of England school and Sunday school, as a child Ruth had little understanding of faith. She says she always believed in God, but by the time she started work at the News of the World in her twenties, she had no time for him.

‘I had an exciting job for which I was well paid. I was sent worldwide on stories. I also drank far too much and smoked constantly. I accumulated debt.

‘Eventually my life got out of control. I continued to function well as a reporter, but sometimes I’d wake up in the morning and not remember how I’d got home. I used to go through my handbag, desperately scrabbling round for receipts, trying to work out where I’d been and what I’d done. It was awful.’

By her own admission, Ruth’s ‘frenetic and selfdestructive’ lifestyle began to take its toll. And the demands of her work also weighed heavily on her shoulders.

‘The stories I covered

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began to get to me,’ she says. ‘I found the sex scandals – footballers cheating on their wives – really depressing.

And the heart-rending stories about children being kidnapped upset me. I was a hardened character, yet I found myself starting to pray for the people I interviewed. I realised something was missing in my life and that I needed help. Not long after that, I went on my holiday to Poland.’

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n a church in Krakow, Ruth got down on her knees and cried out to God for help. She was unhappy and asked him to change her life.

‘That was a massive turning point for me,’ she says. ‘But I didn’t become a Christian overnight. I came home, got a new job almost straight away and tried to look after myself a bit more. But I still mucked up. It took me a while to build up to going to church.’

In 2001, Ruth walked into a church

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The stories I covered began to get to me

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is quite an uncomfortable truth.’

As Ruth’s faith developed, so did her friends’ interest in it. Some said she was weird. Others said nothing. One friend made it clear that she outright disapproved of Ruth becoming a Christian.

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e were in a crowded restaurant and she shouted to me that I was a hypocrite,’ Ruth remembers. ‘Today she still grills me about what I believe. She challenges my beliefs, which is a good thing because it makes me

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and stood at the back for the service.

She was touched to hear the congregation singing a song based on a psalm that she knew from childhood.

‘After that, I kept going back,’ she says. ‘I’d stand at the back of the hall, go off for a fag, then come back in.

‘Around this time, I started going out with James, who is now my husband.

He was a lapsed Christian and when we got engaged I said to him: “I want church to be a part of our lives, because when I’m left to my own devices, I mess things up.” He started going to church with me and really liked it.’

Part of the attraction of church was the warm welcome Ruth and James received from the congregation.

‘When I walked in I immediately felt accepted,’ she says. ‘I didn’t feel judged by anyone. I was overwhelmed with God’s grace.

‘James and I were living together but not yet married, and when we mentioned this to the pastor, he didn’t bat an eyelid. We were just made to feel so welcome. To be honest, if he had come down heavy on us, I don’t know that we would have gone back, which

At ‘News of the World’ Ruth was sent to ‘doorstep’ Paul Gascoigne (pictured) and Liam Gallagher (above)

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I said: ‘OK, God, this is it now. I’m going to stick with you’

PA photo work out what I really think.’

After several years of churchgoing and grappling with the Bible, Ruth said a prayer dedicating her life to God. ‘I was out running and finally said: “OK, God, this is it now. I’m going to stick with you.”’

Despite making a commitment to faith, Ruth still has many questions.

There are aspects of being a Christian that continue to challenge her.

‘I

’m not sure that it is my place to be worried about what other people get up to,’ she explains. ‘There are parts of my life which aren’t right that I need to work on, and that’s between me and God. So is it right for me to be worried about someone else’s sex life, for example? Surely that’s between them and God as well.

‘There are also parts of the Bible that I find difficult to understand. In my book I talk about Heaven and Hell.

Does a person who does good deeds but has no faith go to Hell? I struggle to believe in a God who would damn someone to Hell because they haven’t made a personal prayer of acceptance.

‘When I start thinking about such questions, I realise that I just have to

hand them over to God. I’m never going to be able to work everything out, so I choose to trust God instead.’

In spite of her doubts, Ruth is quick to point out the many positives she takes from her faith. She claims that she has a childlike faith, describing God as her rescuer.

‘God has saved me from being so unhappy,’ she says. ‘His presence in my life is gentle, and I would never want to be without it. I also find prayer very encouraging, so I try to do it a lot.

I often pray for people I pass as I walk down the street.

‘My faith has meant that I have learnt to drop my guard and let go of the things which I used to hold on to so tightly. I no longer worry so much about my image or the need to have complete control.’

As well as shaping her present, Ruth’s faith has had an impact on the way she sees her past.

She has finally come to terms with it.

‘There are things that I did before I became a Christian which I regret. A long time ago I had an abortion. I imagine that some of the stories I wrote in

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There are parts of the Bible I find difficult. Does a person who does good deeds but has no faith go to Hell?

the News of the World ruined people’s lives. But today I can think about those experiences without feeling a horrible, cringing feeling in my stomach. I know that God has forgiven and healed me, and my faith in him brings me peace about the past.’

With regards to the future, Ruth plans to continue working as a freelance journalist. She is considering writing another book. But the fact that the days ahead are uncertain does not worry her.

‘I’m not sure what the future holds,’ she says. ‘I know that I have to trust God. I remember Psalm 40, which says that God has pulled me out of the mud and the mire, put my feet on solid ground and given me a new song to sing. And that is how I feel. Knowing him has completely changed me.’

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QUICK QUIZ 1. What is the third planet from the Sun? 2. Who directed the films The Birds and Psycho?

3. Which birds were once taken down coalmines to give warning of danger from gas?

4. Diamond is the birthstone of which month?

5. How many legs does a crab have?

6. Which film includes the song ‘Some Enchanted Evening’?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Invalid. 5 Legal. 7 Worried. 8 Bliss.

10 Nail. 11 Begrudge. 13 Enough. 14 Stated.

17 Fortress. 19 Area. 21 Lease. 22 Evident.

23 Untie. 24 Trestle.

DOWN: 2 Vertigo. 3 Laid. 4 Dodged. 5 Liberate.

6 Guild. 7 Wonderful. 9 Steadfast. 12 Aggrieve.

15 Torrent. 16 Aspect. 18 React. 20 Wife.

QUICK QUIZ 1 Earth. 2 Alfred Hitchcock. 3 Canaries. 4 April.

5 Ten. 6 South Pacific.

HONEYCOMB 1 Fiddle. 2 Divide. 3 Gravel. 4 Unsure. 5 Onions.

6 Toupee.

Inner life IMAGINE a crowd streaming out of a football stadium after a match.

Imagine the jostling, pushing and shoving.

Imagine all the noise and shouting.

face TO face

4: A girl and a woman

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In this series, ROSEMARY DAWSON looks at people who met Jesus

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It was in a bustling crowd that two people had life-changing encounters with Jesus.

First there was Jairus, a synagogue official, who begged Jesus to go to his house and heal his dying 12-year-old daughter.

En route – amid all the pushing and shoving and excitement – someone else was quietly seeking help: a woman with a debilitating blood disorder. After 12 long years of suffering, Jesus was her last hope.

Under Jewish Law, she was permanently ‘unclean’, forcing her to live as an outcast away from family help and support.

She was risking punishment just by being in a public gathering.

Such was her faith in Jesus’ healing power that she didn’t even speak to him. Instead ‘she came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped’ (Luke 8:44 New International Version).

Although he didn’t see her, Jesus knew straight away that someone in great need had touched him. He said: ‘I know

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that power has gone out from me’ (8:46). He began asking who it was, and – expecting condemnation – the woman came forward. Jesus gave her the assurance that she needed so that she could begin a new life: ‘Your faith has healed you. Go in peace’ (8:48).

While Jesus was speaking, news reached Jairus that his daughter had died. But Jesus said: ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed’ (8:50). They continued on to the house, where Jesus took the girl by the hand and commanded her to get up.

Over recent weeks this series has looked at people who had significant encounters with Jesus. A respected scholar learnt a new spiritual lesson, a woman with a bad reputation was shown a better way of living and a Roman soldier’s faith resulted in healing for his servant. Jesus brought a new dimension to each of them.

His power is still making a difference in the lives of people today. When they reach out to him in faith – whatever their circumstance – his response is the same: ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe.’

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I spied a spider’s web ONE day I took my dogs for a walk in Sutton Park, a lovely nature reserve in Birmingham. It was a warm, sunny day and the flowers were at their most colourful.

The very next day I repeated my walk.

But this time the weather was damp and misty. I noticed that the gorse bushes were almost completely shrouded in cobwebs, which were

by FRED CROWHURST shown up by the mist. The cobwebs must have been there on the sunny day as glance, a house may look well, but I hadn’t seen them. tidy, but on closer inspection Sometimes objects are we see that there is dust on right under our nose and every surface. still remain unseen. On first Even when everything appears lovely, we would do well to remember that there may be hidden ‘cobwebs’ to watch out for.

Jesus gave his followers

Sometimes objects are right under our nose and still remain unseen

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advice on how to deal with them.

When faced with problems, his followers had two choices: to focus solely on their hardship, or to trust in the promise that Jesus would never leave them to manage alone. To continue the metaphor, they needed to keep seeing the flowers despite the presence of cobwebs.

The way we see things matters. In good and bad times, we would do well to remember the words of Bible writer Paul, who – despite his times of persecution – had the following perspective: ‘Nothing in all creation can separate us from God’s love’ (Romans 8:39 Contemporary English Version).

We may not be able to choose our situations, but we can choose how we look at them and how to approach them. When we turn to Jesus for help and receive his comfort, we can be confident that every black cloud has a silver lining.

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What’s cooking?

Kiwi and banoffee pie

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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

Provençal chicken and sausage stew

Ingredients: For the base 240g digestive biscuits, crushed 90g unsalted butter, melted For the filling 100g unsalted butter, melted 100g dark brown sugar 400g can condensed milk 4 small bananas, chopped For the topping 4tbsp caster sugar 300ml whipping cream 2 kiwi, sliced, for decorating

Method: To make the base, mix together the biscuit crumbs and melted butter in a bowl. Spoon the mixture into the bottom of a 20cm baking tin.

To make the filling, place the melted butter and brown sugar in a saucepan over a low heat and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add the condensed milk, then bring to the boil until the mixture looks like caramel. Stir in the banana pieces.

Spoon the filling on top of the pie base. Once it has cooled, place in the fridge for 30 minutes.

To make the topping, place the caster sugar and whipping cream in SUDOKU SOLUTION a bowl and whip until it forms soft peaks. Use a piping bag to pipe the cream over the top of the pie.

Decorate with the sliced kiwi before serving.

Serves 6

Ingredients: 4tbsp olive oil 1kg chicken breast, cut into bite-sized chunks 4 pork sausages, sliced into bite-sized chunks 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed 2½ litres chicken stock Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 2 onions, peeled and chopped 1tsp dried oregano 1tsp caster sugar 600g new potatoes, quartered 2tbsp black olives, pitted and chopped 1tbsp thyme or rosemary leaves, chopped Method: Pour the oil into a saucepan, then add the chicken and sausage and gently cook until they both start to colour.

Add the remaining ingredients.

Leave the stew on a low simmer for 1½ hours, then serve.

Serves 4

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BATTLEDRESS: Tony separates himself from his armour

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writes RENÉE DAVIS

IT’S time for round three. Billionaire inventor Tony Stark aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) is facing the baddies again – Iron Man 3 was released at cinemas on Thursday (25 April).

Tony is burnt out. The realisation that he isn’t the world’s only superhero has left him feeling anxious and unable to sleep.

Struggling to separate himself from his alter ego Iron Man, Tony takes a step back. His loyal girlfriend Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and friends are worried about him. But it isn’t long before new baddy in town, the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) and his accomplices are wreaking havoc on the city.

Tony can’t just sit back and watch.

He challenges the Mandarin to a showdown.

Even though he knows that, at any time, Tony can call for his iron suit – a fibre-free blend of a weapons system and body armour – the Mandarin accepts.

His henchmen attack Tony’s mansion, nearly killing him and Pepper. Tony’s suit, though, mal-

Tony feels anxious and insecure functions, leaving him depending on his own devices and brain– power. He feels anxious and insecure.

Will a suit-less Tony find what it takes to take on the Mandarin?

What’s more, does the man make the suit or the suit make the man?

Whatever our wardrobe looks like, the question still applies. We may look for power and identity through our jobs, houses, money or relationships. While they may make us feel good about our-

selves, they are only temporary.

The novelty and highs wear off.

When we lose those things that seemingly offer security, we feel stripped, empty and worthless. We feel as though nobody will want to know us any more.

But the Bible tells us that we don’t need all the add-ons to be valued by God: ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you’ (Jeremiah 1:5 New International Version).

God knew all about us before we had any of our gadgets or fancy things. He loved us even before we were born.

If we stop fighting against – or writing off – God and put our trust in him, he will give us a sense of worth and security that will last for ever. It’s a perfect fit!

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