Eleven different ways of experiencing Christianity—Part 12 There are many ways of seeing yourself as a Christian. You can add another way as your faith grows; you can have more than one at a time and move through them over time. I am going to look at this through Advent this year. None of them …
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God rest ye merry — Matthew 20:17–19
The King’s actions The final journey It seems a strange passage to read on the Christmas Bank Holiday, one which talks about Jesus talking about his coming death. But if we are going to think about Jesus being Emmanuel, God with us, we cannot do it justice without thinking about why he came. The song …
The best Christmas carol for 2020
Merry Christmas There has been discussion on Twitter about the best carol for Christmas 2020. Whilst there have been plenty of punning answers, which I will not distract you with, OK, maybe one ... The first vaccine, oh Fauci did say was to certain poor people in homes where they layIn homes where they stay …
It all changed here
A very happy Christmas to you all. Christmas is a good news story, really it is but it may not look like it from first appearances. God did not come to make himself look good. Jesus was not born into a royal family in a palace with all the trappings of power, privilege and prestige, …
Poem: Christmas then and now
Christmas then and now A poem for Christmas 2018 Shrunk down to human size God comes to earth, And in his poverty< We find our worth. The choirs of angels sing. Shepherds and wise men come To see, adore. Humbly like them, we come, We kneel before And praise the newborn King.
What I’m blogging about in Advent
Advent blogs. In Advent, I will be blogging every day except Sundays. well, that's the plan anyway. I will be starting on a few blogs about the difference between God's values of the world, then, as Christmas gets closer, looking at the Christmas story as given in Matthew's Gospel. My thoughts on what happened in …
Preparation: Too busy
Christmas, a time of stress. All the preparations to make for Christmas, buying the perfect present, wrapping, sending, writing all the cards, sending. Then there's the house to clean and decorate, and a tree to put up indoors. Then there's all the festive food to buy and cook. All whilst holding down a full time …
Christmas songs
It is OK, I am not talking about those pop songs which have been playing on repeat in supermarkets and boutiques since October. Shop workers, you have my sympathy. Nor am I going to pull the lyrics apart because they do not represent Palestine as it was then. I want to look at what is …
Party Animal
Party Animal Party animal is not a phrase you think of when you think about Jesus. But you may have to think again. If you are of a puritanical disposition now is the time to stop reading. The thing is that Jesus likes a party, from the wedding party where the people drank so much …
Hope for a better world.
We all hope for a better world. This is what the season of Advent is about for me. Hope. Hope that the world will be better place. Advent looks forward in three ways. To the coming of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, to the coming of God into our lives and Jesus returning at the …
Making an ass of myself 