Category Archives: Christmas

Methodists and Pentecostalists join together to celebrate Watchnight

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

We haven’t got to the end of the first week of the year but Mary Ann and I both agreed today that it seems like ages since New Year’s Day. I can’t believe that less than a week ago we … Continue reading →

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Christmas Day 2011

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Blog wise, I’ve been a bit lazy over Christmas and New Year, so now I have a bit of catching up to do.  Although I have been ‘on duty’, such work as I have done has been confined to preparation … Continue reading →

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Have a very blessed Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2011 by

It is now very late in Advent, indeed as I write Christmas Eve is just a few minutes away. We spent most of today food shopping in preparation for Christmas dinner – we are expecting 15 or so on Christmas … Continue reading →

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Challenge your pre-suppositions this Christmas, says Methodist President

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

From the Methodist Church Media Service: The Revd Leo Osborn, President of the Methodist Conference, has challenged people to push past their assumptions about the nativity story this Christmas. Mr Osborn said that asking God to take away our belief … Continue reading →

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Sermon: Drawing close to the baby in the manger

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

A short sermon for Christmas. If you wish, it is still possible today to travel to Bethlehem and visit the place of Jesus’ birth. Rebuilt in the year 565, the Church of the Nativity is one of the oldest churches … Continue reading →

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Sermon: You are to call him Jesus

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

A short sermon preached last Sunday, when the service included a baptism. It is a reworking of older material, the original sources of which I have long forgotten. Luke 1:26-38 The angel said to Mary “You will conceive and give … Continue reading →

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Rant of the week: Delayed delivery

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

I know that Advent is a season for waiting, but that doesn’t mean all waiting is good. Some reasons for waiting are pointless and unnecessary. Such as waiting for the delivery of a package. With the increasing popularity of internet … Continue reading →

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Hospitality

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

We’re back home now in Pampanga, which gives an opportunity to review and edit the photos I have taken over the past few days and bring the blog right up to date. First of all, I’ve posted some pictures taken … Continue reading →

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Wishing you a very blessed Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

It’s not the first Christmas I have celebrated outside the UK, but it still feels a bit strange. One comes to realise how much our ideal Christmas revolves around regular routines that are really quite peripheral to the real ‘reason for … Continue reading →

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Has Santa Stolen Christmas?

Posted on December 4, 2010 by

This is a talk I wrote in 2002 about Father Christmas/Santa Claus, originally for a Women’s Fellowship Meeting. I thought I would bring it slightly up to date and post it to mark the Feast Day of St Nicholas (6th … Continue reading →

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