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The Hiding Place
Moving into film Transforming Ministry is now experimenting with film reviews, and Andrew Carr has started the process...
July – Ben Jonson: On my First Son
Shakespeare’s contemporary Jonson is best remembered as a playwright, but in this poignant and very personal piece his...
June – Christina Rossetti: A Birthday
Like her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel, Christina was fascinated by medieval tales and imagery. But while it is...
Greening Your Church and Your Ministry
This topical new course will provide Readers/LLMs with tools and resources to ‘green’
their churches and ministry. Click for more information.
William Blake: ‘London’
Blake’s best known poem, ‘Jerusalem’, set to music by Sir Hubert Parry (a favouritecomposer of the king) has been sung...
CMD and lifelong learning
The Central Readers Council is committed to supporting ongoing development and lifelong learning for Readers/LLMs. With this in mind, a
Poem of the Month – April
Meeting the Risen Christ
Poem of the Month – March
George Herbert: A meditation for Lent
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New book reviews for this Lent
Here are our new book reviews for this Lent. Click here.
See the event here
An online conference for all involved in lay ministry took place on Saturday 12th November 2022. Click here:...
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2022
Building on the success of last year’s event, we have repeated the formula, but added a second strand with an...
Theological books to aid the Anglican Bishops’ Discussions
Introduction On 27 July, the Lambeth Conference, comprising hundreds of Anglican Bishops from around the globe, will...
Prayers for Ukraine
There is little we can do in the face of this devastating war except pray … but prayer is powerful. The image shows a...
Click here for links to the Online Gathering recording
An online gathering for all involved in lay ministry took place on Saturday 13th November, when Canon Dr Christina...