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Magnet is a resource magazine published three times a year by Hymns Ancient and Modern. It seeks to nurture Christian faith in thoughtful, challenging ways, encouraging, enabling and equipping people of all faith traditions for life. With 48 pages in full colour, Magnet offers regular features including Bible study, a prayer focus, personal stories, worship suggestions and a focus on world and jus

tice issues. Magnet is produced by a team of volunteer editors working in a collaborative style. To find out more, visit the magnet website www.ourmagnet.co.uk

'Place can invoke memory, lift our spirits or dampen them. It can soothe and inspire, even call us to action. Although w...
24/06/2024

'Place can invoke memory, lift our spirits or dampen them. It can soothe and inspire, even call us to action. Although we can meet God in any space, it’s good to stop and consider how our surroundings affect us.'

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Who do you think you are?magnet editors ponder how the way we speak can raise questions of identity and belonging
13/07/2023

Who do you think you are?

magnet editors ponder how the way we speak can raise questions of identity and belonging

EACH OF US IS BORN into a geographically-determined way of talking, an accents postcode lottery. How we speak does not change who we are. It shouldn’t affect how others see us… but sometimes it does. It drops hefty clues as to our identity, hints at background, where we come from... where we mig...

Telling the truthHolly-Anna Petersen describes her path to protest with Christian Climate Action
12/07/2023

Telling the truth

Holly-Anna Petersen describes her path to protest with Christian Climate Action

I OFTEN SEE IT HAPPEN that people say with conviction ‘I believe in climate change’, as though in and of itself, this is something to be proud of. The frustrating thing is that simply believing in climate change means nothing for the future of our planet. If the vast majority of humanity underst...

What my daughter taught meFran Green describes the highs and lows of communicating differently with her first child
12/07/2023

What my daughter taught me

Fran Green describes the highs and lows of communicating differently with her first child

IN THE SUMMER OF 2015 I became a mum. Like all mums, I had big dreams for my new daughter. I thought about how exciting it would be watching her learn to take her first steps. I imagined having funny conversa­­tions with her as a toddler learning about the world around her. I was excited to teach ...

Signs for worshipColin Townsend shares the joy of being part of a Signing worshipping community of Deaf and hearing peop...
11/07/2023

Signs for worship

Colin Townsend shares the joy of being part of a Signing worshipping community of Deaf and hearing people

Signs for Worship Walsall (SfWW) is an ecumenical community of Deaf and hearing people. We gather weekly to worship God in British Sign Language (BSL). We are an offshoot of SfW Tamworth, established in 2002 by Rev Susan Myatt, the first Deaf ordained minister in the Baptist Church. God gave a visio...

Many languages, one GodLiz Marriott explores the highs and lows of worship in another language
11/07/2023

Many languages, one God

Liz Marriott explores the highs and lows of worship in another language

WORSHIP IN A LANGUAGE other than your native tongue can be both rewarding and challenging. it can give us new perspectives on familiar words and hymns, and although it is sometimes hard work, the need to listen more carefully reveals a deeper understanding of biblical texts and liturgy.

A depth of expressionPeter McDonough describes the differing uses of liturgical signs, British Sign Language and Signed ...
10/07/2023

A depth of expression

Peter McDonough describes the differing uses of liturgical signs, British Sign Language and Signed Supported English in church and the need for the Deaf community to worship in their first language

Peter McDonough describes the differing uses of liturgical signs, British Sign Language and Signed Supported English in church and the need for the Deaf community to worship in their first language

Off by heart: a love letter to the Book of Common PrayerJayne Manfredi shares how her prayer book steps in when other wo...
10/07/2023

Off by heart: a love letter to the Book of Common Prayer

Jayne Manfredi shares how her prayer book steps in when other words fail

A SMALL, BLACK, LEATHER-BOUND BOOK on my bedside has well-thumbed, semi-translucent pages, faded by time, slightly curled and fragile, like a dry oak leaf in November. If I sniff the spine – and why wouldn’t I? – its scent conjures up the Liddle Archive in Leeds, where I spent many undergradua...

Faith is a gift of GodJanice Tindale offers creative and relational ideas for sharing faith with children
07/07/2023

Faith is a gift of God

Janice Tindale offers creative and relational ideas for sharing faith with children

IMAGINE A CHRISTIAN excitedly meeting their new grandchild or a child they are to be godparent to. What might be their first thought? Perhaps an urgent prayer: ‘Please Lord help me to raise this child to know and welcome you.’

The secret of persuasionPsychologist Barry Davies was in conversation with magnet editor Ali Green about how it is possi...
07/07/2023

The secret of persuasion

Psychologist Barry Davies was in conversation with magnet editor Ali Green about how it is possible to change our behaviour

Psychologist Barry Davies was in conversation with magnet editor Ali Green about how it is possible to change our behaviour

Nothing can be loved at speedMary Osborne describes her journey into depth and faith during her time at university
06/07/2023

Nothing can be loved at speed

Mary Osborne describes her journey into depth and faith during her time at university

I arrived at university an uncomfortable atheist. I’d grown up in a liberal Anglo-Catholic family with a father, uncle, and grandfather for priests, but I had lost my faith as a teenager. God felt unnecessary, and I was unimpressed by the Christians I saw at church.

The language of heavenWelsh speakers sometimes refer to their language in heavenly terms. Manon Ceridwen James explains ...
06/07/2023

The language of heaven

Welsh speakers sometimes refer to their language in heavenly terms. Manon Ceridwen James explains why a concern for language and heritage is important in church life.

Welsh speakers sometimes refer to their language in heavenly terms. Manon Ceridwen James explains why a concern for language and heritage is important in church life

The language of worship can heal, liberate and embrace those usually excluded, but still often falls shortIn the July Is...
05/07/2023

The language of worship can heal, liberate and embrace those usually excluded, but still often falls short

In the July Issue of Magnet, Ali Green asks Are we all welcome?

When I was training as an Anglican priest I attended a service led by a non-conformist minister – and I was stunned; the hymns, scripture, sermon and prayers were all in language that included me as a woman. I’d grown up with the Book of Common Prayer, read Pilgrim’s Progress, sung ‘He Who W...

NEW ISSUE Summer 2023'The Human soul longs for connection, to understand and be understood. Language, spoken or otherwis...
20/06/2023

NEW ISSUE Summer 2023
'The Human soul longs for connection, to understand and be understood. Language, spoken or otherwise, enables this and more.'
-Clare O'Driscoll, Ali Green, Sarah Lear, Andy Lyon
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magnet has existed since 1987. Originally published by the Women's Network of the Methodist Church, the magazine is now produced by a team of volunteer editors from many different Christian backgrounds.

magnet seeks to nurture Christian faith in thoughtful, challenging ways - encouraging, enabling and equipping people of all faith traditions for life.

The magazine is published three times a year. Regular features include Bible studies, creative ideas for worship, a prayer focus, personal stories, and a focus on world and justice issues. Each issues also includes eight pages of words and images for meditation. To find out more visit our website: www.ourmagnet.co.uk