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A Thought for Christmas.   We must receive and send hundreds of Christmas cards in our life time. Some of them we remember for the image, or the greeting. Some we do not. Of all the cards I have received there is one which has stayed in my mind….. for its...

JOY All ready for Christmas, whatever that will mean in this strangest of years. Even if we are unable to celebrate in the usual ways surrounded by families and friends, there is still much to make a joyful noise about! We read in the great Psalm of Thanksgiving,...

LOVE We probably all remember the hymn: Love came down at Christmas Love, a lovely love divine Love was born at Christmas Stars and angels gave the sign.   It isn’t as though love had not existed before Jesus was born, of course, so why do we celebrate Love...

PEACE Like most people, I expect I’ll receive a number of Christmas cards on the theme of Peace, usually with a picture of a dove. Yet Christmas is for many usually quite a noisy affair. So why do we celebrate Peace during Advent, and what has it to do with doves? In...

HOPE Advent Sunday is always the fourth Sunday before Christmas, so this year it falls on 29th November. The word Advent comes from the Latin word meaning arrival, and our season of Advent looks forward to celebrating the arrival (or birth) of Jesus. In many churches,...

“He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.” When Jesus came to perhaps the darkest moment of His life, he took His 3 chosen friends with Him…… but only so far. Coming to the garden of...

During the past months of lockdown and restrictions on our freedom to move about, to BE visitors and to receive visitors,  it would not be surprising if we had found it hard to rejoice in the day that lay before us.   And yet that is just what the verse from...

A bruised reed he will not break, a smouldering wick He will not snuff out.  (Isaiah 42v3)   The person spoken of by the Prophet Isaiah is the coming Messiah. It is Jesus. These verses tell us so much about the character of Jesus. But who are these bruised reeds and...

In the late 1950’s there was a detective series on TV called, ‘No Hiding Place.’  Some of you may remember it! The title of the programme reminds me of Psalm 139 v6-11. These verses offer the idea of the       impossibility of hiding from or of escaping from God....

“Now when Jesus got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. Suddenly a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But he was asleep.”  Matt. 8v 23/24.   Our life’s journey can feel as if we are in a boat on the sea. Often, all is...