Jane Taylor, Author at Catholic Herald

Jane Taylor

December 22, 2016

One of the most thrilling pledges ever made must be the World Bank’s commitment to abolishing poverty worldwide by 2030. That date has since been extended, but it remains on the table as an ultimate aim. I can’t help wondering whether ways of speeding things up might have to come from the heart now, as

The Christian way to relieve stress

September 22, 2016

Living with the Mind of Christ by Stefan Gillow Reynolds, DLT, £12.99 Contemplative Christianity is an obvious precursor of modern “mindfulness,” suggests Stephen Reynolds, but it has been somewhat occluded of late thanks, in part, to creeping secularism. He presents us with the intriguing proposition that now may be precisely the right time for secular

When letter and spirit clash, there’s trouble

July 07, 2016

Changed Times by Ethyl Smith Thunderpoint, £9.99 In this impressive first novel, Ethyl Smith creates a fast-paced story of catastrophic events in 1679 involving a group of villagers on the Scottish Borders who become embroiled in what became known as the “Killing Times”, caused by a devastating clash between the Scottish Presbyterian Church (traditionally ruled

Decline? Don’t you believe it

June 16, 2016

I’m curious. Not about whether the Alpha course is legitimate – people are speculating about this all the time. I just want to find out why it works, since it has claimed nearly 30 million participants across 169 countries during the past 30 years. Alpha is not big – it’s huge, and growing. How come?

The glory of God reflected in Strictly

December 17, 2015

If you are the one person out there who hasn’t been tempted to investigate what the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing phenomenon is all about then what follows may sound frivolous. But if you do tune in on a Saturday night, I think you will agree that it’s a joy. The joy is not limited to

Book review: From ‘little devil’ to rescuer of fallen women

October 08, 2015

This latecomer on the Pope Francis biography scene is fresh, vivid and beautifully crafted

Apologising to God

July 16, 2015

A former Anglican’s first Confession was an unfamiliar struggle between her honesty and her vanity – but, as she explains here, it brought her one step close to her Maker

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