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GARDEN WORK BLOOMS AND GROWS Urban church provides oasis of green space

Running to time

DOORWAY TO THE PAST TV series discovers house’s history

COMPETITORS HOPE FOR PERSONAL BESTS IN THE LONDON MARATHON

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From the editor’s desk

What is The Salvation Army?

The Salvation Army is a church and 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 over 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

THE threat of global warming was brought home to TV viewers last week in BBC One’s Climate Change: The Facts.

Presenter David Attenborough described the situation as a ‘manmade disaster on a global scale’, showing viewers the dramatic negative results of the world getting too warm.

Warnings were given of further threats to food production and the ability to access fresh water if global temperatures continue to rise. But the presenter also pointed out that all was not lost.

‘We’re running out of time,’ he said. ‘But there is still hope.’

That hope is dependent on big industry and governments taking more action, as well as individuals reducing their carbon dioxide emissions.

We can make small changes in the way we live, such as eating all the food we buy rather than throwing it away and turning off lights when we leave a room.

In this week’s War Cry, we discover that it is not only individuals and large organisations who are doing their bit to care for the planet. St James’s Church in Piccadilly, London, has reduced its energy use by 60 per cent.

In the article churchwarden Deborah Colvin explains why environmental concerns are important to the church.

She says that it’s about ‘loving our neighbour. Our neighbours are those who are close and those who are far away. The actions we take that affect the natural world are impacting people on the other side of the world.’

It’s good to be reminded that our actions can have an effect on the lives of people elsewhere on our planet. One of the facts about global warming is that we can all play our part to help the situation, if we choose to.

The heat is on – how will we react?

What is the War Cry? The Salvation Army first published a newspaper called the War Cry in London in December 1879, and we have continued to appear every week since then. Our name refers to our battle for people’s hearts and souls as we promote the positive impact of the Christian faith and The Salvation Army’s fight for greater social justice.

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Contents FEATURES 3

Keep on running

Thousands take part in the London Marathon

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Home time

History of a house revealed in TV programme

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How does your garden grow?

A visit to a city church

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The aftermath of Jill Dando’s murder

Barry George’s sister speaks out

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REGULARS 12

Browsing the Bible

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Faces of faith

14 Puzzles 15

What’s cooking?

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Gait expectations Runners step up for the London Marathon, writes Emily Bright

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ORREST GUMP, Big Ben and Elvis have all smashed records for costume-wearing runners who have clocked the fastest time at the London Marathon. Tomorrow (Sunday 28 April) an estimated 41,000 runners, most of them wearing athletic gear rather than fancy dress, will be following in their footsteps.

More than 400,000 people applied to the ballot to compete for a place in this year’s race, making it the most popular marathon on the planet.

Olympian Mo Farah, former tennis champion Amélie Mauresmo, EastEnders actor Jake Wood and TV presenter Kirsty Gallagher will be among the famous faces giving the race a star-studded look. But, whether well known or not, all the runners will tackle a gruelling 26.2 mile route that snakes round landmarks such as St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament.

The event unites people from all backgrounds. Regardless of whether the participants are serious athletes or fun-runners, crowds will cheer on their Herculean efforts.

Since it was established in 1981, the London Marathon has raised more than £1 billion for charity. And this year one of the people pounding the streets to raise thousands of pounds is Tony Thornton, a regional manager for The Salvation Army’s homelessness services.

Tony’s world was shaken when his wife of more than 29 years, Ann-Marie, passed away from cancer in December 2017. Having previously run in a couple

of half-marathons alongside his wife, Tony decided to channel his grief into exercise and to run the London Marathon in her memory, raising funds for The Salvation Army’s work to combat modern slavery.

Running 26.2 miles is daunting even for seasoned sporting enthusiasts, but for Tony it requires extra determination.

‘I don’t really like running if I’m totally honest,’ he admits. ‘Perseverance is key – particularly on those days when it’s absolutely pouring down with rain and you don’t want to go out for a run. It’s about setting yourself simple goals and having the faith to be able to achieve the next goal.’

Tony describes how, while running, he asks Jesus to give him the strength

us to find the strength we need by seeking out Jesus, who offers us all unconditional love and support through whatever we may face.

The writer says: ‘Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith’ (Hebrews 12:1 and 2 New International Version).

If we run to Jesus, he will sustain us through our greatest challenges.

It’s about having the faith to be able to achieve the next goal to keep going. ‘I take comfort in that, and I find that I can continue,’ he explains. ‘Through training and perseverance, I’ve managed to get a number of miles under my belt, and I feel comfortable that I will be able to run the race.’

Any of us can sometimes feel as if we’re hitting the wall when our struggles in life threaten to overwhelm us. But one Bible writer insists that, throughout the generations, people have overcome the seemingly impossible through faith.

He likens life to a race, and urges

Tony Thornton is running to raise funds for The Salvation Army

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Step TV house history opens window on story of goodwill, writes Philip Halcrow HE house has undergone many T alterations through the passage of time – and David Olusoga has been

David Olusoga outside 5 Ravensworth Terrace

Eileen looks through old photographs of the Salvation Army goodwill centre with David

looking into some of those changes.

In BBC Two’s A House Through Time, the historian has been exploring the lives and lifestyles of the inhabitants of 5 Ravensworth Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, and how they have reflected society since the 1820s.

David has unearthed how in the 1830s a wealthy lawyer living in the house pursued a case against a couple of impoverished boys who stole two umbrellas from the property.

He has highlighted how a couple moved into the house in the late 1800s and faced ruin after the wife attempted to run a draper’s shop at a time when department stores were changing the retail environment – a financial disaster compounded by her husband’s losing his job as a sea captain.

Last week, he told how a woman, separated from her husband, ran the property as a boarding house that specialised in giving lodgings to music hall acts.

On Monday (29 April), David lets viewers see into another era in the house’s history. He shows how 5 Ravensworth Terrace was bought

by The Salvation Army and in 1964 was officially opened as a ‘goodwill centre’.

The Salvation Army’s goodwill centres aimed to help people living in poorer areas.

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back in time David Olusoga thinks it’s ‘revealing’ that The Salvation Army chose to open such a centre at Ravensworth Terrace. Industry in Newcastle was beginning to suffer.

And one of the Salvation Army ministers who worked at the goodwill centre – and who on Monday night’s programme helps David to reconstruct the layout of the house – remembers that many people needed assistance.

Major Eileen Moffat tells the War Cry: ‘People came to the goodwill centre with all sorts of needs. Perhaps they wanted a meal.

Perhaps they had problems with money.

Maybe they had children and they weren’t sure how they could cope. They heard by word of mouth that we could help, and they came to us.’

The goodwill centre ran clubs for senior citizens and for boys and girls. They offered tea and sympathy to those in difficulty.

‘But what we mostly tried to do,’ says Eileen, ‘was to give them some worth. We’d

People came to the goodwill centre with all sorts of needs

The house today

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say: “OK, things are difficult right now, but it won’t always be so – you can get through this.”

‘We never knew what each day would bring. In fact, we never knew what each night would bring. We often had to go out in the middle of the night. A woman may have been having problems with her husband or perhaps somebody had got themselves lost and didn’t know which way to turn.’

The Salvation Army eventually moved out of the house. But – as A House Through Time shows – it was not the end of the house’s history.

Neither, however, was it the end of Salvation Army ‘goodwill’ work in the area.

The Salvation Army eventually discontinued the use of the term ‘goodwill centre’, feeling that because its churches were carrying out community work, they were all effectively ‘goodwill centres’. The Salvation Army still runs churches in the city.

Looking back on her time at 5 Ravensworth Terrace, Eileen says she hopes she helped people build a better future for themselves.

‘Often we were not in contact with people for very long before they moved on, so it was not for us to know whether we had done any good,’ she reflects. ‘I just wanted to make a difference if I could. I did what I did because that’s what I felt the Lord wanted me to do.’

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Reclaiming Ahead of National Gardening Week, which begins on Monday (29 April), DEBORAH COLVIN tells Sarah Olowofoyeku about a church with a garden in the heart of London

SUMMER’S lunchtime in a city A often includes the sight of workers cramming into any plot of green within

Deborah Colvin

The pond and bog garden

walking distance of their office to enjoy a few minutes of sunshine in a garden.

One such oasis from a concrete jungle is the garden of St James’s Church in London’s Piccadilly.

On a not-so-summery day I meet with Deborah, one of two churchwardens at St James’s, in the church offices. Outside, the churchyard is teeming with life, despite the rain, as people patronise the street food stalls set up outside the building ‘We have an employed gardener,’ says Deborah, ‘and she has worked hard to develop the place for biodiversity. We’re building the soil and ensuring we have plants flowering all year round. This attracts the invertebrates, such as bees, which then attract the birds.’

National Gardening Week celebrates the positive difference a garden can make in people’s lives. ‘One of the benefits of our garden is that we sometimes hire the premises out, so the garden makes it a lovely space for people to hold events,’ enthuses Deborah. ‘But

secondly, we run citizen science projects, so it’s educational as well. People come along to learn about birds and sometimes we run bug watches through a programme called Open Air Laboratories (Opal), in which people can come and identify creatures and record changes over time.

‘The biggest advantage is reconnecting people to the natural world in the heart of Piccadilly.’

The St James’s garden has been the recipient of a Green Flag award, which is the mark of a quality park or green space.

It has been a part of St James’s for many years. But the garden has been developed a great deal recently as the church worked to attain its Eco Church gold award, which

We decreased our energy use by 60 per cent it received towards the end of last year.

‘Eco Church is a scheme run by A Rocha UK, a Christian conservation organisation,’ Deborah explains. ‘Churches can take a survey and assess their performance against five categories – buildings, grounds, worship and teaching, lifestyle and global initiatives. It’s helpful for thinking about what you’re doing.’

As well as working as a churchwarden, Deborah serves as the sustainability champion for the church and has been working on many of the initiatives that helped it gain its Eco Church gold award.

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their roots Some people may feel that there is no point in their trying to save the environment because their actions cannot make a difference, or that an all-powerful God should be able to take care of ecological problems himself. But Deborah argues that the Christian faith is not based on an

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‘We decreased our energy use in the building by 60 per cent through a whole range of actions – changing our behaviour, turning down the thermostat, getting a new boiler, putting insulation in the roof and putting LEDs right across the site,’ she says.

At St James’s, Deborah explains, nature and the environment have been incorporated into regular church life.

‘We have liturgies in the garden and we celebrate festivals such as harvest and rogation. They are ancient liturgies that people have celebrated for centuries and that are linked to the outside world.

‘We run talks and events about various theologies of nature so that people can connect to teaching they might not otherwise hear. We also get involved in campaigns, such as Earth Day.’ Deborah believes that connection to nature and care for the environment are closely linked to faith. ‘Doing Eco Church and the environmental work is about loving our neighbour,’ she says.

‘Now that we live in this globalised world, we have to recognise that our neighbours are those who are close and those who are far away. The actions we take that affect the natural world, are impacting people on the other side of the world. They affect other species too, who I would also say are our neighbours.’

The Bible talks about the Earth as a whole interventionist God. ‘We have a religion based on the extraordinary example of Jesus’ behaviour,’ she says, ‘and to me it always comes back to “love your neighbour”. Then we have to reinterpret that for our time.

That’s what living religion is.’

Many people across the UK are making steps to return to nature, whether through gardening or being more environmentally friendly. Deborah agrees that it is the right thing for people to do.

‘We have to reclaim our roots,’ she says. ‘The Bible doesn’t just

The church garden receives its first Green Flag award

The garden at St James’s

talk about humans, it also talks about the trees and the fields and the Earth as a whole. We have to recognise that Christ is for all of creation. We all belong together.’

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When I heard Barry’s name I just kept thinking: someone must have got it wrong MICHELLE DISKIN BATES tells Philip Halcrow how the aftermath of the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando 20 years ago shattered her family

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HE story that Michelle Diskin Bates tells began on 26 April 1999 – though on T the day itself she did not realise. It was not until more than a year later that the murder of television presenter Jill Dando in Fulham, southwest London, came very

close to home for the woman in Co Cork. She had just heard on the radio that her brother was in custody.

Michelle’s brother, Barry George, was subsequently charged with the murder. At his trial in 2001 he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. The following year he lost an appeal against his conviction and then the House of Lords refused to give permission for a further appeal. In June 2007 the Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the case to court, his conviction was quashed and at a retrial he was found not guilty.

Throughout the trials, Michelle was by Barry’s side, even when facing her own tribulations.

Michelle recalls that the first challenge she had to overcome when she heard that her brother was in custody was ‘how on earth am I going to face people? How am I going to tell my family – my husband first and then friends and other members of my family?

‘I just kept thinking that someone must have got it wrong and that they’d realise they’d got it wrong and so it would all go away and I wouldn’t have to tell anyone.

But it was like a nightmare from which I wasn’t waking up. It was frightening.’

Jill Dando

As the nightmare continued, she began travelling backwards and forwards between her home in the Republic of Ireland and London.

It was the city where she had grown up, but she found herself stepping into unfamiliar situations.

‘I had to start talking with people such as the police, legal teams and forensic medical teams.

These were all things that I had never had any experience of before. I’d always thought those people were up on a pedestal and we were just normal, day-to-day people. Suddenly there I

My mum couldn’t cope with what was happening was, dealing with them every day.’

Michelle found herself surrounded by legal teams, police, prison staff and a team of doctors who diagnosed ‘a spectrum of disabling conditions’ in Barry, including Asperger’s syndrome and epilepsy.

‘Along with that, I had to deal with the media,’ says Michelle. ‘And they were relentless.’

In the book that she has written about her experiences, Stand Against Injustice, Michelle talks of ‘running the gauntlet of the media four times a day’ while going in and out of court during Barry’s trial. She was not the only one who felt hounded. She writes of how one of her daughters back in Ireland could not leave the house to go to school because a journalist kept trying to speak with her. She also

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Michelle Diskin Bates highlights the experiences of her mother.

Michelle tells me: ‘While I was still in Ireland, my mother was living in the UK, and she found herself trapped inside her own home for 13 days. She couldn’t open the front door or even a curtain without there being media camped outside, shouting at her. And this was before any conviction.’

Michelle says that ‘when the justice system goes wrong, it is not only the person who is sent to prison who suffers the devastating effects – it’s the whole family and the community around that person’.

Before the trial, Michelle’s mother became ill. ‘My mum had a breakdown,’ she says, ‘and she spent months in hospital because she just couldn’t cope with what was going on. She couldn’t help her disabled son. She couldn’t stop what was happening to him. It was like seeing a train coming but being unable to stop it or get out of the way of danger.’

As Barry’s sister, Michelle struggled to come to terms with what was happening. ‘I was in court every day,’ she says, ‘and heard all the things that were being said. A lot of the evidence used was not consistent with police procedure and how things should be done, yet

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‘But the hardest thing for me from the beginning was having to travel backwards and forwards from Ireland. I had a young family – a husband and three children – and I was leaving them behind.

‘Yet I had to be there with Barry. I felt that God had told me to be there with him.’

has come to play an important role in Fsevenaith Michelle’s life. ‘When I was about six or years old, I used to go to the Roman

Catholic church that was near to us,’ she remembers. ‘At that time, my parents’ marriage was in a fairly poor state, and I always prayed to God that he would make things better. There wasn’t anybody else to talk to about it, so I spoke to God. ‘My faith grew from there, until I was 15, when I did the usual thing and walked away from God. But he held me on a nice long string

Michelle with her brother Barry

and when he thought it was the right time, he pulled me back.’

While living in the Republic of Ireland, Michelle linked up with a Baptist church. ‘At the same time, I discovered the Bible. It hadn’t featured much in my life up until that point, but I think it’s through the Bible that we learn the nature of God. It has become vitally important to me.’

It certainly became vital to her during her long struggle in support of her brother.

‘One particular Bible verse became my mantra: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” During the hard times, it helped me just to put one foot in front of

During that period, I was praying throughout the day another and keep going.’

Michelle says that she also drew strength from prayer.

‘At any time, if I don’t pray, I won’t get through a day. So during that period, I was praying throughout the day. When I was waking up in the morning, I would say: “Lord, please look after this day.” If I had to deal with the media, I would say: “God, you’re going to have to help me here, because I can’t do this.” And he would.

‘I was constantly having to pray so

that I could stay close to God. I needed him to keep me grounded.

‘At times I would rail against him and ask: “Why have you let this happen?”

But I could always feel him telling me: “Trust me. Just keep going.” And so I did.’

Michelle believes not only that God strengthened her but also that he was the reason why she had to keep travelling between Co Cork and London and to navigate a environment of identification procedures, evidence and ‘appropriate adults’ who can accompany vulnerable people suspected of an offence.

‘At the beginning, I said to God: “I don’t understand this. I don’t feel I can go and get legally trained to get my brother out of prison. Tell me what you want me to do.”

‘He said: “I want you to stand.”

‘My response was: “You’re going to have to be a bit clearer than that.”

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Michelle speaks to the media outside the Old Bailey after Barry George was found not guilty

I decided to step forwards in faith and keep battling for justice ‘He said: “I want you to stand in front of your family. And I want you to stand against injustice.”’

Michelle’s story reached a pivotal moment on 1 August 2008 when a jury at the Old Bailey found that Barry George was not guilty.

But in Michelle’s eyes, it was not the end of the injustice, because Barry has been unsuccessful in his attempt to seek redress from the government for his conviction.

‘Since Barry has been released, he has

been told that he’s not quite innocent enough.

There has been a ruling on miscarriages of justice which says that you need to prove your innocence. But when you enter the justice system there is no request for you to prove your innocence. It seems that innocent until proven guilty has gone out the window.’

Shortly before Barry’s acquittal, Michelle was widowed. She has since remarried and moved back to the UK where she is grateful to have found another ‘lovely church family’ where she worships.

Barry moved in the opposite direction across the Irish Sea. ‘He still has his disabilities, he still struggles with the same day-to-day things, but my family live fairly close to him, so they’re there if he needs anything. But he’s constantly wondering what part of his case he can bring forward to prove that he was innocent.

‘When Barry was convicted, I thought: “We’re just small people. We can’t fight the

whole justice system. It’s like Goliath.” But then I realised that, although we were not big enough, God was. So I decided to step forward in faith and keep battling for justice. And it would be justice not only for Barry, but also for Jill Dando’s family, because when Barry was convicted, they also didn’t have justice.

‘God told me that if I stood against injustice, he would hold me. And he held me all the way through.’

l Stand Against Injustice is published by Malcolm Down Publishing

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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

Nehemiah HE Book of Nehemiah – like its preT decessor Ezra – chronicles events that followed the Jews’ exile in Babylon.

Nehemiah is cupbearer to Babylon’s King Artaxerxes. When he hears that the countrymen who returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple are struggling to secure the city, he asks Artaxerxes for permission to go to rebuild the city walls.

The king agrees (chapters 1 and 2).

Finding the walls and gates in ruins, Nehemiah organises the returnees into work parties and the rebuilding begins (chapter 3).

Some of the neighbouring tribes feel threatened. Sanballat from Moab and Tobiah from Ammon (both in present-day Jordan) plot to attack Jerusalem. In response, Nehemiah organises an armed guard for the wall builders (chapter 4).

The people of Jerusalem are threatened on another front. There is famine and the people are forced to mortgage their property to feed their families. Outraged, Nehemiah forces the moneylenders to repay the loans, and he instigates a frugal lifestyle for himself and the city’s leaders (chapter 5).

Sanballat and Tobiah continue the psycho-

Key verse

‘Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace’ (Nehemiah 2:17 New International Version)

logical pressure on Nehemiah. They threaten to tell Artaxerxes that Nehemiah is reinforcing Jersualem’s defences because he wants to proclaim himself king. Nehemiah is not goaded by their threats and the rebuilding programme is completed (chapter 6).

The city’s walls restored, the renewal of its citizens begins. Assembled together, the people of Jerusalem hear Ezra the priest read the

The people of Jerusalem are threatened on another front law of Moses, and they celebrate harvest with the feast of booths (chapter 8).

A fast follows the feast. Ezra leads the people in a united act of confession for the sins that resulted in the loss of Jerusalem to the Baylonians some 100 years earlier (chapter 9).

Nehemiah, now governor of Jerusalem, and other leading citizens make a covenant to care for the upkeep of the Temple and ensure the smooth running of the priesthood (chapter 10). The call is then issued for exile returnees who resettled in other towns to repopulate Jerusalem (chapter 11).

To avoid the influence of other gods, particularly prevalent under King Solomon, Nehemiah banishes all those of foreign descent from Jerusalem, condemns marriage to foreigners and introduces Sabbath observance (chapter 13).

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

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FACES OF FAITH NANCY MILLS, a music royalty specialist from London, on Michelle Obama, watching films and wanting to be an air stewardess

What’s your typical day?

I wake up around 6 am to go to work. I’m a music royalty specialist so I deal with performers and record labels and manage their accounts. I usually then spend my evenings winding down from the working day – catching up on a TV show, listening to music or watching a movie.

What did you want to be when you grew up?

I had a list of things that varied so much. But I wanted to be an air stewardess for the longest time. I’m just so curious about other cultures and I didn’t want to confine myself to where I lived.

What makes you feel like a grown-up now?

People’s dependency on me and on my character. There are people who are younger than me, or even peers, who look up to me. I feel as though I have a responsibility to carry myself well.

What was the last book you read?

Becoming by Michelle Obama, which I enjoyed. She talks about how she doesn’t believe that she has come to a point where she has completely made it. She was the First Lady of the United States, and if someone could ever say they’ve made it, that’s probably what it would look like. But she says that there’s always learning and unlearning to do.

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What advice would you give to your teenage self?

All the uncertainty comes together in the end, all the questions about who and why you’re here – it’ll all make sense eventually.

What’s good about being a Christian?

The best thing is knowing that I’m not alone. Jesus is my strength and I can do the things that I can do because he’s with me.

How does faith influence your life?

It informs decisions I make, such as who I spend time with and how I respond to people. In instances where human logic might say ‘you should retaliate’, my faith means I extend grace or show love instead.

What do you pray about?

I pray about my future a lot. I get quite scared not knowing what’s going to happen, but prayer helps me to trust God.

What is your favourite Bible verse?

It ties in with me thinking about the future a lot: ‘Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the confidence in things unseen’ (Hebrews 11:1). It means having assurance in the things I can’t see and having faith to believe they will come to be.

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27 April 2019 • WAR CRY • WHAT’S COOKING? 15

Beef and Parmesan pizza with green salad 1 ciabatta loaf, halved 25g garlic butter For the salad 150g green salad leaves ½ large cucumber, cubed 2 sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained and finely chopped 6tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2tbsp apple juice 1tbsp sun-dried tomato paste Salt and freshly milled black pepper For the pizza topping 225g lean sirloin steak SERVES

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60g rocket leaves 50g fresh Parmesan cheese shavings 50g pitted black olives, roughly chopped 4tbsp basil-infused olive oil

Honey and mustard glazed roast beef 3tbsp clear honey 5tbsp wholegrain mustard Salt and freshly milled black pepper 1.3kg lean silverside joint

SERVES

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

Mix together the honey and mustard in a small bowl. Place the joint on a chopping board and make several slits in the surface.

Season and rub the mixture over the meat.

Place the joint on a metal rack in a large roasting tin and roast without covering for 1 hour 40 minutes, basting occasionally with any rich meat juices. Serve hot with all the trimmings or eat cold in sandwiches.

Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas Mark 7.

Place the ciabatta on a baking tray and lightly pierce with a fork. Brush with the garlic butter and bake according to the packet instructions until golden brown.

To prepare the salad, mix the salad leaves, cucumber and sun-dried tomatoes in a large bowl.

To make a dressing, pour the olive oil, apple juice and tomato paste into a screw-topped jar and shake until combined. Season, then pour over the salad.

Place the beef steak in a bowl and brush with 3tbsp basil-infused oil.

Season to taste. Cook on a griddle pan for 4-5 minutes on each side. Transfer to a plate and leave to rest for 2 minutes before thinly slicing. Arrange the rocket leaves, cooked beef, cheese and olives on the ciabatta, then drizzle the remaining basil-infused oil over the top.

Cut the ciabatta into 4 slices and serve with the salad.

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

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