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IAN HISLOP INVESTIGATES THE HISTORY OF MISINFORMATION FOR TV DOCUMENTARY

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MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

‘MY DAUGHTER WENT DAYS WITHOUT EATING’

STORE’S VALUES SPEAK VOLUMES

Event encourages investment in environment

Caring for children living with anorexia

The bookshop that supports its community

What is The Salvation Army?

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The Salvation Army is a Christian church and registered charity providing services in the community, particularly to those who are vulnerable and marginalised. Motivated by our Christian faith, we offer practical support and services in more than 700 centres throughout the UK to all who need them, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender or sexual orientation. To find your nearest centre visit salvationarmy.org.uk/find-a-church

From the editor’s desk WE are facing a ‘fake news crisis’, according to Private Eye editor and broadcaster Ian Hislop. As we report in the War Cry this week, he makes his claim in a BBC Four documentary, Ian Hislop’s Fake News: A True History, which is broadcast on Monday (7 October).

In the programme, Ian traces the origins of fake news back to the 1830s, but highlights how, in a world where the internet has taken mass communication to previously unthinkable levels, it is now a source of daily concern to many people.

At a time when misinformation seems never more than a screen swipe away, Ian reflects that fake news ‘makes people doubt the truth as well’.

Some people may suggest that the War Cry is in the business of fake news. In the eyes of those who find themselves unable to believe in a loving God who wants to have a personal relationship with every individual, our features and interviews are giving a false message of hope.

We would respectfully disagree with that point of view. But even those people who profess a Christian faith can have times when they find it hard to reconcile their beliefs and their life experiences.

In this week’s issue, Jane Smith describes what she went through in caring for her anorexic daughters.

‘We were a loving Christian family,’ she says. ‘I had this preconception that eating disorders wouldn’t affect us.’ But the crisis that she faced brought Jane’s faith to the fore, and she gained strength from her beliefs. ‘I could not have coped without God,’ she candidly admits.

The truth is that a God who loves, supports, forgives and accepts us can sound too good to be true. But the Christian message is not fake news.

Millions of people have verified it through their own experiences.

The good news is that God offers his love and acceptance to anyone who will believe.

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Faking it up Ian Hislop uncovers the truth about fake news

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Spent force The good that spending money wisely can do

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‘I thought eating disorders wouldn’t affect us’ Mother describes how anorexia impacted her family

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Care by the books Bookshop offers more than just a good read

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News and media

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Browsing the Bible

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Out of the Mouth of Babes

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5 October 2019 • WAR CRY • TELEVISION 3 BBC

History fakes the headlines Will truth be told? asks Sarah Olowofoyeku

Ian Hislop investigates the history of fake news

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The term fake news currently has a high circulation, but a new documentary reveals that there’s nothing new about it. The truth comes out on Monday (7 October) in Ian Hislop’s Fake News: A True History, on BBC Four.

‘Fake news was a problem long before our own uncertain and confused times,’ Ian reports, as the programme begins. He goes on to explain the origins of fake news, which hark back to the beginnings of mass-market media in the 19th century, when newspapers intentionally published stories that weren’t true.

The documentary looks at the current fake news crisis through the lens of history. Ian unpacks the motivations for spreading fake news, which include profit, power, politics and prejudice. He chats to a manufacturer of fake news, as well as with someone whose business has been targeted as a result of wild rumours disguised as official news.

While each of his interviewees has different experiences, they share the

opinion that fake news is dangerous and that somebody – whether individuals or tech companies – needs to be responsible for verifying the truth.

Such verification, however, is not always straightforward. The documentary features the recent phenomenon of ‘deepfake’, an

The problem of truth is not breaking news AI-based technology that can be used to create or alter video content to portray an event that did not actually occur.

It may be frightening to learn about all the ways in which we can be deceived, and how, with technology, fake news seems to be on the increase. It is hard to know what the truth really is and it can feel impossible to know who to trust.

The problem of truth is not breaking news. The spread of false ideas goes back even further than the 19th century.

As Ian Hislop suggests, perhaps the

only way not to be deceived is to trust nothing and no one and to question everything.

One book that many people have questioned over the years but that many have found to be true is the Bible.

And one story covered within its pages is that of the original doubting Thomas.

Thomas was one of Jesus’ closest friends. However, when the news broke that days after his crucifixion Jesus had been raised by God from death to life, he wasn’t buying it.

But rather than condemn him for his scepticism, the Bible reports that Jesus personally met up with Thomas and his other followers, proving that he was alive. He said to Thomas: ‘Stop doubting and believe’ (John 20:27 New International Version).

Many Christians have found that when they have experienced doubt, God has shown up and helped them to believe. If we find it hard to trust God’s message of his love for us, we can be reassured that he can prove himself to be true.

And that’s good news for everyone.

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Author donates shop vouchers to Salvation Army food bank THE author of The Woman in Black has donated supermarket vouchers to The Salvation Army’s food bank in Preston, while urging people to support the church and charity.

Susan Hill (pictured) decided to act after hearing about the low supply levels at The Salvation Army’s food bank in Preston, where demand for nonperishable food parcels has risen by 150 per cent and donations have dropped by 80 per cent.

Through The Salvation Army she urged other people: ‘Please give what you can. Food banks need tinned and dried foods and some even give out nappies and toilet paper to people who are struggling to make ends meet.’

The Salvation Army has a network of more than 700 churches and social centres across the UK and the Republic of Ireland, most of which have a limited stock of emergency food and supplies for people living on the poverty line.

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A CHURCH crowdfunding campaign to create a forgiveness emoji has been launched in Finland.

The #forgivemoji campaign, which was devised by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, will decide on the best idea before submitting it to the Unicode Consortium in November. The Unicode Consortium manages the emoji list and provides a framework for mobile device manufacturers.

Visitors can vote on a selection of emoji designs on the campaign’s website, forgivemoji.com, or submit their own ideas.

‘Through crowdsourcing ideas for the design of an emoji for forgiveness, this campaign strives to promote a message of peace and understanding the world over,’ said Tuomo Pesonen, communications director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Archaeologists discover evidence of ancient biblical kingdom ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found an ancient kingdom referenced in the Bible, The Times reports.

Experts discovered that mines across what is now southern Jordan and Israel used the same smelting techniques in the 11th century BC. They say this indicates a single central authority: the state of Edom.

The revelation comes after the team of Jordanian, Israeli and American archaeologists analysed slag heaps from copper mines predating biblical kings Saul and David.

According to the Bible, the Edomites lived in a territory south and east of the Dead Sea, spanning parts of modern-day Israel and Jordan.

The Edomites were regarded as Israel’s enemies and were complicit in the destruction of Jerusalem and Judah. They were descended from Israel’s patriarch Isaac, and took their name from the Hebrew for ‘red hair’ in reference to their founding father Esau.

Professor Tom Levy from the University of California, who is a lead archaeologist on the project, explained: ‘The data has taken us to a place where the archaeological record does indeed coincide with many aspects of the Hebrew Bible and biblical Edom.’

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MANCHESTER City manager Pep Guardiola made a surprise appearance n at The Salvation Army’s Partnership Trophy tournament, joining football pundit Mark Lawrenson.

Twenty-five teams from across the UK took part in the five-a-side football tournament run by the church and charity in Manchester. Each side was made up of players who have received support from The Salvation Army’s homelessness support services or modern slavery team.

Pep passed on tips and encouragement to the 300 players participating in the competition and said: ‘Football, fun and solidarity – this is an extraordinary tournament. The Salvation Army are heroes.’

A RARE medieval figure of Christ has returned to York after an absence of almost 200 years.

Originally belonging to the monks of St Mary’s Abbey in York, the 16cm copper alloy figure will be put on display at the Yorkshire Museum.

The piece survived the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII and was rediscovered in 1826. It then disappeared for almost a century before being acquired by a German art collector in the 1920s. When the piece was put up for auction, the York Museums Trust bought it with help from Arts Council England and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund.

‘The figure of Christ is a stunning example of 13th-century religious art – few examples survived in this country in such a complete state,’ said Lucy Creighton, curator of archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum. ‘It is an extremely valuable find.’

5 October 2019 • WAR CRY • FEATURE 5 WELSH assembly member n Vaughan Gething has toured a Salvation Army centre in Cardiff.

The Cardiff East church and community centre hosts a programme that helps people seek work, a parent-and-toddler group and a friendship club for over-55s.

It also has a café and charity shop on site.

The politician met and spoke to visitors, staff and volunteers at the centre, including 64-year-old John, who has volunteered there since 2011.

‘Before I came to Cardiff East my life felt relentless,’ John explained.

‘I was in debt and my depression was really bad, but after coming to The Salvation Army, I’ve made new friends and they’re like my family here.’

BANKING ON THE

ENVIRONMENT Good Money Week seeks to promote sustainable spending, writes Emily Bright

A THERAPEUTIC garden n designed to help rehabilitate people experiencing homelessness and

addiction has been opened at a Salvation Army centre in Stoke-on-Trent.

Within the garden of Vale Street Lifehouse are seating areas, a chicken coop and a tree.

‘The garden provides an area of calmness, and residents can find a quiet spot to relax and contemplate, or talk to their support worker,’ said the centre’s activities programme co-ordinator Sue Prince. ‘Caring for animals, such as the hens, provides a welcome focus for some residents, who need structure and purpose to their day.’

Vale Street Lifehouse runs training and courses to help residents reintegrate into their communities, and is seeking volunteers to teach English, maths, music and cookery.

BBA once sang about the dream of ‘all the things I could do, if I had a little A money’. But the realities of money, money, money are being explored as part of Good Money Week, which starts today (Saturday 5 October) and is designed to help people spend their cash in an ethical way.

The week begins at the City of Edinburgh Methodist Church with a free-to-attend money fair, promoting environmentally friendly and ethical ways of spending, whether through everyday banking, savings, investments or pensions.

Faith-based organisations such as Christian Aid Scotland and the Churches’ Mutual Credit Union are running stalls. Visitors to the event can also cash in on advice from financial experts at investment businesses Rathbone Greenbank and Ethex and non-profit organisation Wellbeing Economy Alliance.

The Church of Scotland is staging the fair, which will include a series of free interactive workshops. These have been designed to ‘demystify economics’, and will explore the possibilities of creating a ‘wellbeing economy’ as well as ways in which people can extricate themselves from fossil fuels.

Eleri Birkhead of the Church of Scotland, who chairs the group that organises the fair, says she hopes it will ‘help people learn about ethical finance in an interactive and accessible way’.

She explains that Christians are participating in the initiative because their faith clearly says that humans have a responsibility to look after the planet. ‘We have been given an Earth that we should take care of, and not destruct. That’s made clear throughout the Bible, and there’s quite a lot in there about using our money wisely,’ she says.

‘So especially when it comes to climate change, if we’re investing our money in places that cause destruction to other people’s lives, then we need to think about that seriously.’

As the world’s climate crisis escalates, it is easy to be overwhelmed at the scale of environmental damage being done.

But the Bible reminds us that caring for our planet is crucially important, and that by caring for the environment, we are being human kind.

We have been given an Earth that we should take care of

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‘Having an eating disorder is like being imprisoned’ Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Day on Thursday (10 October), JANE SMITH tells Emily Bright about caring for her daughters through their experiences of anorexia

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ANE SMITH was heartbroken when her middle daughter, at just 11 years old, crawled on to her lap and told her: ‘Mummy, I want to disappear.’ Her daughter’s life began to unravel. ‘She suddenly developed anorexia as a result of low-level bullying at school and because she felt that she was slipping back academically,’ explains Jane, who is now the CEO of Anorexia and Bulimia Care (ABC).

In a self-help book she wrote, The Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders, Jane explained how anorexia triggered unprecedented behaviour in her daughter: ‘She told us that she hears voices urging her to carry on with essentially a starvation diet. She would go for days without herself of what God had already done in her anything to eat at all, literally nothing. It was life. ‘I looked at occasions where God had so hard for us to watch, and if she broke her moved strongly and visibly, so I thought: “If resolve by eating the tiniest piece of fruit he did it then, he can do it now. And he loves then she’d get absolutely hysterical, throwing my daughter even more than I do. So why herself on the floor, screaming, and crying.’ wouldn’t he want to heal her?”’

Jane struggled to understand why this Months later, she returned to her daughters’ was happening. ‘I had a preconception that psychiatrist and received devastating news. eating disorders wouldn’t affect us,’ she tells ‘He said to me: “Your daughters aren’t going me. ‘We were a loving Christian family. I to recover. They’re both inpatients and it’s a provided nice meals, everyone loved their food. There were no obvious reasons: nobody had died, nobody had divorced.’

Her family’s crisis escalated as her eldest daughter, who already experienced high anxiety levels, became anorexic and bulimic and started to self-harm. Eventually, two of her daughters were taken to hospital. ‘My eldest daughter went by ambulance and my middle daughter was on a 24-hour-a-day food very competitive illness. The recovery of one drip for two weeks.’ is going to impact the illness of the other.”

In those dark times, Jane’s faith came to Once I returned home, I locked myself in the the fore. ‘I could not have coped without bathroom, prayed and cried.’

God. I pleaded with him, cried to him and got At that moment, Jane says, she felt God’s strength from him,’ she recalls. presence. ‘He said to me: “Give worship ‘There were lots of ambiguities, hold-ups and praise to me now, because I am and differences of opinion within the medical finishing this.”’ world, and I thought the only way I could Although nothing changed overnight, Jane get through this and be assured of the girls’ began to feel hopeful that her girls would healing was to turn to Scripture. Reading recover. And they did. the Bible and receiving verses from others After nursing two of her children back encouraged me.’ to health, Jane felt compelled to join ABC To strengthen her resolve, Jane reminded

I locked myself in the bathroom, prayed and cried

in 2004 and later became its CEO. The Christian charity offers an email address and telephone helpline to people from all backgrounds who are affected by eating disorders, as well as carers and family members who simply want to talk.

ABC also has a befriending service, in which people who have recovered from anorexia and bulimia offer emotional support and nutritional advice to those at risk. They can talk an individual through issues such as selfesteem, relationships, work, compulsive exercise and mental health.

Jane has used her personal experience of eating disorders to write two selfhelp books for parents, one on eating

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People long to be loved, cherished and accepted

disorders and one on self-harm. Her daughters are happy for her to talk about the issue. One of her daughters even encouraged her to, saying: ‘Mum, you’ve got to write this. And we’ll do it together.’

Reflecting on her experiences,

Jane explains: ‘Many non-Christian people tell me that having an eating disorder is like being imprisoned. You are a slave to it, to the compulsion not to eat or to binge and be sick countless times a day. It affects people of all ages for a variety of understandable reasons: domestic violence, sexual abuse, grief and

lack of self-worth.’

In her work as CEO of a charity combating these challenges, she draws on the Bible for strength. ‘The prophet Isaiah proclaims freedom and recovery, freeing the captives and releasing prisoners from darkness,’ she says. ‘God also reminds us in Psalm 34 that he is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. He loves us more than we can even imagine.’

Jane applies these principles to her work, and believes that freeing people from eating disorders starts with offering acceptance.

‘People long to be loved, cherished and accepted, warts and all. We don’t pity them.

We meet them where they are and show them love and acceptance.’ l For more information, go to anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk

PHILIP HALCROW

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Thousands of booksellers will be holding events, creating window displays and giving away goodies to mark Bookshop Day (Saturday 5 October).

In the run-up to the celebration, Philip Halcrow visited Living Stones to see what this bookshop and community hub offers the people of Fleet Pippa Hearne, manager of the Living Stones bookshop

AVE e-readers and online giants spelt the H end of the kind of shop that Pippa Hearne manages? Not in her book.

‘A few years ago there was concern over the rise of the ebook,’ says Pippa, who has worked at the Living Stones bookshop and community hub in Fleet since 2011. ‘It was said that people would buy Kindles and we would see the death of the printed book. But that has not happened.

‘I don’t know if that’s a surprise or not. Kindles are great if you’re going on holiday and want to take 50 books with you. But people still like having a tactile book in their hands, which is great for bookshops in general.’

Surrounded by boxes and files in the office at the back of the Christian bookshop, Pippa talks of how she has also witnessed the growth of online bookselling. ‘But, even though we don’t deliberately undercut Amazon,’ she says, ‘there are times when we have been cheaper. It happens more often than you think.’

And, as she illustrates, the retail space and other rooms in Living Stones offer more than the chance to buy books.

Pippa tells how the store’s story began in the early 1980s when a churchgoer felt led by God to open a Christian bookshop in the Hampshire town.

Churches pledged support and the store opened for business on 16 January 1983. Eleven years later, what had been known as Fleet Bible Bookshop sought bigger premises and relocated to its present site. It also adopted the name Living Stones, derived from a Bible passage in which the writer likens believers collectively to a sacred building.

Now, the recently refurbished shop’s shelves are lined with the colourful covers of books by a spectrum of authors. Soul Fuel, a book of reflections by TV survival expert Bear Grylls shares shelf space with Richard Dawkins, C. S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life

in which Oxford professor Alister McGrath compares the world views of the Christian writer of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with those of the author of The God Delusion. A copy of John Bunyan’s classic 17th-century allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress stands next to Phoebe, Paula Gooder’s novel imagining the life of a woman mentioned in the New Testament.

‘We try to stock all translations of the Bible,’ says Pippa, ‘and we have sections on Christian biography and fiction, as well as books on prayer, family life and Bible study. We also try to keep a good range of children’s Bibles.

‘We’re guided by our customers in what we stock, and our suppliers help us run money-off promotions.’

But a browse round the shop will reveal that it sells more than books. A display offers customers fairly traded chocolate bars, biscuits, cereals and preserves. Alongside a ceramic grinder and drip cone are bags of coffee roasted by Karuna Coffee, a branch of a Christian antipoverty charity.

‘The guys from Karuna came in and ran a tasting morning with lots of different coffees, which was fun,’ says Pippa.

The information about the coffee roasters’ visit is just a sample of the variety of events, activities and services offered by the bookshop and the other rooms.

The walls are lined with paintings. Living Stones has forged links with local artists, Pippa explains, ‘to try to make the building look attractive, to encourage people into the building and to support the artists’.

She says: ‘We have begun to run art gallery open evenings, when people can come in, socialise and buy anything from the shop, including the works of art.’

Artists are among the members of the community who regularly take up the invitation to make use of the

People still like having a tactile book in their hands

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From page 9 rooms beyond the bookshop.

‘Today, one artist is running a workshop where people can come to learn a new skill and maybe discover a hobby,’ says Pippa.

Upstairs, the artist is encouraging and guiding three budding artists in painting flowers.

‘Later this morning,’ continues Pippa, ‘a lady comes in who runs art for therapy classes. She has seen that some people find it quite healing to be able to put their feelings into art and that it can help their mental health. Another artist runs a Make Art and Friends group.’

Pippa describes other ways in which people use the hub.

‘A tutor comes in and helps schoolchildren with maths, English and Spanish, as well as running Spanish classes for adults.

‘Once a month the University of the Third Age holds what it calls a Moto – “members on their own” – group for people who have lost their partners through bereavement or divorce or who have never been married and who want to link up for social activities.

‘We also have a room for hot-desking, which can be used by business people either because they can’t get into work – perhaps the trains are unable to make it into London because of snow – or because they know that they would get

disturbed if they were working at home.

‘One of the reasons for setting up the hot-desking facility was that it may lead to there being a community of Christians who run their own businesses and can help each other out with their different skills.’

Living Stones is already the venue for a monthly prayer breakfast, where business people meet to talk and pray for each other’s work.

It’s one of a number of specifically Christian activities that take place at the centre. Pippa says that two counsellors use the hub for their Christian counselling practice. Shortly before the summer holiday, a church group ran a youthorientated course on the basic beliefs of Christianity. Next week Living Stones will be the venue for Painting skills are developed a 24/7 prayer week, when members in an art workshop of churches in Fleet and Church Crookham will aim to ensure that during all 168 hours of the week, people their own prayers. will be praying for the community and ‘A while ago, a lady wrote a prayer in the the whole world. book. She came in again the other week And prayer, Pippa reveals, can also be and said: “My prayer has been answered.” part of the customer service whenever ‘Sometimes people have just come into the bookshop is open. the shop and asked for prayer for their ‘We have a little drop-in zone, where health or because they’re in debt or are people can sit, read and reflect. There’s worried about other problems.’ complimentary tea and coffee there and Pippa and the other staff are interested a notebook in which people can write in more than financial transactions.

We have a zone where people can sit, read and reflect

Kathy says that customers have become friends

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Standing at the till, volunteer Kathy Hudson reflects on years of working at the shop. ‘I know the regular customers by name, and they have become friends,’ she says. ‘Working in the shop is more than volunteering. It has become part of my life.’

Kathy and Pippa open a box that has arrived. It is full of decorations for the shop and freebies – including an Elmer the Patchwork Elephant tote bag – that they can give away on Bookshop Day, a nationwide celebration organised by the Booksellers Association. ‘Every year,’ says Pippa, ‘they send us bags and bookmarks designed to encourage people to visit us on that day.

We hope that people will also use us all year round.’

Pippa reiterates Living Stones’s aim to be ‘the light on the high street’.

‘People come in and say that they have a friend who is going through a difficult time or wrestling with such-and-such a problem, and they ask us to suggest a book for them.

We try to find something suitable.

‘Even if someone doesn’t buy a book but wants help, we’re here. We’re here even if they just want to come and have a chat.

If they want some prayer, we can do that.’

PHILIP HALCROW

People ask us to suggest a book for a friend who is going through a difficult time

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Prayerlink THE War Cry invites readers to send in requests for prayer, including the first names of individuals and details of their ­circumstances. Send your requests to Prayerlink, War Cry, 101 Newington Causeway, Lon­don SE1 6BN. Mark your envelope ‘Confidential’.

Becoming a Christian 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 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.

Amen

Nigel Bovey gives chapter and verse on each book in the Scriptures

Zechariah ECHARIAH is prophesying in 524BC. Z He is addressing the flattened Jerusalem. Haggai, another biblical

prophet, also spoke about the rebuilding of the Temple. But, whereas Haggai’s call for the rebuilding of the Temple was practical, Zechariah’s is poetic.

Through visions of a man among myrtle trees (1:7–17), of a man with a measuring line (chapter 2) and of four chariots (6:1–8), God outlines his intention to restore Israel and to make Jerusalem his dwelling place again.

Other visions of four horns and four craftsmen (1:18–21), of a flying scroll and of a woman in a basket (chapter 5) announce divine judgment on nations who oppressed Israel and on individual sin.

God clearly states his intentions: ‘I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem’ (8:3).

This renewed city of God will be a place where people live long enough to need a walking stick and children feel safe enough to play on the streets (8:4 and 5). It will be

Key verse ‘“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty’ (Zechariah 4:6 New International Version)

a place of repatriation (8:8), a fertile place (8:12) and a place where envious foreigners want to live (8:23).

The later chapters outline some of the events that will occur before the ultimate ful-

This renewed city of God will be a place where children feel safe filment of these visions. A king is to come (9:9). God’s scattered people will gather in Israel (chapter 10). There will be a payment of 30 pieces of silver (11:12). The nation will mourn for ‘the one they have pierced’ (12:10). A shepherd will be struck and forsaken (13:7).

A climactic ‘day of the Lord’ will come (14:1). Nations will gather to destroy Jerusalem. The Lord will stand on the Mount of Olives (14:4). Living water will flow from the city (14:8). Enemies defeated, ‘the Lord will be king over the whole earth’ (14:9).

Christians believe that such a vision has been partially fulfilled in the fleshand-blood appearance of Jesus Christ.

They also believe that it will be completely fulfilled through his Second Coming at the end of time.

Extract from Why Jesus? by Nicky Gumbel published by Alpha International, 2011. Used by kind permission of Alpha International

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Rosemary Dawson on the life lessons she has learnt from her grandchildren

New batteries, please!

EALTHY children normally make a lot of noise – as anyone who has ever H walked past a school at playtime will know. If the children were running round in complete silence, something would most definitely be wrong.

QUICK QUIZ 1. What green pigment in plants aids photosynthesis?

2. Which group had a No 1 hit with the song ‘Paradise’?

3. In maths, what is the largest negative integer?

4. Who played Gavin in the TV comedy Gavin and Stacey?

5. Which US president won the Nobel peace prize in 2009?

6. How many characters are allowed in a tweet on Twitter?

ANSWERS 1. Chlorophyll. 2. Coldplay. 3. Minus one.

4. Mathew Horne. 5. Barack Obama. 6. 280.

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Sometimes, parents (and grandparents) wish the old Victorian maxim ‘Children should be seen and not heard’ were still followed, but nowadays children are generally allowed just to be children.

Samuel was worried that his younger sister Evie had been very quiet for a long time.

She was in fact happily playing with her doll’s house, making up games for its inhabitants, and oblivious of her surroundings.

He mentioned this strange silence to their long-suffering mum. ‘I think her batteries must have run down,’ was his explanation.

Mum reassured him that nothing was wrong, and that Evie was just busy playing.

Evie is good at playing on her own; Samuel, on the other hand, is not. He is an ‘action man’. He hasn’t yet learnt that sometimes it’s good to be quiet, to be alone and to refresh your inner batteries, in whichever way suits you best.

One Bible writer understood this human need well. He also saw that spending time with God helped him to sort out his problems and get his life back on track. He said: ‘You let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction’ (Psalm 23:3 The Message).

And, however young or old we are, taking time out from our busy lives to do something positive is never a waste of time.

BOOK REVIEW The Light Keeper Cole Moreton Marylebone House JOURNALIST and broadcaster Cole Moreton delves into the heart-rending experience of infertility in his debut novel The Light Keeper.

Although not autobiographical, the book is based on Cole’s own experience of fertility treatment.

Sarah and Jack are desperate to have a baby, but go through years of being unable to conceive. Then Sarah disappears to some seaside cliffs, and Jack goes looking for her, fearing that she may end her life. His search leads him to a semi-derelict lighthouse inhabited by widower Gabriel.

There are plenty of surprises and twists in The Light Keeper that leave the reader guessing till the end. Faith is a constant theme in the book, as Cole explores how people can find hope even in the midst of crisis.

Linda McTurk

14 PUZZLES • WAR CRY • 5 October 2019

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Stop (4) 3. Mat (3) 5. Hut (4) 7. Four-footed animal (9) 9. Sixty minutes (4) 10. Net (4) 11. Sleeping place in ship (5) 14. Rare piece of bric-a-brac (5) 15. Musical drama (5) 17. Block in forge (5) 18. Iron (5) 19. Kill without trial (5) 20. Linger (5) 23. Sediment (4) 25. Emission (4)

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27. Child (9) 28. French city (4) 29. Place (3) 30. Regrets (4) DOWN 1. Quiet (4) 2. Travel (4) 3. Narrow hilltop (5) 4. Haggard (5) 5. Appear (4) 6. Rush (4) 7. Every three months (9) 8. Bearing (9)

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5 October 2019 • WAR CRY • WHAT’S COOKING? 15

Potato scones with avocado 6 medium eggs 300g cooked mashed potato 3tbsp milk 200g plain flour 1tsp baking powder Salt and ground black pepper 2tbsp sunflower oil 2 medium avocados, peeled and stoned 1 lime, juice

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Dash vinegar 1 red chilli Fresh parsley, to serve

Potato and beef mince hash 390g extra lean beef mince 800g Desiree potatoes, cubed 1tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped

2tbsp fresh rosemary, roughly chopped Salt and pepper

2 garlic cloves, crushed Place the potatoes in a large pan of boiling water and cook for 6 minutes.

Drain.

Beat 2 eggs well in a small bowl. Place the cooked mashed potato in a large mixing bowl and add the beaten eggs and milk. Mix thoroughly. Sift in the flour and baking powder, then season and stir gently together.

Heat the oil over a medium heat in a large non-stick frying pan.

Add tablespoons of the batter to the oil, keeping the scones spaced apart. Cook for 3 minutes on each side. Keep any cooked scones warm while the rest are cooked.

Meanwhile, mash the avocados with the lime juice and salt in a bowl.

Poach the remaining 4 eggs in a pan of simmering water with a dash of vinegar. Place 2 potato scones on each plate, and top with the avocado, chilli and 2 poached eggs.

Garnish with fresh parsley, to serve.

Heat 1tbsp oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes until soft. Increase the heat to high and add the beef mince. Cook for 5 minutes on a high heat until beginning to brown.

Remove from the pan and set aside.

Lower the heat to medium and add the remaining 1tbsp oil, potatoes and rosemary to the frying pan, cooking for 5 minutes until beginning to colour.

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Add the beef mixture, season and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Serve with a poached egg and roasted cherry tomatoes.

Recipes reprinted, with permission, from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board website lovepotatoes.co.uk