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Christmas Day 2011
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
Have a very blessed Christmas
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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Tagged Advent, Carol service, Christmas, Paperless Christmas, Powerpoint, Songpro
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Challenge your pre-suppositions this Christmas, says Methodist President
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
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
Sermon: You are to call him Jesus
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
Hospitality
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
Boxing Day on the beach
So we survived the epic family celebration of Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) and Pasko (Christmas Day). On reflection, and despite what I said in my last post, Christmas Day was really not that different to Christmas back home, i.e. church, … Continue reading
Wishing you a very blessed Christmas
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
Sermon: For a Family Reunion
This is the sermon I preached for the Jeremias Meneses clan family reunion on 19th December 2010. As it was a Sunday I took the Gospel for the day (Fourth Sunday in Advent) – Matthew 1:18-25. Today is a day … Continue reading
Has Santa Stolen Christmas?
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
