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Rob James on marriage preparation
Forgetful as you get older? You're not the only one ...
New resources: for your mobile, church and PC
Why read the Bible? A classic illustration

Top sites this week
Great resources for the new Narnia film
Online outreach with the Internet Mission
Leadership advice and prayer ideas
Great fun VeggieTales site for under 8s

Life questions - some things just need an answer
Unlikely analogies and metaphors found in high school essays
Two-minute devotional with Pastor Bob Reith
Crusaders tour targets Rising Generation

Is your life too full? A professor illustrates some key truths to his class ...
W Bruce Cameron asks: is your home ready for teenagers?
Once upon a time ...
Two-minute devotional with Pastor Bob Reith

Ruth Oliver interviews Sir Bob Geldof on family, faith and campaigning
W Bruce Cameron flies first class
David & Pauline Pearson notch up 1,000th seminar on church child protection
John Musgrave on cancer at age 29

Pastor Bob's two-minute devotion
Bruce Cameron on teenagers and blame
Hilary McDowell - does the frog drive you crazy?
Kids - choose your favourite worship songs
Job Description, Position: DAD
Alison Farnell - is all-day school a good idea?

Church must learn to support parents battling with troublesome teens
Child protection - warnings and clarity following 'witchcraft' court case
SPEAK events surrounding the G8 and Live8 events

The latest column from mums encourager Elisabeth Corcoran
Two laughter packages to keep you chuckling: 1 and 2
Reporting back on CWR's new women's ministry day: How to be a secure woman

Mum to South Africa's AIDS orphans
Things only a mum can teach
Ken Tada, husband of Joni, on God's blessing when times are tough

Campaigners - Soaring promiscuity and STIs among pupils – the Government must act now
Christian singer Jaci Velasquez on life and growing up in the music industry
Can't understand men? Read their rules ...
The Christian virtues of Dr Who?
Real answerphone messages
Church newsletter bloopers par excellence

Events: Care for the Family's Working to live event visits Scotland, plus what's on near you

General election: what the party leaders have said on top Christian issues; plus help from the Lawyers Christian Fellowship -
questions to ask your local candidates
Know your U2? 30 questions and in-depth answers on one of the world's biggest bands and their beliefs
They things they said - famous people's memorable words
True calls to a PC helpline ...

Rob James previews the year's Bible weeks and festivals
Short-term thinking? Alison Farnell on the new school year
Adjusted hymns for the comfortable
New parent and toddler events

Moments with Mum, with regular columnist Elisabeth Corcoran
The silent sermon
A classroom tale

Understanding the issues on current euthanasia legislation
Fresh challenge for school leaders to be architects of the future
Ways to combat poverty - 2005's big campaign
Sex, celibacy and faith on agenda at women’s event

The Test
Elisabeth Corcoran's Moments for Mum
The Derbyshire farm reaching troubled youngsters
Meet the grandfather behind Kwik-Fit!
New couples event planned
How men and women differ ...

Your family can be a team!
Help from our heavely parent
Memorable car stickers
Unlikely excuses ... if you fall asleep at work

Moments for Mums with Elisabeth Corcoran
Rob Parsons on his new book on debt
Events: Prodigals back on tour

Moments for Mums with Elisabeth Corcoran
Exercises you won't want to do this New Year
New event for head teachers
TV channel's 10 Commandments survey

Award-winning photographer Don McCullin finds hope among Aids/HIV sufferers in Africa
Meet the Belfast pastor bringing youngstes together from both sides of the sectarian divide
Learning from a world war two tragedy
A little girl learns how to be Santa ...
A memo to all personnel re Santa Claus' visit
Elaine Storkey on what we can learn from a Russian Orthodox Christmas

Streetreach - how young Irish Christians helped change some of Belfast's toughest estates
You can pray for your school - join the national network!
Elisabeth Corcoran on finding time to enjoy the wonder of Christmas ...
The household pets saga: W Bruce Cameron intercepts two key memos from the cat and the dog
Never predict the future - famous slip-ups from history

Information please ...
How pro-life are the Republicans?
Elisabeth Corcoran on the value of friends ...
Real life ads, part 2 ... ?
New events worth noting

Richard Staples has a problem with festivals
In search of intimacy - tackling the internet's biggest problem
Bruce W Anderson issues a family proclamation ...
Did you know ... ?
Bringing a Christians presence to the nation's shopping centres
Real life ads ... that will make you chuckle

Time for a laugh
When life gets tough ... choose your path
Internet safety - time for a superhero!

Have a chuckle with the lighter side of life
Bruce Cameron goes kayaking ...
Elisabeth Corcoran has some words of wisdom for couples

Christian married couples should make love more, says evangelist
Daft definitions to make you laugh
Moments for Mum with Elisabeth Corcoran

Humour and wisdom for your week
New Christian adoption conference

Alison Farnell on MPs' grasp on education
Ways to parent your teens boldly...
The things kids say
Some answerphone messages you might not have thought of
DAVID HARRIS and MAREN FLOHREN describe the work of Nightstop UK
New events:
Diane Parsons on motherhood and training on how to drug-proof your kids

Denise Pfeiffer reports back on the Silver Ring Thing UK tour
Richard Staples grapples with kids, birthday parties and Harry Potter
Life treating you roughly? Take an attitude check ...
Joni on lessons from a geriatric ward

Is worry stealing your Christian growth away?
A little humour ... when God made kids
Rachel Burton believes a new government-backed sex education programme will benefit pressured teenagers who have no Christian support

Could your church have hired an Ian Huntley? Church child protection analysis from expert David Pearson
Controversy over Government sex education programme leaves Christians divided
Platform wit - genuine train announcements overhead in London ...
It's time my words and my deeds matched, admits Elisabeth Corcoran
Max Lucado on the dangers of judging people on first impressions

Your child and Jesus - children's evangelist Sheri Gidney
Margaret Storey reviews Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Is marriage 'traditional'? A 2-in-2-1 viewpoint
New course to help keep your child off drugs
True answers to science exam questions, Pt 2

Can Silver Rings help our teens stay chaste?
Multi-millionaire businessman Martin Clarke on how he found Jesus turned his life upside down
Humour: the hotel and the complimentary soaps

Moments for Mum - with Elisabeth Corcoran

Cameron Stout on faith, fame and life after Big Brother
Joni Eareckson Tada asks: are we nearly there yet?
Christian Mums launch their own website
Science howlers - real answers from exam papers

Airline humour - when pilots and engineers swap notes
Alison Farnell - how do we handle failure?

W Bruce Cameron has a tweenager ...
Separated by a common language - the craziness of English in the US and the UK
Jokes you can pass on
Connect2 - Care for the Family's new marriage preparation resource

Give yourself a faith lift!
Child rearing - your questions answered ...

How you can get involved and make a difference in your child's school
MU launches new campaign to combat family breakdown
... and you think your family's got problems!
Thanks Mum- you’re one in a million!

The Passion of The Christ - Russ Bravo's review
Resources for churches on the back of The Passion film
Boring sermon - some ideas for ways to pass the time
Classic 'biblical' jokes

Job search - a recruitment firm assesses some Biblical figures
as potential church leaders
Marriage trends - following National Marriage Week, some
interesting new statistics
The Passion of the Christ - Tony Whittaker urges churches to
make the most of Mel Gibson's controversial new film on the last 12 hours of Jesus' life
What is Love?

Jason Gardner takes a look at growing up
Hilary McDowell asks: are we abandoning our elderly people?
Lawyers - the things they say in court
Food for thought ... anyway

Bruce W Cameron writes a letter to his dog
Things I Have Learned
Take our Intelligence Test
REFLECTION God is among you By Max Lucado

Elaine Storkey on a short term society in need of a long-term Gospel
Moments for Mum with ELISABETH CORCORAN

Alison Farnell asks what you'll be giving your child this Christmas

Bruce Cameron is unwell - but try convincing his doctor ...
Moments with Mum - with columnist Elisabeth Corcoran

God at work in hospital - a doctor writes
Pedal - a tribute to the late Mike Yaconelli
The management consultants' report on the 12 disciples
Philip Yancey is spreading rumours

Moments for Mum - with columnist Elisabeth Corcoran
Bruce Cameron tries to teach his son tennis
The story of a hug
Parentalk survey on working mums

Will it be a great day? You can choose ...
Rules of the Air for Pilots

Scientists announce shock breakthrough!
Moments with Mum - columnist Elisabeth Corcoran
New book poses adoption challenge for Church
Thinkpiece - Get your own logo

Why does everyone want to be younger these days, asks Jo Glen
Joni Eareckson Tada says: "Put on your dancin' shoes!"
Peter Dilley talks to singer Nia about how she combines music with vital charity work in Eastern Europe

Have you ever wondered why ... (quirky observations on life's idiosyncrasies)
Daft instructions ... things that you'd never believe they actually said on the label

Moments with Mum ... with Elisabeth Corcoran

Join men around the UK in prayer for the nation
Homeschooling: report from the TEACH annual conference
Children and theology - Keswick aims to stretch young minds
A lesson learned: the difference between schooling and education
Trade names - baby names for the professionals
One-liners - gems you'll want to pass on
Bet you didn't know - fascinate your kids or your youthgroup/housegroup with these surprising facts

Elisabeth Corcoran with more Moments for Mum
Isn't it time you made a will?
What teenagers really believe ...

Father's Day speical: a dad's job description
How a Bill Becomes Law

How did we survive as kids?
Students and faith - Chris Brady talks to undergraduates living out their faith at uni
Making Father’s Day a day to remember

Russ Bravo on Christian creativity online
Gospel on campus: reports of student mission success
The unlikely tale of the Baptist dog

When your parents decide to be mature missionaries: a son writes
Seven wonders of the world?
Care for the Family launches Bringing Home the Prodigals

A good mum - testimony from a bereaved daughter
Husband to the widow - testimony from a bereaved wife
Moments with Mum - the latest column from Elisabeth Corcoran
Missionary finishers - could you 'go' later in life?
Brainteasers - questions to baffle you (and the answeres)

When God seems silent - encouragement in the wilderness
Moments for Mum with Elisabeth Corcoran
Bringing Home the Prodigals - the new book from Rob Parsons


How churches are falling for a Nigerian online scam
River reflections - spiritual encouragement for you
Anti war demos - is your child's involvement to be encouraged?

Net Accountability - beating internet porn
School resources on the web
Foster family - one woman's amazing testimony
Moments with Mum - Elisabeth Corcoran's March column
The untouchables: reaching troubled kids with love and the Gospel

Fictionary - words revised for a new meaning
Car stickers with a quick wit
My fitness diary - Bruce Cameron's New Year exploits
Community marriage policies - encouraging news from the West Country
Love: A paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13
The Single Parent Journey - make friends as you make your way

Alison Farnell on the issue of student debt
Columnist Elisabeth Corcoran with Moments for Mum

God's Plan for Children - part 1 of our excerpt from challenging Children's Ministry book by Dave Roberts
Things my mum taught me ...
Do you still have time to slow dance?
Mums wanted ...
An excerpt from Geraldine Witcher's book Youth In Exodus (Highland), examines the relationship between parents and teenagers

Christmas love - an anecdote with a profound point
It came a pun a midnight clear - awful Christmas cracker jokes aplenty!
Ken Davis says Christmas is a fat issue
Elisabeth Corcoran's January column

Feedback - Our biggest challenge as a family in 2003 will be...

a challenge for the Church to provide digital resources for schools
the Manchester mother taking on inner city gangland, backed by an army of mums
why you're more blessed than you know
things only women can tell you
children on proverbs you thought you remembered
are you a heavy thinker

Moments for Mum - Pre-school predicaments: when it's your kid causing trouble

the Scots songwriter using music to help youngsters growing up in a confusing world
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ow can we reach beyond the generation gap? Matt Bird and Steve Spriggs reflect
who will speak up for marriage? CARE's Paul Woolley asks the question
Tony Watkins wonders: are toymakers selling a macho image to your boys this Christmas?
PLUS the website that could help open up your neighbours to Jesus
Web Evangelism's Tony Whittaker reports on an illuminating freebie ...
Men and Women give a view of Cats and Dogs

Catherine Francis on why teens behave the way they do
Sophia Mwangi goes on a Care for the Family training weekend
Families Together - what's coming up in our Autumn/Winter issue

PHILIPPA TAYLOR comments on A new briefing paper from the Institute for the Study of Civil Society (CIVITAS)
Families feedback on the CIVITAS report and CARE worker Philippa Taylor's comments

Easy English - could you help present God's Word to English learners?
Elizabeth Corcoran - our regular columnist's latest Moments with Mum
Cherokee wisdom for non-native Americans

Dogs - a few things you just wish they knew
Elizabeth Corcoran - our regular columnist's latest Moments with Mum

Marriage survey - Dave and Liz Percival reflect on the findings of think-tank Civitas about the benefits of marriage for kids
Parenting - tips on running a Parentalk course in your church
More bizarre facts you'll want to share ...

Who wants to be a millionaire? Some questions might not be as easy as you think ...
Did you know - 10 More amzing facts
Parenthood - Does it change your life?

Columnist Elisabeth Corcoran agonises as her daughter starts playgroup ...
How dangerous is the fiction of Philip Pullman? Vicar Simon Coupland gives his assessment
Did you know - 10 more amazing facts you'll want to tell someone
No more rejection ... a tongue-in-cheek answer for all those companies you didn't get a job with

How green is your family? If the weather cuts up nasty on our forthcoming ferry trip, then we could end up greener than Kermit the frog!

Battle for life - Brian Allenby from Christians at Work concludes his three-part look at walking in the Spirit
Encouragement - the story of two men in a hospital ward
Did you know - 10 amazing facts you'll want to tell someone
Word perfect - those everyday occurences that really demand a word of their own
Christian schools are on the up - heads share their secrets for success

Back your teachers - Andy Hickford argues that we have to see teachers as missionaries and support them accordingly
Christian Connection - George Luke looks at the massive success of the UK Christian dating/relationship website
Theme park - W Bruce Anderson on the parental day out we all dread
The pit - an illustration you'll want to pass on
Elisabeth Corcoran with her latest Moments for Mum column

Bibliocards - the collectable Christian cards for kids that are now taking off worldwide
The Battle for Life, part 2 - more from Brian Allenby of Christians at Work
News Extra: Churches have a crucial role in modelling family stability and teaching relationship skills, says charity

Talking Families Week: survey findings and tips from Parentline Plus
First in a new column from mum of two Elisabeth Corcoran
The Eyeopener - a spiritual wake-up call ...
Spoof Virus - a Trojan Horse you might not have thought of!

Walking by faith - Brian Allenby from Christians at Work with part one of a three part look at this vital spiritual principle

The second 10 Commandments
A story of grace
Learning from the tale of the cracked pot

More help in handling faith festivals in church playgroups
What makes a good husband (part 2) - looking at Proverbs 31
Like to make contact with a Christian family in the Ukraine?

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