What Bette Davis Taught Me About Mission
On a rare wet day this summer, my husband and I were staying in an Airbnb in Ironbridge. To while away the evening we picked up a DVD for 49p in a charity shop. The film was Mr Skeffington starring Bette Davis and Claude Rains, who were both nominated for Oscars for...
Celebrating 100 Years of Women in Baptist Ministry
This article first featured on the WEBA Website, we thought it was such a great reminder of what it looks like to follow in the footsteps of God, that we’re reposting it here at Seventy-two for your encouragement: 1918 is the year that a woman, Edith Gates, was...
Be an angel
Recently my oldest friend gave a talk where she pointed out that the word ‘evangelism’ has the word ‘angel’ in the middle of it. I’d honestly never noticed that. It’s not accidental, because the verb to evangelise means to do what angels do. We say, ‘be an angel and...Practising for Christmas 2017 test
What is the best gift you will receive today? In many ways someone reading this in war-torn Syria is more likely to quickly identify the answer the whole of Advent prepares us for, than those of us about to disappear underneath a sea of wrapping paper and material gifts. Today is Christmas Day.