War Cry 25 May 2019

25 May 2019 20p/25c

CHIMING WITH THE TIMES Big Ben celebrates 160 years

‘IT’S ABOUT OFFERING HOPE’ Caring for people living with MS

CREATURE COMFORTS How a zoo provides for its animals

All out for glory

TEAMS COMPETE FOR THE CRICKET WORLD CUP

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REALITY television shows have hit the headlines. Last week ITV announced that it was cancelling The Jeremy Kyle Show in the wake of reports that one of its guests had taken his own life after failing the show’s lie detector test. Prior to that tragedy, two participants in the TV network’s Love Island also killed themselves after becoming household names.

The House of Commons has announced an inquiry into British reality TV programmes, and the industry’s watchdog Ofcom is working with programme-makers to investigate the care and support given to people taking part in such shows.

Producers undoubtedly have a duty of care for those who are suddenly thrust into the public eye through their programmes. But they are not the only ones. We all have a responsibility to care for others.

At present there are so many areas where conflict and argument are the default rather than caring and looking to find agreement.

Whether it is the guests on The Jeremy Kyle Show, the months of disagreement with the Brexit process or our blame and claim culture, many seem to have forgotten how to look for common ground or demonstrate the quality of kindness.

However, there are exceptions, and one is Judith Allnutt. She works as a clinical lead physiotherapist at the Chilterns MS Centre, providing kindness and support to patients who have the condition.

As she explains in this week’s War Cry, Judith is willing to work additional hours and to go the extra mile to care for those she works with. And she is motivated to do so by her Christian faith.

‘Every person is of equal value as one of God’s children, and God loves every one of us,’ she says.

Whether or not we are people of faith, we should seek to see the value of every individual we meet and accept the responsibility we have to treat them with care, kindness and respect.

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FEATURES 3 Owzat!

Cricket World Cup returns 5

Time takes its toll Big Ben at 160

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‘We provide an MS lifeline’ Caring for people with a neurological condition

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Animal magic Owner describes life running a zoo

REGULARS 4

News and media

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Browsing the Bible

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Now, there’s a thought!

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What’s cooking?

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25 May 2019 • WAR CRY • FEATURE 3 PA

I N L G W O B M O E V H ER T Cricket stars look to hit rivals for six in World Cup, writes Emily Bright

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ILLIONS of cricketing fans across the globe will dive for the remote control on Thursday (30 May) to catch the start of the cricket World Cup, one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar.

Global TV audiences surpassed 1.5 billion for the last World Cup in 2015, and more than one million people packed out match venues over the course of the 44-day competition hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

Since the World Cup was established in 1975, the likes of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath and West Indian all-rounder Chris Gayle have slogged their way into cricketing folklore with record-breaking performances.

This year England and Wales will host the tournament for the first time since 1999, with the final taking place at Lord’s on 14 July.

Eoin Morgan spoke of the team’s desire to ‘continuously improve’

England bowler Liam Plunkett

Whichever way pundits spin it, the World Cup will prove one of the toughest tests yet for the England side, as the players seek to defeat their rivals with pitch-perfect performances. Ranked as the top team in the world in oneday internationals, England will seek to reassert their dominance.

They will have to bowl over nine other teams, including formidable adversaries such as New Zealand, the West Indies and title holders Australia.

But first they face South Africa.

‘I think we’re in as strong a position as we could be at this stage,’ England captain Eoin Morgan told London commuter paper City AM as he looked ahead to the competition. However, he also spoke of the team’s desire to ‘continuously improve’ since the last World Cup. ‘The fact that we’ve been on this journey now for four years, and played some good cricket along the way, particularly at home, gives us more of an element of excitement,’ he said.

Whatever their chosen field, people have always driven themselves to the boundaries of their endurance to succeed, whether that be in their career, relationships or lifestyle.

Bible writer Paul shared this same desire to improve himself, with his eyes constantly fixed on his end goal – a closer relationship with God. He acknowledged that he often fell short, but he insisted that there was nothing more important than striving to know God better. He said: ‘I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do.

Forgetting the past and straining towards what is ahead, I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me’ (Philippians 3:13 and 14 New Century Version).

And Paul knew that when his faults and failures inevitably halted his progress, he could trust in God’s offer of forgiveness and guidance to get him back on his feet.

Sometimes, as we field all kinds of difficulties in life, we may feel far away from the lives we want to lead, and we are stumped for answers as to how to change that.

But if we turn to God and follow his directions for our lives, we can realise that the opportunities for a better life are far from over.

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Marginalised prioritised after Cyclone Fani hits Asia Christian Aid

CHRISTIAN Aid is providing emergency supplies to people in India and Bangladesh in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.

In Bangladesh, the charity has requisitioned more than 250 tarpaulins and chlorine tablets for safe drinking water. It is also providing cash grants for shelter repair, floor mats and hygiene kits.

In India, Christian Aid is airlifting items such as water filters, tarpaulins and bedsheets to cyclone

shelters and villages affected by the disaster.

‘We are prioritising the most marginalised groups, such as Dalits, women, girls and people with disabilities, who face discrimination and security risks,’ said Christian Aid’s head of humanitarian programmes Madara Hettiarachchi.

Up to 1.2 million people in India and 1.6 million people in Bangladesh were evacuated from their homes because of the cyclone.

Recycling award for charity shops Villagers receive aid in India

Nigerian High Commission in London for a schoolgirl kidnapped

by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) prayed outside the building on the 16th birthday of Leah Sharibu, who was one of 110 schoolgirls abducted by the group in February last year.

All the other students who survived were later released but, because Leah refused to convert to Islam, she was not allowed to leave.

A letter and petition demanding her release signed by 10,764 people was delivered to the high commissioner’s representative by CSW’s chief executive Mervyn Thomas, the MP for Glasgow East David Linden and London-based Nigerian pastor Fred Williams.

‘We are here today to show solidarity with Ms Sharibu and her family,’ said Mervyn Thomas, ‘to pray for her release and to say to the Nigerian government: we want you to do something.’

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A CAMPAIGN group that n supports persecuted Christians has held a protest outside the

THE Salvation Army’s charity shops in Scotland have received a mark of approval from a quality standard scheme run by Zero Waste Scotland.

The church’s charity shops are the first UK-wide chain to be given the recycling organisation’s Revolve certification, which recognises that the stores offer high-quality products, good value for money, an effective layout and great customer service.

Salvation Army stores sell items such as second-hand clothing, books, music, furniture, bric-a-brac, soft furnishings and electrical goods.

Shirley Morris, regional manager for Salvation Army shops in Scotland, says: ‘As well as promoting confidence in second-hand goods, being part of a nationally recognised brand promotes our certification to a wider audience, which we hope will in turn increase footfall and sales across our stores.’

Zero Waste Scotland promotes the reuse of material for the benefit of the environment, and its chief executive, Iain Gulland, says: ‘Promotion through the Revolve brand gives customers extra reassurance when purchasing preloved items.’

There are 148 Revolvecertified stores across Scotland, 53 of which are Shirley Morris (left) receives a Revolve certificate from Samantha Moir of Zero Waste Scotland Salvation Army stores.

TV environmentalist calls for international action to avert plastic pollution crisis

SIR David Attenborough has called for ‘international action’ in a report co-written by Christian relief and development agency Tearfund after research found that plastic pollution is causing up to a million deaths each year.

‘It is high time we turn our attention fully to one of the most pressing probSTAR of the new Aladdin film Naomi Scott has lems of today – averting the plastic pollution crisis – not only for the health of revealed the central role that her Christian faith our planet, but for the wellbeing of people around the world,’ he writes in the plays in her career. foreword of the report, which Tearfund produced in collaboration with Fauna & She told the Telegraph: ‘All my creativity is so Flora International (FFI), the Institute of Development Studies and Waste Aid. connected to my spirituality, because that’s where I He argues: ‘We need international action to support the communities and govbelieve everything comes from; my creativity comes ernments most acutely affected by this crisis.’ from my faith.’

The study No Time To Waste says that between 400,000 and 1 million peoNaomi began her career as a singer in the choir at ple in developing countries are dying each year from related illnesses such as her parents’ church, where she met her husband, the diarrhoea, malaria and cancers. In many cases, plastic waste is either burnt, footballer Jordan Spence. generating air pollution, or dumped, which blocks rivers and causes flooding, She plays Princess Jasmine in the live-action facilitating the spread of disease. remake of Disney’s Aladdin, which was released in The report argues that multinational companies should halve the number of cinemas on Wednesday (22 May). single-use plastic items they distribute in developing countries by 2025.

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25 May 2019 • WAR CRY • FEATURE 5 THE Duke of Sussex has visited n Christian charity Innovista to highlight its work empowering young

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people in disadvantaged communities.

Prince Harry formally reopened the Oxford-based charity’s refurbished Barton Neighbourhood Centre.

The facilities are used for its leadership programme for young people, called Thrive.

Young people from the programme told him how Thrive had helped them find employment opportunities, pursue further education and shape their communities in a positive way.

160 YEARS Time for a change, writes Sarah Olowofoyeku

face it – it’s London’s most widely known timepiece, and next LtheET’S week it celebrates its 160th anniversary. Since 2012 the clock tower at Houses of Parliament has officially been called the Elizabeth Tower.

Exhibition visitors to browse digital copy of handwritten Bible WINCHESTER Cathedral is putting an ancient Bible on display as part of a new exhibition.

Kings and Scribes showcases a 12th-century Bible thought to have been commissioned by the grandson of William the Conqueror.

The Winchester Bible was handwritten in Latin on 468 sheets of calfskin parchment, and was copied by a single scribe using a goose feather quill. Gold leaf and lapis lazuli were used to illustrate it.

Since 2014, the Bodleian Library in Oxford has been working to conserve, rebind and digitise it for Winchester Cathedral. The original four-volume Bible will be displayed alongside a digitised version that visitors can browse.

The exhibition also features six mortuary chests dating back to the late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman period, which are thought to contain the remains of Queen Emma of Normandy, the daughter of Richard I. Chapter of Winchester Cathedral

The opening of the Book of Genesis in the Winchester Bible

But it is usually referred to as Big Ben, although that’s the nickname of the 13-tonne bell, which has been the sound of time in the UK’s capital city since 1859.

Time started ticking on the clock on 31 May that year, with the great bell’s strikes heard six weeks later. Since 2017, the bell has been silent because of restoration works and it is not scheduled to chime as usual again until 2021, although it has rung on Armistice Day and on New Year’s Eve. Over the years, the clock has adapted to its time. From 1939 to April 1945, its dials were unlit in compliance with wartime blackout rules.

However, some changes have occurred by accident. In 1944 a flock of starlings rested on one of the clock’s hands and were heavy enough to slow down the mechanism. In 1962, the new year was chimed in ten minutes late because of heavy snow and ice.

The clock faces’ hands and detailing were originally blue, but London’s smog and grime turned them black. When they were given their last coating in the 1980s, they were painted black to avoid discolouration.

During the course of 160 years, changes to a structure are to be expected. Objects, animals and

People are influenced by who they spend time with humans adapt or are adapted to their surroundings. People are often influenced by their environment and particularly by who they spend time with, either beneficially or to their detriment.

In a book with some history, a wise man wrote: ‘In the same way that iron sharpens iron, a person sharpens the character of his friend’ (Proverbs 27:17 The Voice). Across its many chapters, that book – the Bible – insists that there can be no better friend than God. If we become friends with him, he can enable us to change for the better.

God offers us all the opportunity to know him as our friend. Is it time to accept his offer?

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Ahead of World MS Day on 30 May, physiotherapist JUDITH ALLNUTT tells Emily Bright about faith and fortitude in caring for people with the neurological condition

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Judith Allnutt

VERLOOKING Wendover Woods, the Chilterns MS Centre provides an oasis for patients coming to terms with the diagnosis of the neurological condition. ‘It’s about offering them hope,’ says clinical lead physiotherapist Judith Allnutt.

About 330 people visit the clinic each week, many for the first time. Judith holds consultations with new patients to tailor treatments. ‘I assess them for what they need within our centre,’ she says. ‘We can offer them help with fatigue, physio, occupational therapy, acupuncture, complementary therapies and massage.’

MS (multiple sclerosis) is the most common neurological condition among young people, but it can affect all ages. It is a disease of the nervous system that affects the brain and spinal cord, causing problems with muscle strength, co-ordination and fatigue.

One of the cruelties of the condition is its uncertainty. Relapsing and remitting MS causes symptoms to fade and flare up again without warning. Meanwhile, other progressive forms of MS result in patients steadily deteriorating over time.

But Judith asserts that the outlook is no longer as bleak as it was when she first began working at the centre 25 years ago.

‘These days, there are much better drugs to help and people can help themselves by doing exercise, eating well and giving up smoking.’

Although MS has no medical cure, the centre offers a vast selection of services to alleviate symptoms.

For example, it provides a hydrotherapy pool, which helps strengthen muscles, an oxygen chamber, which reduces fatigue, and speech and language therapy to aid patients with their communication.

The centre also offers one-to-one physio sessions, and holds an array of gym equipment such as rowing machines and exercise bikes. An occupational therapist is on hand to give patients advice on equipment and how to adapt to any changes in physical functions.

But patients also come for something less tangible. ‘I may think they need physio, but actually their priority might be to come to a social group, because they feel a bit isolated,’ Judith explains.

Chilterns MS Centre offers a range of social activities, including an art group, board games sessions, gardening groups and theatre trips.

I try to show love to people by serving them

Chilterns MS Centre

The dedication of the staff enhances the centre’s sense of community. ‘We do provide quite a lifeline for people. We value them. It’s not just that we’re important to them, it’s also that they are important to us, and we’re pleased to see them. I suppose it’s a bit like a family at the centre.’

Judith says that her perception of her patients is shaped by her Christian beliefs.

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Judith Allnutt with her patients and fellow physio Anitha Jacob ‘My faith makes me think that the people I treat and who are in trouble can still have a fulfilled life. God loves them individually. I don’t talk about my faith to my patients, because I don’t think they would appreciate that, but every person is of equal value as one of God’s children, and God loves every one of us.’

She adds that she tries to express God’s love for them through her work.

‘God gives us the commandment to love one another as he has loved us, so I try to show love to people by serving them.

‘I don’t worry about doing the extra hours. I make it about the people that I’m

A patient takes part in a shoulder and posture exercise

From suffering comes the need for great kindness working for, and that’s a way of serving God, by helping people.’

However, her dedication takes an emotional toll. She sees how the condition wreaks havoc in people’s lives. ‘There’s a lot of sadness at work, a lot of suffering and lives that have completely gone wrong because of MS. It puts a strain on patients’ relationships.’

And, despite the centre’s multitude of services, Judith admits that some circumstances are beyond their control.

‘Sometimes there isn’t anything we can do. You’ve just got to pray that the person can accept the situation and learn to live with it, and we simply hope that families will step in and help them.’

However, Judith describes how, in the midst of suffering, sometimes people’s best qualities emerge.

She reflects: ‘From suffering comes the need for great kindness. Out of the centre there is an amazing feeling of support and friendliness, and so many of the families and friends are brilliant.

‘Inadvertently, people find a depth of humanity when things are really bad,’ she says. ‘They demonstrate kindness, love, patience and resilience.’

The centre has exercise bikes and a tilt table which allows patients to stand

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All creatures Love Your Zoo Week begins today (Saturday 25 May), and Emily Bright learns how former farmer ANTHONY BUSH earned his stripes as a zoo owner

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Water buffalo Bridget trots over to him trustingly, having known him since she arrived at the zoo when she was only a month old. Ferocious male predators such as Bengal tiger Khan and African lion Masai purr like domesticated cats in his presence, rubbing themselves up against the wiry fence as he approaches.

Anthony felt that God was encouraging him and his wife Christina to start a zoo back in 1996. ‘I wondered whether it would be right to start a zoo and call it Noah’s Ark, as an excuse to talk about the

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm

AKING life easy is the dream of many people when they approach retirement age, but not former dairy farmer Anthony Bush, who decided to open a zoo a week before his 61st birthday.

When I visit the 100-acre site set in rolling countryside near Bristol, I see how softly spoken Anthony warmly welcomes visitors, freely sharing facts about his creatures. His face lights up when he sees the animals, and he greets them like old friends.

Christian faith,’ he tells me. ‘After several months of praying about it, I became convinced that we should do it.’

Having made the decision, Anthony converted his farm into a petting zoo with lambs, llamas, wallabies and camels in 1999. The wildlife park has since expanded to include more than 100 species, including white rhinos, spectacled bears, giraffes, parrots, gibbons and lemurs.

But running the zoo has sometimes been a rocky ride, and Anthony’s Christian faith has played a vital role in shaping the way he has responded to those challenges.

In September 2012, he had the opportunity to build an elephant house,

The head of a safari park said we’d built the best elephant house in the country

Zoo owner Anthony with water buffalo Bridget

despite being told no elephants were available for zoos and that there wouldn’t be any to buy for 15 years. In addition, high rainfall had triggered a fall in visitor numbers, reducing the zoo’s profits.

Anthony was reluctant to jump into the project unless he received a clear mandate from God.

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great and small Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm

An elephant bathes in the Elephant Eden exhibit

‘I got my team leaders together and said that I wanted everyone to pray and find out if God was telling us to do this,’ he recalls. ‘I didn’t want a business plan, I didn’t want to know if they thought it was a good idea. I just wanted to listen and see if God wanted us to do it. If he did, we had to do it.’

After spending time praying about the proposal, every single team member responded with a yes.

But, during construction, zoo staff members were forced to bear a whole host of weather-related challenges.

The heavens opened and it became the wettest year since the zoo’s opening – and

then the snow came. Anthony despaired and began to wonder why he embarked on the project, but then recalled an apt story from the Bible.

‘I remembered Jesus’ disciples were sent off into the storm and they cried:

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From page 9 “Lord, we’re about to die!” But Jesus was with them. We got a strong message from that.’

A year later, the state-of-the-art Elephant Eden centre was built and, soon after, Noah’s Ark was offered elephants at a time when they simply weren’t available to other zoos.

‘The head of a safari park in Derby said that because we’d built the best elephant house in the country, they didn’t want their elephants going anywhere else,’ a smiling Anthony recalls.

The elephant house is also environmentally friendly. It has solar

If you want to go green, you’ve got to spend the money

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm

panels on its roof and, as do some of the other exhibits, harvests rainwater so it can be reused. Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm generates energy from biomass boilers and wind turbines, and it recycles resources and waste wherever possible.

Consequently, the zoo has won a number of awards for its green credentials.

When I ask if Anthony feels that Christians should take responsibility for the planet, his answer is emphatic. ‘Yes, definitely – the only thing that stops people is money.

‘But if you want to go green, you’ve got to spend the money and trust the Lord to make it up to you somehow. It’s not always a popular move, but we feel that it’s the right way to go.’

Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm acts as a testimony to Anthony’s reliance on his

A Tamworth piglet

Lions Masai and Kojo take a nap faith. He even says the birth of lion cubs Kojo and Tau, who are now nine months old, were ‘an answer to our prayers’.

He remembers: ‘Our lions were infertile for five years, and my keepers wanted to get rid of the female and get another one in. But I said: “No, let’s pray.”

‘So we prayed that God would give them fertility. A month later Arusha became fertile, and then she had the cubs.’

But the zookeepers feared that father Masai might attack his cubs. They had received reports from another zoo that a male lion had killed his cubs and then the female had killed him. But the zoo’s staff decided to let Masai meet his offspring.

‘We plucked up the courage and introduced Masai to the cubs. They walked up to him, he roared at them and they backed off. Then he

ran away and they chased him because he had a nice ball of fluff on his tail.’

The cubs lie lazily and contentedly next to each other as we talk, blissfully unaware of the life-threatening dangers they had dodged.

As we approach the tortoises, Anthony warns jokingly: ‘Don’t put your fingers into the exhibit, because they can gum you!’

The tortoises are on a breeding loan from wildlife TV presenter Nigel Marven, and two of the resident reptiles are particularly amorous – much to the dismay of their neighbours.

‘They were loudly mating last year and a llama came over to investigate. It looked deeply shocked by this terrible noise,’ Anthony remembers.

s we stroll through the zoo, Anthony A tells me that he seeks to provide expansive exhibits even if it doesn’t come

cheap.

‘We were offered sea eagles that were living in terribly confined spaces,’ he says.

‘Now they’ve got ten times the space.

Our rhinos have got two fields and we’re adding another ten acres as soon as we can.’

His enthusiasm for the animal kingdom and humankind is infectious.

‘The thing that amazes me most is that we all begin our lives as one cell,’ he says.

‘Yet from the first day of our lives we’ve got the world’s best video and audio. And as humans, we have 206 bones and 600 different muscles, all multiskilled!’

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The thing that amazes me most is that we all begin our lives as one cell

Anthony has channelled his passion for the animal kingdom into researching the Earth’s origins, and he believes that the conception of the universe points to a Creator.

‘If you look at the galaxies, it seems that they had a physical start with about 100 billion huge balls of hydrogen, which all collapsed into the right place.

‘The Bible says that on day two, God made a separation between the waters of beneath and above, so he took some of the waters of the deep and stretched it through the solar system. And that is why water is ubiquitous in the solar system.

‘Even the Sun and Moon are in just the right place. In a sense it is an irreducible complexity, and so everything has got to be there and it is there.’

Nonetheless, he says that he seeks to generate an informed discussion, not to force his ideas on others. ‘I’m not one of those people who say “this is what happens”, but instead I make a proposal,’ he explains. ‘However, people shut down or shy away from us because they’re frightened of rejecting the accepted ideas.’

In his autobiography Building Noah’s Ark, which was published in 2012, Anthony states that a goal of the zoo was to reconnect people with God through creation.

‘One of the major things that stopped people believing in God was the steady drip-feeding of television that suggested nature had arrived by itself, that God was irrelevant and probably not there,’ he writes.

‘I felt this small but persistent call to use our farm to help people discover God through nature.’

Anthony tells me that he settled on the

name of Noah’s Ark because the Bible story has universal relevance and appeal.

‘Noah’s story is known in every continent, and the basic story of one person being rescued from a worldwide disaster with his family is relatable.’

He is certainly not shy about sharing his views on faith and science. Taking pride of place in one of the exhibition rooms is a 14-foot scale model of Noah’s ark made in accordance with the measurements set out in Genesis.

Designed to generate discussion, the ark model is surrounded by boards listing scientific theories about the Flood and the Earth’s origins. In so doing, the zoo returns to its roots of helping people understand nature in the context of a Creator.

Now 20 years old, the zoo appears to be a roaring success, with more than 170,000 visitors flocking to the site each year.

I ask Anthony what is the zoo’s secret of success.

He says that the collective Christian faith of the zoo staff is essential. ‘It’s fundamental to every breath we take and every step we take.’

Bengal tiger Khan

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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

Proverbs

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

BOOK of moral instruction, A Proverbs offers philosophical insight into and wisdom on issues of its time. The

respective consequences of their attitudes and actions.

The fool is not necessarily someone who is lacking in intelligence. Rather they are the person who relies on their own insight instead of seeking the will and guidance of God.

Hebrew word for ‘wisdom’ can be translated as ‘skill for living’. The question under consideration is how to live a godly life in an ungodly world.

Attributed to King Solomon (although The writer extols other contributors are named), the book states that its purpose is to enable the reader virtues, such as prudence to gain wisdom, discipline and prudence and and neighbourliness to do what is right, just and fair (1:1–6).

Addressed to young men, the proverbs cover a wide range of everyday topics, As well as deepening a relationship with including what makes a true friend (17:17), God, the reader is encouraged to develop a what kind of wife to choose (31:10–31) social conscience. Those living in poverty and avoid (5:3–14) and how best to bring are to be helped (22:9), the unjustly conup children (22:6). There is also advice on demned are to be rescued (24:11) and the finances (11:4), generosity (3:9 and 10) and voiceless are to be given a spokesperson temperance (23:29–35).

(31:8).

In the book, wisdom is represented in The tongue, though, is to be guarded female form as something – someone – to be (18:21). Lying and flattery are to be avoided desired and pursued. The writer extols vir- (26:28), as are anger (15:1) and boasting tues, such as prudence and neighbourliness, (27:1). and warns against such vices as pride, falseThe bottom-line message is that wisdom hood and laziness. is more than the acquisition of knowledge; Wisdom is the mechanism by which it is the basis of a lifestyle that honours God. God created the universe (3:19). The key to obtaining such life-giving wisdom is to trust in, and honour, him (16:3).

The biggest challenge to the pursuit of wisdom is folly. In the King James Bible, the words ‘fool’, ‘foolishness’ rt and ‘Trust in the Lord with all your hea and ‘folly’ occur dozens of times. g’ din tan ers und lean not on your own Many proverbs compare the wise sion) Ver al tion with the fool and point out the (Proverbs 3:5 New Interna

Key verse

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by Naar M’Fundisi-Holloway

Keep on running E all go through times in our lives that are difficult to face. These W are the times when, if we have a faith, we may feel that it is being tested, particularly when we have to wait for God to provide a

solution in his own time rather than when we want him to.

This waiting can sometimes turn into months and years, leaving our sense of expectation weakened and generating within us a growing feeling of disappointment. It can almost feel as if God has let us down.

As I write this article, I am in such a time of waiting. I have come to know that it is easy to be a Christian when everything is going your way.

The real test of faith comes when we are desperate to find a solution to our problem and The real test have to trust God. of faith comes The Christian experience is likened to a race.

Certain of a race can be difficult and when we have I am in aparts difficult part of the course. A Bible writer once urged his readers: ‘Let us run with to trust God perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus’ (Hebrews 12:1 and 2 New International Version).

I have found one way to continue running and focusing on Jesus when in a challenging part of the race: I have started to ask God what he wants me to learn from each difficult experience as opposed to asking ‘why me?’

I will admit that while waiting for his help I have experienced a range of feelings, from doubt and fear to hope and faith. But I thank God that, although the wait is long and difficult, I am still able to hold on to his promises and his word because my hope is in him.

I keep reminding myself that God is with me, loves me and has the final say in my life. Whatever the future holds, he knows what is best for me.

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300g lean leg of lamb, fat removed

Black pepper 50ml low-salt stock

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2 onions, diced

1tbsp fresh coriander, chopped

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Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6.

Cut the lamb into large, bite-sized pieces.

Place the lamb in a bowl with the onions, turmeric, cumin, potatoes, lemon juice, mushrooms and olive oil.

Season with black pepper. Stir everything together until coated in the oil and seasonings. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 1 hour.

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Use a large sheet of foil to line a small roasting tin and spoon in the lamb mixture. Bring up the sides of the foil to make a bag and pour in the stock. Seal the foil bag tightly.

Reduce the oven to 160C/325F/Gas Mark 3.

Put the lamb in the oven and cook for 2 hours or until the lamb is tender. Stir in the coriander. Serve with salad and wholemeal pitta bread.

Recipe from the British Heart Foundation’s magazine ‘Heart Matters’. For more information visit bhf.org.uk/heartmatters

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