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We now enter the period of Advent, the beginning of the church year and the count down to Christmas. How much different Advent looks in modern society than it did when first practised in the Christian year. Today the period … Read More »
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We now enter the period of Advent, the beginning of the church year and the count down to Christmas. How much different Advent looks in modern society than it did when first practised in the Christian year. Today the period … Read More »
Coolamon Baby – Glenn Loughrey 2016 Luke 2:1-20 Have you ever been to an event, concert or a holiday destination that has been a major disappointment only to read somewhere later a report waxing lyrical about what an outstanding … Read More »
A Christmas Card – Written in 1947 When the white stars talk together like sisters And when the winter hills Raise their grand semblance in the freezing night, Somewhere one window Bleeds like the brown eye of an open force. … Read More »
It’s Christmas time again – how it comes around so quickly – sneaking up on us benignly and full of niceness. Family, babies, furry animals, rotund ho ho’ing Santa Clauses and reindeers with red noses. What a sweet image Christmas … Read More »
What is this thing called Christmas? What is this thing we have celebrated? What is the point of re-enacting an event which occurred so long ago and today has little meaning or relevance for those born into the consumerist world … Read More »