House Rules
Date:
27-08-2010
Author:
Ben Care
In a recent 'Connecting with Culture' we looked at the power that we give to our houses to shape the way we live. This week, we explore the flipside of that question: the house as a place of power...
Connecting with Culture: Health
Welcome to the Health section of the ‘Connecting with Culture’ online article library. All the articles in this category are listed below, beginning with the one most recently added. You can search the entire category using the search facility below. Remember, every week a new ‘Connecting with Culture’ article is added to the online library, so it’s well worth visiting frequently.
Holy Holidays
Date:
19-06-2010
Author:
Sally Orwin
'And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy...' I am currently visiting my sister and her family, who live just outside the beautiful city of Orleans, in France. Orleans sits on the magnificent River Loire, at the heart of a fertile region. The Loiret was the ancient hunting ground for French monarchs, who over centuries built the chatea...
Life Support
Date:
05-02-2010
Author:
Naomi Carle
'The problem with the God argument', stated Sir Terry Pratchett, concluding his Dimbleby Lecture, 'Shaking Hands with Death', 'is that it only works if you believe in God', thus breezily dismissing the Judeo-Christian contribution to the euthanasia debate...
Echosounder
Date:
20-11-2009
Author:
Brian Draper
I call my work 'Echosounder' because the Spirit helps people to see below the surface of their lives. But this week I had an experience of literal echosounding. My wife is pregnant with our third child, who is now 20 weeks into its little life; and so it was time for a scan...
Age Concern
Date:
24-07-2009
Author:
Nigel Hopper
Last Saturday saw the death of Henry Allingham. Aged 113, he was the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen. Mr Allingham's funeral next week will be a public affair, complete with military honours - a fitting tribute to an old man willing, if necessary, to give his young life in the service of his country.
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