Below is the script I wrote for BBC Radio Devon Sunday Service for Christmas 2016 (and I stand by every word, and many other words besides!): I am going to be honest with you this morning. And my honesty may cause concern, relief or perplexity in equal measure….or it may cause hope. I don’t... Continue Reading →
The Christmas Dinner
Christmas Day 2016 Turkey The Disciples Sometimes they acted like turkeys; sometimes they spoke like turkeys. Sometimes they are just like you and me. We are the type of people God loves; We are the type of people that Jesus came for. Roast Potatoes The Roman Soldiers Their on the plate,... Continue Reading →
Some Christmas Reality
Thanks Glen! Santa vs Jesus https://youtu.be/NmS_s23TL1k Four Kinds of Christmas https://youtu.be/59suAek3sqo Anti-Santy-Ranty https://youtu.be/IokTM3PEGiM
The Smell of Christmas
Luke 2:7-8 ‘The Smell of Christmas' What is the smell of Christmas to you? For the smell of Christmas, we can only go to certain places in the Bible. We would think the obvious place is the Gospels. Well, Bingo! in Matthew and Luke; But not a wiff in Mark and John. Maybe... Continue Reading →
About that baby in the manger…
"If Jesus' whole life to us is God's word to us, then he is God's word not only when he is intelligible, not only when he makes clear sense - not only when he is graspable and useable by us. He is also God's word when he is wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in... Continue Reading →
Ironies of the Nativity
A short reflection used throughout a candlit carol service at church. Ironies of the Nativity in Matthew 2 2:1 “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea…” Bethlehem. The ancestral birth place of the Great King David, through whose line the promised Messiah would come. So Jesus was born of a royal human line... Continue Reading →
O Come All Ye Fearful
O Come All Ye Fearful O come all ye fearful Laden with your credit, O come ye, O come ye, to all the shops. Come and buy more stuff To fill up all your houses.... * * * * * O come let us buy more stuff, O come let us buy more stuff, O... Continue Reading →