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- How much damage to the earth will we manage to do this Christmas? Those hundreds of millions of presents we are going to buy come from somewhere – usually raw resources. Are the presents worth the strain on our already struggling planet? Here are some alternative presents, that are eco-friendly, useful, and fairly traded. Christian...Ethical Christmas presents
- Who saw the man and pregnant girl Pressing through the crowded street Struggling through the human swirl On tired legs and aching feet? Who knew? Who heard her cries, in labour’s pain Deep within a battered shed? Who cared for their impoverished shame Who thought about her grassy bed? Who knew? Who, listening to an...Who Knew?
- During this year we have been exploring the wealth of paintings in the National Gallery in London. Each year the Gallery has exhibitions highlighting the work of one particular artist, and until 26 January there is a major exhibition, ‘Gauguin Portraits.’ It celebrates in paintings and sculptures the life and work of Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)....He gave us eyes to see them: Gauguin’s Portrait of a Breton Girl at Prayer
- By Sophie Piper & Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Lion Children, £6.99 The emotion and detail in Anne Yvonne Gilbert’s exquisite illustrations will make this picture book of the first Christmas stand out in the memory. The retelling follows the traditional sequence of episodes and echoes the language of the Gospels themselves.Jesus is Born
- UK-based Release International has made Pakistan its focus for prayer this year, and continues to be deeply concerned for Christians in that country. As a spokesman for Release International explains, “Most Christians in Pakistan are poor, illiterate and vulnerable to abuse, especially young women and girls. Believers face discrimination in education, employment and the law....Call for prayer for Christians in Pakistan
- It is to St Luke’s wonderful gospel that many Christians turn as the year draws to a close and Christmas approaches, for it is to St Luke that we owe the fullest account of the nativity. Luke alone tells us the story of Mary and the angel’s visit to her, and has thus given the...25 December Christmas and St Luke’s Gospel
- Angels make a big appearance in the story of Christmas, but over the next few weeks other kinds of angels will be making appearances throughout the country, on streets and inside nightclubs. Teams of Street Angels and Club Angels will work hard this month to help to keep communities and people, especially within the night-time...‘Tis the season for Angels!
- Sometimes, upon a Christmas day I wonder if there’s any way That Christmas might be quite a treat For those who have a few more feet! I really love my Christmas socks That fill, each year, my Christmas box O Santa, festive stocking filler, I wish I were a caterpillar! By Nigel BeetonThe Christmas Caterpillar
- On the BBC’s ‘Today’ programme last Christmas a distinguished atheist revealed that his Christmas routine included attending Midnight Mass. Asked why, he replied that it was the most beautiful story ever told and he didn’t want it to be forgotten. Up and down the country this month, thousands and thousands of parents will be attending...Christmas – the most beautiful story ever told
- Almost certainly not. But the story of how that date came to be chosen as His ‘birthday’ is one that stretches back long before His birth. it seems to have started on the Greek island of Rhodes in 283 BC. That year the solstice fell on 25th December, and it was also the year that...25 December Was Jesus really born on 25th December?
- When I was a boy of about 11, I received my best Christmas present ever – a pair of new football boots. I was so excited, and had been waiting for them for many weeks beforehand. They were the very latest style, black with a white flash down each side, and rubber studs. I can...The best present ever!
- Families shopping this festive season will receive two great giveaways telling the Christmas story. HOPE Together, Bible Society and Speak Life are working with The Entertainer toy stores to help customers appreciate the reason for the season. The Entertainer chain is the UK’s largest independent toy retailer and each store has a nativity scene in...Free gifts for festive shoppers