22:27 05-12-08
Last year I rewrote the Christmas story. For those of you who missed it you can find it
here
Well it appears I am not the only person. BBC news
reports of a christmas painting that replaces the stable with a bus shelter.
Once again I believe that in the church we have to get back to the shock of Christmas, rather...
04:32 23-12-07
In the dark of a run down block of council flats. Mary, just 15 years old sits alone in her small damp room. Joseph has just left her for the night. As she gets ready for another night, a blinding light fills the room. What can only be described as a warrior shining in white stands in front of her. He tells her that she is carrying the son of God. That he will not only change her life, but the lives of more people than she can possibly imagine.
She has a problem with this. ...
00:38 21-12-07
Time for another rant. Its Christmas time, a time of great celebration. We have all finally got bored of merry christmas, by slade, and are turning back to carols, and seeing what else the Church has to offer, for the once yearly visit.
Here is my problem. You get churches, who the rest of the year, start getting jumpy if something is refereed to that isn't in the bible. However suddenly at Christmas this goes out the window. Ask people in Churches about the donkey in the Christmas...
05:28 09-12-07
As some of you may know I don't get as excited about Christmas as some people. (It's most likely down to me being a miserable so and so.) However in the air of reflective practice I have been considering why this might be. Ok, ok I've been trying to justify it. So over the next few weeks expect some thoughts on it to appear here.
And today that thought is music.
Now Christmas music is naff. But then its suppose to be, and if you really like that sort of music then thats great. For...
