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- According to the toy shop Hamleys, board games are going to be popular this Christmas – but not as you knew them. Instead, the ‘smart’ version of Pictionary has been called one of the ‘must-have’ toys this Christmas. It is just one of many classic board games which have been given a digital makeover, including...Popular toys for Christmas?
- Brace yourself – this is the month when many of your distant friends and relatives will be sending you their Christmas card with the Christmas Newsletter tucked inside. You will read all about Grannie’s arthritis and treatment, how Rupert’s progress on the violin is amazing, how their summer holiday cruise of the Med was stupendous,...Those newsletters inside their Christmas card…
- By Paul Kerensa, Monarch, £7.99 In this delightful sleigh ride through Christmas history, Paul Kerensa answers the festive questions you never thought to ask… Did Cromwell help shape the mince pie? Was St Nicholas the first to use an automatic door? Which classic Christmas crooners were inspired by a Hollywood heatwave? And did King Herod...Hark! The Biography of Christmas
- Bishop says society must not accept child gambling ‘crisis’ Church engages millions through apps and social media Homeless people at risk of modern slavery Church of England to help boost digital connectivity for local communities Church of England welcomes further government support for churches Call for prayer for Christians in Pakistan ** Editor: This problem...News (all) for December 2019
- If anyone is not going to like your present, it will probably be a millennial (aged 25 – 34 years). Last year some 37 per cent of millennials unwrapped presents which they found deeply disappointing, according to recent research by Which? You will do better with someone from ‘Generation X’ (aged 18 to 24 years). ...Who may be most happy by your Christmas gift?
- Our pretty Christmas cards do not do it justice – the stable that Jesus was born in would have been smelly, dirty, and full of mess. So why did God not provide something better for His beloved Son? Why let Joseph and Mary scrounge around until they ended up in a smelly stable? Perhaps because...25 December Why was Jesus born in a barn?
- Experience the Joy of Advent For to Us a Child is Born How to help someone who is lonely this Christmas From the Vicar Christmas – the most beautiful story ever told The best present ever! Wake up! It’s Christmas! Trusting God in all things THE WAY I SEE IT: Protecting the Innocent ** Editor: ...Looking at God (all articles) for December 2019
- The Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith, has responded to a new report from the Gambling Commission looking at gambling trends of 11 to 16 year-olds in Great Britain. Bishop Alan said: “This provides welcome and much-needed insight into the world of gambling that children are living in. “There continue to be 55,000 children...Bishop says society must not accept child gambling ‘crisis’ following report
- 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...The Incarnation: fearfully and wonderfully made
- By Tim Farron, SPCK, £9.99 Writing with warmth, humour and compelling honesty, Tim Farron charts his rise to the leadership of the Liberal Democrats – from his childhood in Preston to his central role during the Conservative–Lib Dem coalition of 2010–15. Farron speaks openly about his role as Party President and the intense experience of...A Better Ambition – Confessions of a Faithful Liberal
- After Christmas, what? Just blank silence? Or a ‘thank-you’ note for that gift? A survey by the insurers Ecclesiastical has found that 60 per cent of 25-to-34-year-olds said they would NOT write a thank-you note because they found writing uncomfortable, or were embarrassed by their handwriting, spelling or grammar, or just did not know what...Will you get a ‘thanks’ for your Christmas presents?
- ‘Fear not: for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.’ Luke 2:10 Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. The word ‘Advent’ is from the Latin word ‘adventus’ meaning ’coming’. Sometimes called ‘Little Lent’, it’s a time to prepare our hearts for the future Second Coming,...Experience the Joy of Advent