All articles by Lucinda Borkett-Jones – Page 2

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    The Christianity Festival Guide 2013

    2014-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Whether tents and muddy wellies or a cosy B & B is more your cup of tea, there should be something for everyone

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    Sun, sea and starvation

    2014-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Lucinda Borkett-Jones travels to Malawi to find out how the world is going hungry while the planet heats up.

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    A Year of Biblical Womanhood with Rachel Held Evans

    2014-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Rachel Held Evans is a prolific American blogger. Her latest book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, charts her controversial project to follow as many of the Bible’s mandates for women as possible over the course of a year.

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    Dancing all the way to the bank

    2014-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Only in Africa would economics be enjoyed through the medium of dance – though perhaps Mr Osborne would curry some much-needed favour with the press if he busted the occasional move on the steps of Number 10.

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    2012: Conflicts, cuts and celebrations

    2014-02-05T00:00:00Z

    2012 saw highs of Olympic glory stand out against a largely depressing backdrop of domestic debt and international conflicts. So where was God in it all? Lucinda Borkett-Jones evaluates the year.

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    Meeting God In Dublin: 24-7 Prayer Gathering

    2013-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Maybe I've fallen hook, line and sinker for some great hype. But maybe instead I just want to see more of a Western Christianity that is ordinary but costly, considered but active, prayer filled and with a burning desire to seek the face of God.More of the kind of thing ...

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    Dancing All The Way To The Bank

    2013-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Only in Africa would economics be enjoyed through the medium of dance - though perhaps Mr Osborne would curry some much-needed favour with the press if he busted the occasional move on the steps of Number 10.A group of women I met in Malawi (on my recent trip to visit ...

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    Christmas Presence

    2012-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Cute as they are, it’s possible that tea towel headgear and tinsel halos of school nativity plays have somewhat diluted the impact of the story of the birth of Christ. Keen to remedy this, Ruth ‘lonely sheep’ Garner and Lucinda ‘Angel Gabriel’ Borkett-Jones serve up a selection of inventive ways to communicate the message of Christmas.

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    April’s Friends: Taking Inspiration From The Machynlleth Community

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Masses gathered outside St Peter's Church, Machynlleth on Sunday at the service for the missing 5-year-old, April Jones.About 1,000 people from the local community had walked to the church in silence from Bryn-y-Gog, the estate from which April went missing last Monday. So many had gathered that they couldn't all ...