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FIGHTING FOR HEARTS AND SOULS

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Win the book that tells the story BEN GLASS

HARD TO STOMACH: Cal (Steve Carell) gets some bad news from wife Emily (Julianne Moore)

A BREAK-UP IS ON THE MENU

DOWN THE

writes PHILIP HALCROW IN his new film, Steve Carell is a fortysomething-year-old verging on a break-up. The US romcom Crazy, Stupid, Love – released at cinemas yesterday (Friday 23 September) – begins with his character, Cal, suddenly being told by his wife, during a meal out, that she wants a divorce. She has cheatTurn to page 3

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AFTER REJECTION, CHRISTIAN WORKER DECIDED TO HELP EX-PRISONERS

Prison reformer on shortlist for Guardian award A FORMER prisoner who helps others who have been released from jail in Kenya has been shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian International Development Achievement Award.

Kelvin Mwikya set up the Philemon Foundation – named after a book in the Bible – to help former prisoners.

In 1993, Kelvin was sentenced to 13 years in prison on a dubious

Kelvin Mwikya

robbery charge. While in prison he became a Christian.

On his early release he struggled to reintegrate himself into society as his family and community rejected him. He realised that many ex-offenders faced the same stigma. He could understand why they would return to crime.

Kelvin dedicated his life to improving conditions in prisons and opportunities for former prisoners on their release. His Philemon Foundation runs a

GREEN ALLIANCE POINTS OUT GOOD AND BAD

Mixed results in climate check THE Government has made either moderate or no progress on 22 of its 29 low-carbon commitments, according to an analysis published by the Green Alliance think-tank in conjunction with Christian Aid and other groups.

The groups’ Climate Check report concludes that the coalition Government has fulfilled or is making progress on seven commitments, but is failing on six and has made little progress on the remaining sixteen.

The analysis praises the Government for accepting the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation to reduce UK emissions by 50 per cent from 1990 levels between 2023 and 2027. It says that this means ‘that the UK has the most

ambitious legislated emissions reductions targets anywhere in the world’.

It also praises the Government’s cancellation of the third runway at Heathrow, but criticises the Treasury for failing to reform aviation tax.

Campaigners wanted the tax to be calculated per plane rather than by per passenger.

halfway house for ex-prisoners, providing accommodation and training.

Reoffending rates plummeted among people who took part in the Philemon programme.

Kelvin’s work was recognised by the Kenyan Government, and he was invited to spearhead a national training programme for prison wardens and to help a taskforce redraft the Criminal Justice Act. He was nominated for the Guardian award, which recognises unsung heroes, by Gary Swart of UK-based Christian charity Tearfund.

The public can vote on the award until 2 October.

The other people on the shortlist include an Illinois woman, who set up a centre for street children in Senegal, and Renwick Rose, who established co-operative and Fairtrade partnerships among banana farmers in the Windward Islands.

CHRISTIAN SURFERS UK HOLDS ANNUAL COMPETITION

Surf’s up for Jesus Classic SURFERS from the UK and abroad took to the waves at Croyde Bay, Devon, for the 19th Jesus Surf Classic. The event is organised by Christian Surfers UK, who run it to serve the surfing community and share their love of Jesus.

Contestants who registered were given a goody bag, which contained a T-shirt, a copy of the surfing documentary Walking on Water and a Surfer Bible, an edition of the Bible which also includes the faith stories of prominent surfers.

At the end of the first day of the event, surfers gathered in a marquee where Nick Williams – QUESTION an event commentator for the UK Pro Tour – TIME told how he survived a p16 shark attack in South Africa only two days after he married. He spoke about his experiences of faith and prayer.

THIS ISSUE:

MEDIA/COMMENT p6

LIFESTYLE p7

PUZZLES p12

JOHN WHEATLEY

PLUS

INNER LIFE p13

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

p14

RECIPES p15

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TWO FAR APART: Cal and Emily consider what went wrong

From page 1

I’m so mad at you … but I’m mad at myself too

ed on him with a work colleague. Cal is stunned into silence. Wife Emily (Julianne Moore) is stunned by his silence. Maybe their difficulty in communicating is telling.

Devastated, Cal begins moping at a bar. He’s a sorry sight – a sight that catches the attention of young, free and single ladies’ man Jacob.

Jacob offers to give Cal a makeover in style and attitude so that he can begin to meet new women.

Under Jacob’s guidance, Cal dresses to impress.

Women do show an interest, although his interest may still lie closer to home.

That’s not the whole story. As do misguidedly – to help Cal. At the same some other films, Crazy, Stupid, Love time Cal also has a huge concern for his simultaneously follows several stories of son, who takes the break-up badly. love, actually.

As for romantic love, what are Cal and Emily’s 13-year-old son Robbie’s feelings for Jessica? Does Robbie is infatuated with his 17-year- Jacob care about old babysitter Jessica. Jessica has a the women he chats secret crush on Cal. Emily’s work col- up in the bar? Is league is still interested in her. And, Emily really Cal’s although he generally treats women soulmate? casually, Jacob cannot get one in particReflecting on the ular out of his mind. mistakes they both Julianne Moore thinks that audiences made, Cal tells will relate to the film. ‘People go to Emily: ‘I’m so mad movies to see themselves, particularly at you … But I’m with this genre,’ she says. ‘Families are mad at myself too.’ complicated, and I liked that this wasn’t Maybe we can going to be a traditional romantic come- see something of ourselves in such a dy, but that it explored all sides of love.’ confession. We have a habit of letting The film shows not only various sides down the people we do, or should, care of love but also various kinds of love. about – whether in our families, among There appears to be some kind of affec- acquaintances or even with those who tion that leads Jacob to try – however are out of sight and out of mind. Can

This wasn’t going to be a traditional romantic comedy, but it explored all sides of love

love conquer our mistakes; can it conquer all?

According to a much-loved book, one love can.

‘This is what love is,’ says one Bible writer, who goes on to define it not primarily as something we do, but as the truth that God ‘loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven’ (1 John 4:10 Good News Bible).

Through Jesus, God showed that he would go to any lengths to give us hope for the future, whatever our past. He took the initiative in offering us forgiveness for the actions and attitudes that leave other people and ourselves in a sorry state. He showed us his love – a love that keeps going even when it is being rejected and that cannot be kept down even by death.

Is it a crazy, stupid love, or would we be crazy, stupid to ignore it?

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LISON GODWIN’S main interests were fashion and hair. She did her work experience in a salon and went on to set up a mobile hairdressing business. But after attending a Harvest festival event at a Salvation Army church, she ended up restyling her life.

Alison’s schooldays in Cheltenham were not the best days of her life. ‘I never liked school,’ she says. ‘That didn’t change from the day I began until the day I finished. I couldn’t wait to get out of education, because I wasn’t great with all the academic work.’

After leaving school, making her way in the world as a hairdresser was a boost. ‘I was doing something that I enjoyed and making a living out of it,’ she says.

But leaving school failed to provide a permanent solution to her problems. ‘During my teenage years, I just wanted to be liked. So I had got in with the wrong crowd and they took me in the wrong direction. If you said something they didn’t like, they would blank you for the rest of the day. We got into a few scrapes. I was never really aggressive, just easily influenced,’ she explains.

At 18, Alison left home and moved in with a boyfriend. ‘My parents were not impressed, but things didn’t go very well with him, and one night I called my parents and asked them to come and pick me up. I packed my bags and left without saying a word.’

Alison wanted to leave her troubled past behind her and look forward. But the future

ALISON GODWIN tells Renée Davis about her new-look vocation would not be what she expected.

She remembers: ‘I hadn’t been brought up a Christian, although my parents believed in God and I would get told off if I blasphemed.

But I was never told the difference that Jesus could make to my life. We only went to church for weddings and funerals.

‘On the weekend I moved back to my parents’ house, my mum had been invited by a work colleague to attend a Harvest festival at The Salvation Army. Although I didn’t know much about The Salvation

Army, I decided to go.’

Alison enjoyed it. One of the highlights for her was the way the people could have fun without it being at the expense of someone else.

‘That was a turning point for me,’ she says.

People’s kind treatment of Alison made her keener to experience God for herself.

‘After a year of going to the services and learning from all the teaching about God, I asked myself: “Do I really believe in what these people are saying? Or am I here just because I am enjoying myself and have found new friends?”

‘I decided that I really believed it, and from then I began having new experiences of God. I had a vision of a piece of paper. It was screwed

I was doing something I enjoyed and making a living

24 September 2011 The War Cry TRAINING: The Salvation Army’s college in London

Salvation Army International Heritage Centre

up and torn. It looked like something you would throw away. All the torn parts came back together, leaving a clean sheet of paper.

I heard Jesus say: “This is what I have done for you.” I knew that all my sins, past and present, had been forgiven.’

Alison says that when she was 20 years old, God told her that she would become a Salvation Army minister but that she had to get married first. Soon after, she met her future husband Mark on a youth weekend.

‘It wasn’t love at first sight,’ she says. ‘But there was something different about him. We started going out. Not long after that we

got engaged and then married.’

However, all was not well. Mark attended the Salvation Army church services but secretly had problems with drinking and gambling. Alison was not fully aware of what was going on.

‘I had my suspicions, but I didn’t really want to ask him about them, because I didn’t want the answer,’ she says. ‘I had to trust God that things would change.

‘Then Mark went to a Christian men’s weekend in Bournemouth, and on his way home he had a spiritual experience. He came back a different person. He confessed to me everything that he had been up to.’

Mark’s revelations were a lot to stomach, but Alison got through them as a result of her faith in God. As the couple got their relationship back on track, Mark dived head first into his Christian faith. He became more active at church and went on an Alpha course.

Alison changed her career path and with Mark entered The Salvation Army’s college in London to train to be officers. They are due to be commissioned next July, after which the former hairdresser and her husband will be given appointments to serve God wherever they are sent.

Now 38, Alison has no regrets over the decisions she has made.

‘Part of me sometimes thinks we could’ve taken this step earlier, but I know God’s timing is right. We have more than 30 years ahead of us that we can give to God as Salvation Army officers.

Nothing is wasted.’

I had a vision of a piece of paper. It looked like something you would throw away

LOOKING AHEAD: Alison and Mark want to serve God RENÉE DAVIS

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MEDIA

Making the grade on climate change?

THE school report cliché ‘could do better’ could be a summary of the coalition Government’s term so far on the subject of climate change, according to an analysis by the Green Alliance. The alliance’s Climate Check praised the Government for some of its work, particularly its acceptance of the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation that UK carbon emissions should be reduced by 50 per cent from 1990 levels. But it also concluded that the Government has made little or no progress on 22 of 29 low carbon commitments.

The Climate Check was published at the same time as the National Snow and Ice Data Centre reported that the blanket of sea ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean had reached the second lowest extent since the satellite record began in 1979. The lowest extent on record was in 2007. NSIDC – based at the University of Colorado Boulder – said: ‘Scientists attribute this decline in large part to climate change.’

Relief and development agencies have said that the effects of climate change will hit poor countries first and hardest. In the verdict of the Climate Check, the Government has made ‘moderate progress’ in helping developing countries adapt to climate change and take part in international climate change negotiations. Christian Aid, which backed the Green Alliance Climate Check, has said that poor countries are already feeling the adverse effects of climate change.

The Government has called climate change ‘one of the gravest threats we face’. In which case, it will need to live up to its aim to be ‘the greenest government ever’. How will it be seen by history?

But governments are not the only factor. We are all posed the problem of climate change. What are our attitudes?

Are we prepared to change our behaviour? Could we do better?

Phone ad not 4 everybody AN advert which depicted a cartoon Jesus winking and giving a thumbs-up sign to a mobile phone company has been banned for ‘mocking Christianity’, reported the Metro.

According to the commuter paper, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that the Phones4U advert – printed in newspapers before Easter

– cannot be printed again, after 98 people made complaints.

Phones4U said the ad was intended to portray ‘a

LENNY HENRY plays a police chaplain who faces I the question of original sin in Radio 4’s afternoon play, Bad Faith: Unoriginal Sin on Friday (30 September 2.15 pm).

In the first of three episodes, Jake Thorne (Lenny Henry) takes up a new post as a chaplain in West Yorkshire. His mission is to clean up the division, but then an 11-year-old is investigated for murder.

Pastor hits the clubs ‘SIX years after clubbing the night away in Leeds as a student, an Anglican pastor is returning to her haunts,’ reported The Guardian. The paper explained that Beth Tash, 27, was becoming a ‘pioneering minister’ in nightclubs. She said: ‘There are boundless possibilities for a message of life and a mission of love.’

One of the nightclubs in the city ‘is appropriately named Mission’, The Guardian pointed out.

light-hearted, positive and contemporary image of Christianity’. The company sent individual apologies to all those who complained.

Police sin-vestigation

Debt advert on air TWO Christian charities have created a I radio advertising campaign to encourage people to contact new debt centres opening in the

RADIO

Comment

IN THE PRESS

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North East of England. In the advert, debt counsellors Christians Against Poverty and media and healthcare charity HCJB Global used the voices of past clients to explain how they had been helped by Christians Against Poverty’s service.

The adverts are to be broadcast on Metro Radio.

ON THE BOX

Outnumbered ’s Karen outlines her God ideas

Karen explored religion on the internet

IN the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered Karen Brockman (played by Ramona Marquez) considered what she thought about God. In the episode broadcast yesterday (Friday 23 September) Karen explained to her mother why she stopped believing in God: ‘I only stopped believing in him because he was annoying me, like sending earthquakes and tsunamis. Also, whenever I asked for something or anything he would just ignore me.’

But Karen went on to explore Catholicism on the internet and consider the possibility of becoming the pope or the archbishop of Canterbury.

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LIFESTYLE

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Long-term absence bodes ill

LONG-TERM absence from work has a major effect on not only employers but also their staff, according to research from Aviva UK Health.

In a survey conducted to identify concerns about absence, Aviva found that nearly seven in ten employers said that long-term staff absence is a problem for their company.

One fifth of employees have taken long-term leave because of mental health problems and 24 per cent have been absent because of muscular or skeletal conditions.

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ANXIETY: some employees feel overworked when they have to make up for a colleague’s absence

Long-term absence also has an effect on staff morale. Just under a quarter of employees consider it no fun working for a company where colleagues go on long-term sick leave. One in five people gets annoyed and feels overworked if they have to make up for a colleague’s absence.

For some, those anxieties extend further. One in ten employees worries that the company will go out of business and that they will lose their jobs if one colleague is off for a prolonged period.

Such concerns do not go unnoticed

TAKING a temporary job can be a useful way of earning cash while Q looking for a new job. It also gives workers a chance to try out various roles and companies to see what suits them best as a career.

If temps do a good job, they are more likely to be offered permanent positions, because employers usually do not want to go through the recruitment process if they can offer the post to someone already doing the job.

Many people also choose temporary work as a long-term career. It offers flexibility, good rates of pay, and choices of employer and lengths of contract. Temping is also an opportunity to meet different people.

People who have not temped before or those who are worried that their office skills are not up to scratch should practise with computer packages. Word, Excel and PowerPoint are the most useful.

Temps should look for an agency that will keep in regular contact to check their availability. Good agencies also check if everything is going well at a placement and offer any jobs that may be suitable.

by those who are on sick leave. A fifth of employees feel guilty about letting their colleagues down, and 71 per cent say they would be concerned about returning to work after long-term sick leave. Some worry that they will not fit in with their colleagues or that their ability to do their job will be questioned.

More than one in five say that they would worry about being unable to cope with their old responsibilities.

Over half of employees worry whether they or their family would be able to survive financially if they went on long-term sick leave.

Steve Bridger of Aviva UK Health says: ‘Our research shows that it is not unusual for an employee to be off sick for a prolonged period of time in their working life.

If this happens, both the emotional and financial strains on the absent employee and remaining staff members can be huge.’

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Lord, for the years…

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T all began at the Tabernacle Baptist Chapel in Cardiff. Since that day in 1961, Songs of Praise has visited all venues, great and small. It is now celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Trevor Barnes set out to record the story of the TV hit. He tracked down presenters as well as people who worked behind the scenes and has written Songs of Praise: Celebrating 50 Years.

ANDREW BARR

‘The programme started almost by accident,’ Trevor says. ‘The story goes

Above: Ray Short, who worked as a producer on the programme

Songs of Praise is celebrating 50 years.

TREVOR BARNES tells Philip Halcrow about the anniversary book he has written PHILIP HALCROW

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Presenter Geoffrey Wheeler chats to a floor manager in the 1960s

that Donald Baverstock, who was then assistant controller of television programmes, was at Crystal Palace inspecting the transmitters and happened to see a programme of Welsh hymn-singing.

Donald described himself as a homesick Welshman, and the close-up pictures of those faces singing hymns gave him an idea to make a programme of hymnsinging and to put it on Sunday evenings. He thought it would work – and so it did.

‘The idea had the added advantage that the programme would be able to use all the outside broadcast units that were lying idle on Sundays after the sports coverage on Saturdays. So the units that had been to Wembley or Fontwell Park and Kempton Park for could go somewhere else and do the filming for Songs of Praise.’

However, Trevor explains that the outside broadcast units’ use of their sporting skills in church led to

some particular results.

‘When the cameramen got the kit of the day, which was the zoom lens, they were zooming in on faces as if they were zooming in on a slide tackle at Wembley.’

The cameramen’s tactics were turned around by one man, who in 1970 became the first series producer.

‘The crucial character was a guy called Raymond Short, a Methodist minister,’ says Trevor.

‘Sadly he died while the book was under way, but I was fortunate – and privileged – to interview him for it. He was a major part of the Songs of Praise story.

‘He said that in the very early days the cameramen from the sports department were just pointing the camera at faces. They didn’t have any idea about hymns. They once focused on two kids fighting over a hymn book, because they thought it would make a nice shot.

Another time, they focused on a bird that had flown into Liverpool Cathedral.

Ray said it was “hopeless, hopeless”.

The programme needed discipline and there needed to be a house style.

‘Ray was an artist, a painter, and had trained as an architect before becoming a Methodist minister. So he had a sense of form, a sense of shape. He also knew the Methodist hymn book backwards.

‘So he taught the cameramen how to focus. He said there were certain hymns that required certain shots.

“Onward Christian Soldiers” suggested a group shot, so you would focus on three people; but “Just as I Am”, which is a more personal hymn, would require a more intimate shot – the camera would need to capture an individual’s experience. So what to the outside world were just ordinary

Cameramen were zooming in on faces as if they were zooming in on a slide tackle

Trevor Barnes interviewed presenters and people behind the scenes for his book about ‘Songs of Praise’

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From page 9 shots of people singing were crafted by Ray; and, as is usually the case with perfection, you don’t notice it – you only notice it when it is not done right.’

The cameramen’s change of tactics, under the guidance of Ray, was followed in the late 1970s by another development.

‘In the early days,’ says Trevor, ‘the programme was quite static. It consisted of an introduction, a hymn, introduction, hymn.

‘In the Seventies Songs of Praise had a lot of competition from other channels. There were other programmes coming along – there was still a religious flavour to them but the gentleman’s agreement that the channels have the God slot was being relaxed.

Viewers’ tastes were becoming more sophisticated, and Songs of Praise recognised that it had to be more popular, while still holding true to the core of Christian hymn-singing.

‘At the time the equipment was also getting easier to use. For instance, in the very first programme in 1961 the congregation had to take a breather for 20

minutes just to let the lamps cool down.

But over the years, as all the kit got lighter, the programme-makers could do more with it.

‘So in 1977 Songs of Praise made a pilot for a new format. The director was William Nicholson, who went on to write the films Gladiator and Shadowlands.

‘The new-look Songs of Praise included interviews.

Researchers would go out to find stories, and the team would film the people telling theirs. At the end of their story the people would recommend a hymn, and the cameras would show them in the congregation singing it. The programme had a feel of a travelogue.

‘The format gave it a new lease of life. Some people didn’t like it – the programme got in a new presenter with a journalistic edge, Michael Barrett, who alternated with Geoffrey

The pilot for the new format was directed by William Nicholson, who wrote Gladiator

Wheeler, and some people didn’t like Michael. They thought he was a bit grumpy as opposed to Geoffrey Wheeler, who was everybody’s avuncular friend. But most people liked the format.’

Songs of Praise must have been doing something right. ‘More people used to watch it in the Seventies and Eighties than Match of the Day,’ says Trevor.

The programme continued to change.

‘It began to think big and stage big events. The team decided to do a programme from Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground. They thought they would just fill one corner of it, but they ended up filling the whole stadium.

They made a similar programme at Everton’s ground.

‘Now they regularly fill the Albert Hall for special programmes, but I suppose the biggest event was the millennium programme, which was broadcast live from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. They filled the stadium with 60,000 people, who were in addition, of course, to a TV audience of millions.’

Boys’ choir Libera sing at St Bartholomew’s the Great, London

Courtesy of Chris Goor

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has won awards. The lighting people have won awards.’

And Trevor is a fan.

‘There is something reassuring about it. It has a quasi-evensong feel, even though it is not a broadcast service – they make that quite plain: it is a programme of hymn-singing reflecting the Christian tradition. For people who might have lost a bit of touch with the Christian church, it is a bit of continuity with it. It is a reminder of something sacred, of something simple. Some people have used the word “innocent”. It is generous, understanding and all the things that you would like humanity to be. It doesn’t shy away from the news, the upsets and the reality of life, but it brings some sort of balm into people’s lives when they are suffering trauma, bereavement and grief.

‘And when they are celebrating, it helps them celebrate.

‘It shows real people’s lives, real communities singing hymns in real time. So you could say it is reality TV at its best and most authentic.’

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Songs of Praise now visits various venues and mixes styles of music and events. Trevor says that the modern programme strikes a chord with audiences.

‘It has always managed to keep just ahead of the curve. It has changed to stay the same.

‘A few viewers don’t like the idea of those big set pieces from the Albert Hall, a gospel singer or Russell Watson singing arias. But if you look at the programme in any one month, you might not get any big event or, if you do, there will also be three “traditional” ones from a church or cathedral.

‘Songs of Praise has got a huge audience of up to three million.’

The programme has changed with the times – and has reflected some momentous times. Seven months after the Aberfan spoil-heap disaster of 1966 it broadcast a programme from the Afan Lido Sports Centre as a memorial to those who had lost their lives.

In 1991 the Songs of Praise team put together a programme within the space of a few days to respond to the beginning of the Gulf War. They had even less time to react to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Trevor explains: ‘The news came into Helen Alexander, who was the series editor, at something like 7 o’clock in the morning when she was in Geneva. Her first thought was: “Thank goodness it’s Monday morning or we would have to do something.” Then she rubbed her eyes and realised: “Oh, it’s Sunday morning and we have got to do something.” So she leapt out of bed and began contacting everybody. Between 7 am and that evening, they had put together from scratch a whole live programme, which Pam Rhodes presented from St Paul’s Cathedral.

‘One little remark on the BBC news earlier in the day that a special tribute

Above: pop producer Pete Waterman has got on board ‘Songs of Praise’ Below: Pam Rhodes talks with Cliff Richard

was going to be broadcast on Songs of Praise brought crowds in their thousands round St Paul’s queueing to get admission.

‘That day tested the programme to its absolute limits, and it did not fail.’

Trevor believes that people love Songs of Praise.

Music professionals respect it.

‘Pete Waterman has appeared on it.

The composer Howard Goodall backs it 100 per cent. Russell Watson, ‘the people’s tenor’, loves it. Distinguished opera singers such as Bryn Terfel often appear on it – and he sings at Covent Garden so he is not going to appear on something substandard.’

The TV industry appreciates it.

‘The people who work on it,’ reports Trevor, ‘are professionals and experts at the top of their game. The cameraman

the book The War Cry has three copies of Songs of Praise: Celebrating 50 Years, published

by Lion, to give away to readers who can answer the following question: In which city was the first Songs of Praise programme made?

Send your answer on a postcard to Songs of Praise Competition, The War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN or email your answer to warcry@salvationarmy.org.uk with the subject line ‘Songs of Praise Competition’. Include your name and address in your entry. Entries must be received by Monday 3 October. The senders of the first three entries drawn will receive a copy of the book. The Editor’s decision is final.

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PUZZLEBREAK

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QUICK QUIZ 1. What does the Spanish word sierra mean?

2. Who played Mrs Overall in the TV series Acorn Antiques?

3. If 1 is red, 2 is blue, 3 is white, 4 is black, 5 is orange, what is 6?

4. Which golfer has the nickname The Big Easy?

5. How many legs has a scorpion?

6. In chess, what is the alternative name for a castle?

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Deposit. 5 Bogus. 7 Corrode.

8 Sleep. 10 Reef. 11 Commuter. 13 Settee.

14 Inform. 17 Measured. 19 Melt. 21 Shift.

22 Succour. 23 Bleed. 24 Dressed.

DOWN: 2 Perfect. 3 Soon. 4 Tremor. 5 Basement.

6 Greet. 7 Christmas. 9 Perimeter. 12 Deducted.

15 Onerous. 16 Ceased. 18 Agile. 20 Ache.

QUICK QUIZ 1 A mountain range. 2 Julie Walters. 3 Black and white (jackets worn by greyhounds). 4 Ernie Els. 5 Six. 6 Rook.

HONEYCOMB 1 Toupee. 2 Hamper. 3 Shears. 4 Flight. 5 Bikini.

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INNER LIFE

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To commemorate this year’s 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, PHILIPPA SMALE looks at some everyday expressions popularised by BOOK the translation

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ACROSS the world, one billion people live without access to safe, clean drinking water. Four out of ten people don’t have access to a basic toilet. In the UK, the average person uses 160 litres of water every day. An average person in one of the poorest countries uses just ten litres a day.

The Salvation Army runs projects across the world to ensure that people have access to safe water.

The projects supply communities with water tanks and pumps, and Salvation Army representatives and residents regularly check that they are in good working order and the water is always flowing.

In these places, people use the run-off from the water supply to help them grow vegetables, and their animals also benefit from having regular access to drinking water.

The scale of the problem is vast, and what The Salvation Army is doing to alleviate it may appear as a mere drop in a bucket – but if just one person has a better life because he or she has access to clean water, then it’s worth it.

In everyday use, the phrase ‘a drop

‘Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing’ (Isaiah 40:15)

in the bucket’ is used to convey concerned. The world and everything insignificance. Sometimes it is used in it is his creation, and humankind as an excuse not to do something are his beloved children. about a social issue. Our contribution In fact, God thinks we are so would be just ‘a drop in the bucket’, important that when everything went so why bother to try to do anything? wrong and we were separated from The Old Testament prophet Isaiah him, he sent his only Son to put used the phrase to compare the selfthings right for us. And the world is importance, power and significance getting saved – one person at a time. of nations with the omnipotence CAN WE HELP? and omniscience of God – and the Just complete this coupon and send it to nations end up The War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN looking tiny.

However, we Please send me know that nations Basic reading about Christianity – people – are not Information about The Salvation Army insignificant drops in a bucket Contact details of a Salvationist minister as far as God is Name

The scale of the problem is vast

Address

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THE earthquake and tsunami in Japan earlier this year resulted in thousands of people being evacuated from the Fukushima nuclear power station and the surrounding area. The fears regarding exposure to harmful levels of radiation led to many discussions on how the world can generate power by using alternative sources.

Generating energy through wind farms is one option. Some people view these as a blot on the landscape. Others see them as a credible alternative to nuclear fuel. Whatever decisions people make about the future of the nuclear power industry, the demand for electricity is continuous. But there are people who choose to live without it.

Some years ago, I visited an Amish home in Pennsylvania.

People of the Amish tradition do not tend to use televisions, washing machines, fridges, freezers or electric lights. I found it so difficult to imagine my own life without electricity.

I thought about the need for light, in particular.

by AUDREY FAIRBROTHER

Wind farms are one option

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Whether artificial or natural, light is essential for life. We need light to go about our daily business.

Without it, tasks become hard work. Jobs take longer and perhaps feel more strenuous.

A person’s life can also benefit from receiving another, different kind of light.

A relationship with Jesus can bring brightness to the darkest parts of our minds. Jesus said: ‘I am the light of the world.

Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’ (John 8:12 New International Version).

When we are going through times that feel bleak and grey, we can tap into the light of Jesus.

When all seems lost, he offers us more than a glimmer of hope. He promises to be with us, however dark our mood.

People who turn to Jesus are guaranteed to see the light.

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WHAT’S COOKING?

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THE MAIN ATTRACTION

Pork and apple in the hole Ingredients: 350g plain flour Pinch of salt 6 medium British Lion eggs

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Lemon meringue roulade Ingredients: 4 medium British Lion egg whites 225g caster sugar 1tsp almond essence 1tsp raspberry vinegar 50g ground almonds 300ml crème fraiche 1–2tbsp icing sugar, sifted 6tbsp lemon curd 1tbsp toasted, flaked almonds Fresh raspberries, to decorate Raspberry or mango coulis, to serve Method: Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas Mark 3. Line a Swiss roll tin with a single sheet of baking paper.

Whisk the egg whites until stiff and standing in peaks, then gradually whisk in the sugar, a spoonful at a time. When all the sugar has been added, carefully stir in the almond essence, vinegar and the ground almonds.

Mix lightly together.

Turn the mixture into the

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lined Swiss roll tin, smooth the top and tap the tin lightly on the work surface to remove any air bubbles. Bake in the preheated oven for 30–35 minutes or until the top is pale golden and feels firm.

Remove the roulade from the oven and leave to cool. When ready to serve, whip the crème fraiche until thick. Invert the cooled roulade onto a large sheet of baking paper.

Carefully strip off the baking

paper. Sprinkle with the icing sugar.

Spread the roulade with the lemon curd and then the crème fraiche. Leave for a few minutes to allow the roulade to soften, then carefully roll it up.

(The roulade will crack slightly.)

Place the roulade on a serving platter and sprinkle with the toasted almonds. Decorate with the raspberries and serve with the coulis.

Serves 8

600ml milk 700g lean pork mince 2tsp dried mixed herbs 1 clove garlic, crushed 4tbsp vegetable oil 2 red onions, sliced 2 red peppers, deseeded and sliced 1 apple, cored and sliced Method: Preheat the oven to 220C/450F/Gas Mark 7.

Place a large roasting tin in the oven to warm up.

To make the batter, place the flour, salt, eggs and milk in a blender and blend until smooth and lump-free. Set aside.

Mix the pork, herbs and garlic together, then roll the mince into tomato-size balls.

Remove the tin from the oven, pour in the oil, then add the pork balls, onions, peppers and apple slices.

Toss the ingredients together and roast for 10 minutes.

Remove the tin from the oven and shake well. Pour the hot batter over the pork and vegetables.

Return the tin to the oven and bake for 30–35 minutes or until the batter is golden and risen. Serve hot with the vegetables.

Serves 12

Recipes reprinted, with kind permission, from the British Egg Information Service website eggrecipes.co.uk

QUESTIONS,

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Stephen Fry explores some obscure topics

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WANT to know two quite interesting facts about QI? Well, the BBC Two quiz is celebrating its tenth series. And the show’s creator, John Lloyd, was inspired to make the programme after he got bored reading an encyclopaedia.

As presenter Stephen Fry explains: ‘This is the quiz show where the answers are much more exciting than the questions, but the questions are completely impossible.’

In QI celebrity guests try to answer obscure, quite interesting questions such as: ‘What colour is the Universe?’ and ‘What do you call a left-handed lemon?’

It is the job of behind-the-scenes QI ‘elves’ to research the questions and answers, which Stephen Fry reveals to the audience during the show. Panel members are awarded points for responses which are interesting or funny.

After searching high and low before and during the show, the elves are usually able to supply the answers to even the most bizarre questions. (A left-handed lemon is called an orange, by the way.) But sometimes the answers are impossible to find. There are some questions to which – the show is forced to admit – nobody knows the correct answer, such as the lifespan of a lobster.

No matter how many new discoveries we make to expand our understanding of the world, there remain unanswered questions, such as: ‘How did the Universe begin?’ Then there are the ‘why’ questions. ‘Why do good people become seriously ill? Why are we here?’

Such questions can lead to frustration and even despair.

We dig deep but there are no satisfying explanations.

A relationship with God does not give a sudden understanding of the world’s mysteries or a complete insight into the intricacies of human nature. But having faith that God knows the answers can be comforting as we deal with what we do not understand.

The Bible says: ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding’ (Proverbs 3:5 New International Version).

Whatever we don’t know, God does. And he can be trusted to care for us in a sometimes-impossible world.

There are questions to which nobody knows the answer

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