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Jewish Shavuot, meaning ‘Weeks’, coincides with Pentecost. How are the two connected? Shavuot occurs at the end of the seven-week period that begins with Pesach (Passover.) During Jesus’ time, the newly harvested wheat was brought as an offering to the Temple in Jerusalem. The name Pentecost comes from the 50 days elapsed since Jesus’ execution as the Passover came in. Why did the Holy Spirit descend on his…

Writer Sophie Neville’s PR strategy is entering writing competitions. She has won the Eyelands Unpublished Novel Prize 2022 and is off to Athens to pick it up.

What genre are you writing in when you take the Bible as inspiration? Exploring Biblical midrash, fiction and creative non-fiction.

So much hatred for a man who had shown them only love.

Peter’s journey from simple fisherman to his unexpected destiny as leading disciple and confident feeder of Jesus’ sheep.

Interview with Stephen Feist, creator of the beautiful Bible story panel THE GATES OF PARADISE from wood.

Considerations when seeking the right name for our characters that evokes who they are, where they are from and when they lived.

Godly helpers are not always how we might think. Mary went to help pregnant Elizabeth: but things would turn out the other way around. It seems God is a provider of helpers to those he asks to do difficult things.

Yad v’Shem is my happy Holocaust reminder and favorite museum. Set in the lovely Judean foothills, it is foremost in my thoughts on Holocaust Remembrance Day. “How can the Holocaust Museum be your favorite?” you ask, aghast!