Transformation is a theme which runs through the life of Ian Hutchinson Cervantes. Born in Washington of a New Zealand father and a Guatemalan mother, he has lived in a number of countries and has been transformed in some way by each of them.
18 July 2001
One of history's most celebrated Highways is Highway 80 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. In 1965, during the days of the civil rights movement, a protest march set off from Selma led by a Baptist Minister, and before they started he led them in prayer.
02 July 2001
At its best politics is about values, about what we consider most important. That is what faith is about too. Both go to the heart of the matter. In their different ways they affect fundamentally how we live together in God's creation.
25 May 2001
Voyages are sometimes long and dangerous, with storms and mountainous waves battering the ship. Some are plain sailing in calm seas. Whatever the circumstances, when the vessel berths many seafarers give thanks to God for a safe return to port in The Mission to Seafarers' chapel.
23 May 2001
Churches in Lincolnshire are spearheading the drive to encourage visitors to return to the country. "Treasures of Lincolnshire" is a new A5 booklet distributed free by the Church Tourism Network in the Diocese of Lincoln. The Diocese reaches from the Humber to the Wash and is one of the most rural dioceses in the country.
26 April 2001
The Revd John Irvine, 51, an Alpha course founder, has been appointed the next Dean of Coventry Cathedral. The announcement of his appointment was made last month.
11 April 2001
A member of the Royal family once visited the town where I lived as a boy. I can vividly remember the occasion. Among the details, I recall that the town Council built a screen to hide some rather ugly public buildings from view along the route that the great personage would take.
11 April 2001
The President of the Compass Rose Society, Bishop Francis C. Gray, today announced that Bishop Herbert Donovan would become its Executive Director effective October 1, 2001. Bishop Donovan is completing his term as the interim Anglican Observer to the United Nations.
05 April 2001
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev George Carey, has called on all the Christians to pray for the farming community while the foot and mouth crisis continues to spread across the country.
02 April 2001
"Music is an international language," said the new Dean of Canterbury at a press conference in the precincts on February 16, at the hour 10 Downing Street announced that the Very Revd Robert Andrew Willis had been appointed the new Dean of Canterbury by HM the Queen.
26 February 2001