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Each December as Christmas Day approaches, I am transported back to my childhood and the many fond memories of how this wonderful time of year was spent. I was blessed with it being full of...

The name Mary is Mariam in Greek, but another form is Miriam, who as we know was the sister of Moses. Miriam was a courageous woman and loved to sing. She sang passionately of God’s victory when he...

In the beauty of the incarnation, we witness the depth of God’s love. Jesus, born into our world, took on our humanity, placing himself in our skin and on our side to reveal divine love for all...

In this sacred season of Advent, as we gather in hushed reverence, we are reminded that love is at the heart of it all. Our header scripture calls us to sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever...

On the evening of 15th April 2019, the people of Paris stood in horror, watching their beloved Cathedral Notre Dame engulfed in flames. Many of us, as we watched those awful pictures relayed around...

The Christmas season is upon us and the sounds of jingling bells, songs of winter sleighs and roaring fires, and of course, peace and goodwill toward all are in the air. We like to think peace, love...

How impatient we were as children to discover what lay in those boxes under the Christmas tree with our names on it. My brothers would rip into the boxes from the biggest to the smallest, and I...

Throughout Luke’s two-volume work: his gospel and Acts, he keeps coming back to the same question ‘What should we do?’1 This is a good question for us to consider during Advent, in the lead up...

As we are about to enter the third week of Advent, we are invited to pause and reflect on the deep joy that comes with the approaching fulfilment of God’s promises. This season of waiting prepares...

In the tender embrace of Advent, we find ourselves on the cusp of a wondrous journey. Like the first light of dawn, joy begins to illuminate our hearts.  In Isiah chapter 61 we hear the...

I experience God through praying, especially during this season of Advent. As we eagerly await the celebration of the birth of Jesus, I am reminded that prayer teaches me about waiting. God’s...

It’s been raining a lot the past few weeks. Water has been running down from the road and carving little channels in the unpaved part of the driveway. The water goes where it wants, regardless...

Do you remember your first introduction to the gospel, to the words written in the Bible, or to a revelation of the Bible? To learn and to know something we must first be introduced to it. I did not...

You, like me, may be unfamiliar with the word ‘liminal’. I confess that when I came across it recently, I had to grab a dictionary and look it up. Apparently, it means: ‘between or belonging to...

As we are about to enter the second week of Advent, we continue our journey of preparation. This season, we are called not only to prepare our own hearts but also to be messengers of blessing to those...

In the quiet moments of Advent, we find ourselves in the wilderness, where the hustle and bustle of the world begins to fade away. It’s here, in this sacred space, that we encounter the promise of...

A little over two years ago, the world watched as Queen Elizabeth, who had reigned over the UK for 70 years, was laid to rest. It was a time of sadness for the country, but especially for her family....

Commands seem like such a negative thing. The human nature within us will tend to rebel against being told what to do. As a child, we received a lot of messages to not do or touch things. We did of...

As we enter this first week of Advent, we come with hearts full of expectation. This is a season where we reflect on the coming of Christ, both in his humble birth and in his future return. The Lord...

In a world filled with uncertainty and darkness, we find ourselves journeying through the season of Advent. This sacred time of waiting and anticipation reminds us of the profound significance of...

Loneliness has become a big problem in recent years, especially in young people. The internet and social media have exacerbated this problem because even though time on social media has increased the...

A good investigation will include who, what, where, when, why, and how. Jesus had healed a blind man on the Sabbath. The Pharisees could only focus on the breaking of a law. They were blind to the...

Imagine knowing the end of the story before it unfolds. As we come to the end of our worship calendar for the year, we celebrate the victory that Jesus has already secured for us. His kingdom will...

When we talk about friends, those who sat with Job often come to mind. At first, they seemed like good friends – they did take the time to sit with him in his misery, without speaking, offering...

For many people the book of Revelation is a puzzle to be solved, a conundrum that is perplexing, or a riddle that is mystifying. John, however, in writing this book intended it to be a blessing to...

From the dawn of creation, the triune God has demonstrated a passionate mission for all humanity created in his image. God fully trusts and empowers us, his body, with this mission — let us truly...

It is disheartening to have worked on a jigsaw puzzle for days only to find it in a pile on the floor the next morning. We have cats – need I say more. I do not give up though; I just scoop up...

There is an old folktale about a king who wanted to give his sons the best education possible. So he instructed his wise men to travel widely and gather and compress all the world’s wisdom into a...

One of the most famous story plots in history is the tale of the underdog. From the oldest story of the slave who turns out to be royalty, to the modern sports movie about the unlikely heroes who...

One of my favourite movies is The Importance of Being Earnest, based on a play written by Oscar Wilde. The movie has many great lines and one of my favourites comes when the mother of the...

For most of my life, I have done my work sitting down, usually at a desk. It seems I am not alone. In fact, so many people spend so much of their workday in the sitting position that smart watches...