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The Incarnation The incarnation of Christ is the clearest affirmation of the truth that man is created in the image of God. – Lawrence Adams To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult each year. – E B White This most tremendous tale of all, Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue, A Baby in...

If you are travelling far this Christmas, pray that your satnav works, or that there is a woman in the car. Research has found that men are so reluctant to ask directions that they waste hours and miles every year. Over a lifetime of travel, it can work out to a wasted journey from Land’s...

**  True story The nativity play was going as planned and Joseph and Mary were going from ‘house’ to ‘house’ knocking on the doors and asking it there was any room for them. As they continued to get ‘no room’ answers, a little voice called from the back of the church: “You should have booked!” ...

Each month during this year we have visited art galleries and museums in England that are often overlooked by the tourist trail, but which contain treasures that can inspire and deepen our Christian faith. Our final visit in this series is to a gracious, elegant Georgian villa rejoicing in the odd name of the Ranger’s...

We are going with multiple choice questions this year. No “ask a friend” or “phone the audience”, sorry. No prizes for pointless answers or can you beat the chaser. Ashley, Bert and Conall were: Names of storms Names of Eurovision entrant Names of footballers There was a re-wilding lynx project this year. Was it: A...

In his gospel, Luke tells how the shepherds in the fields were keeping watch over their flocks when they were terrified by the sudden arrival of heavenly angels, surrounded by the glory of the Lord. And the message of the angel that night has rung down the centuries: “I bring you good news that will...

Shepherds to Shepherd Prayer for Christmas 2025 Christmas Daughter of Zion Flying Lessons What Does Christmas Mean To You? I heard the Bells on Christmas Day ** Shepherds to Shepherd (Lk2:8-20, Jn10:11) You will find the baby, Said the angel, You will find the baby In Bethlehem, The baby of glory and peace, The baby...

The death of a very young child is perhaps the hardest grief of all to bear.  So the 28th December is a very poignant day in the church calendar.  It is when the worldwide Church joins with bereaved parents to grieve the loss of babies and young children.  For Holy Innocents day recalls the massacre...

Do you expect to like all the presents you will receive this year?  Not if last year was anything to go by… It seems that many of us expect to unwrap at least one item that we do want this Christmas. What do you do with those weird gifts? Some of us admit to dumping...

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.   Psalm 139:15-16 You began life...

Children’s Society is to have a show garden at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower show next year, 19th-23rd May 2026. Designed to spotlight the urgent issue of teenage wellbeing in the UK, ‘The Children’s Society Garden’ has been created by landscape architect Patrick Clarke. It draws inspiration from the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi...

Ashley, Bert and Conall were names of storms The re-wilding lynx project was releasing cats in the wild. Palmerston was brought out of retirement for a “purr-fect” diplomatic posting to Bermuda. President Trump’s favourite word is tariffs. The nickname of the original line was the Varsity Line as it linked the two universities. It was...