ACT Now Summer 2008

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• Editor’s thoughts
Rupert Kaye

• Peter Gardner draws our attention to the Fellowship of Christian Magicians

• Sian Edwards thanks Alison Lock for her ‘Reservoirs of hope’ article

• Sharon Dawson praises Julie Grove for her article about SACREs

• Charles Morris argues against smacking

• Norman Wells argues for smacking

• Sandra Small congratulates Dalwyn Attwell on his ‘Why bother with Big Brother’ article

• Sally Cox proposes a toast to Richard Wilkins for his recent resource review

• YFC and schools
Nigel Roberts tells of exciting new materials to support the extended day in schools

• Drug education isn’t rocket science
George Ruston explains how Hope UK is positively influencing children

• Zoos: good for education, not for entertainment
Naomi Webster argues that zoos still have a role to play in providing conservation education

• Transforming Lives: teaching as a Christian vocation in contemporary Britain
Trevor Cooling asks what it means to live out a God-faithful vocation in a religiously diverse world

• Hebron School: home on the hill
Alastair Reid explains how one school in India supports mission work across Asia

• Brain Gym: a Christian response
Chris Dobson reminds us that we are called to discern darkness from light

• From Genesis onwards: a short history of Haven of Peace Academy
Nicola Feather shares testimony about God’s faithfulness to a school in Tanzania

• Resource reviews

• Eyewitness Assemblies
• The Lion Encyclopedia of Christianity
• Deluded by Darwinism? Intelligent Design, Evolution and God
• William Wilberforce: a biography

• ACT news, reports and conference information

• Headteacher’s Log
Leonard Bookman