Sometimes it’s good to ponder
Yesterday, we saw how the shepherds let loose in the Christmas story. They jumped up and left their flocks to go and find this extra special newborn baby. After they’d seen the baby,...
Monthly Archive: December 2017
Meeting Jesus in the most unexpected places
The well known account of the shepherds in the Christmas story has a huge amount to reveal to us about meeting Jesus for the first time. Have another read of it from that perspective...
Dealing with glimpses of glory
I attended the Service of Thanksgiving yesterday to celebrate the life of my uncle. It was a beautiful occasion. Sad of course, but the whole day felt like one of those days where heaven...
It takes more than a tea towel to make a shepherd
The shepherds are a key part of the Christmas story. If you didn’t get a starring role in your school or church nativity play as a kid, chances are you ended up being a...
Announcing the birth
A birth is exciting news. A birth has to be announced, because everyone is waiting with anticipation for the birth of this child. My first son came into this world three weeks after his due...
There was no donkey…or inn…or stable…
Today we arrive at the account of the greatest moment in all of history: the birth of Jesus, God’s son, in human form. It’s a well-known passage, the story that all the nativity scenes...
Joseph accepts Jesus as his son
After spending time in the book of Luke looking at the angel Gabriel appearing to Zechariah and then to Mary and their subsequent songs of joy, we return to the book of Matthew to...
So where are our songs of joy?
When Mary found out that she was to become pregnant by the Holy Spirit and give birth to the Son of God, she erupted into a song of joy. When Zechariah, who had been...
Singing for joy
Many of my friends have discovered singing for joy. Or rather the joy of singing. They’ve joined local choirs and love the feeling that singing releases. They can’t get enough of it. My friend...
The joy of living the life you were meant to live
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in...
