Suffer The Little Children
During December, the reading in church was of the flight to Egypt, telling how the Holy Family were accepted as refugees, fleeing for the life of their son.
True Worship
Birthdays and anniversaries mean that New Year makes me think of my parents.
Magi
‘Where are the young people?’ That was my Tanzanian friend’s reaction to her first service at St Martin’s.
Emmanuel, God is with us
On this fourth Sunday in Advent we are invited to ponder afresh the ‘Yes’ of Mary – her decision and her willingness to carry Jesus in her womb and the significant interruption this must have been in her own life.
For Us and For Our Salvation
I might have recited the Nicene Creed over a thousand times.
You’re decorating too early! It’s not Christmas, it’s Advent!
As I write this in November, I have already been to look at Christmas lights and Christmas trees that have been put up in the shops and spaces around where I live.
Adventure
In recent years a new business opportunity has emerged: increasingly extravagant Advent Calendars.
The Servant King
The Jewish leaders jeered at Jesus: ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah [or King] whom God has chosen.’
