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The Emotional Turmoil of Holy Week
Have you ever stopped to think of the emotional turmoil that Jesus went through in the week leading up to his death and resurrection? His anguish in Gethsemane gives us a glimpse into the level of emotions that were churning … Continue reading
Good Evening Holy Trinity
I was sat at the concert, minding my own business when unexpectedly I heard: ‘Good evening Holy Trinity!’ It turned out that the person speaking was announcing that pupils from Holy Trinity school were there but their announcement caught me … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, God is our father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Life experiences, Relationship with God
Tagged Christianity is about a relationship not a religion, empowered by the Holy Spirit, filled with the spirit, God the father, holy spirit, In step with the spirit, investing in our relationship with God, jesus, jesus came as a human, Jesus is God, life experiences, relationship with God, trinity
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Advent 6: A Special Child
The angel had said ‘You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will call him Jesus’. In their conversation, Mary seemed to struggle to get past the ‘you will have a son’ bit which isn’t surprising. Mary was a … Continue reading
A Real Star, Sent With Love
At a Christmas event today, we provided people with cards that said ‘with love’ and also nativity stickers. There were some fairly impressive cards, but this one was my favourite. The aim of the activity was to help people to appreciate that … Continue reading
The One About Looking Closer
I recently received a card and I was so excited as I opened the envelope until I saw the picture inside. They had written ‘Graeme’ on the outside and put a picture of a fat bloke in a funny costume inside. … Continue reading
A Parable for Christmas
This story explains why Christmas is so important to me. It is 3000AD and there is an opportunity to end the war that had seemed like it had lasted forever. A commando was needed to go into the dangerous and … Continue reading
Posted in christmas, Christmas story, creative communication, Faith, Incarnation, Jesus
Tagged first Christmas, incarnation, incarnation explained to children, incranation, jesus came as a human, Jesus came to serve, john 1.14, modern parable, vulnerability, what did it cost God the father to send his son
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The One Where Baby Jesus Looked Like a Dead Sheep
So, I came across this picture of some knitted nativity characters. I noticed the donkey and the sheep at the top of the picture and my next thought was that the sheep in the bottom left looked dead because it had … Continue reading
Posted in christmas, Christmas story, Faith, Incarnation, Jesus, Life experiences, salvation
Tagged baby Jesus, Christmas story, first Christmas, incarnation, jesus came as a human, jesus saves us, jesus saviour, john 1 29, lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, our salvation cost Jesus everything, Saved by Jesus
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I’ve never thought about it like that before
At a recent service we asked people to create costumes and accessories to show the sort of things that they would give to someone going into dangerous territory. We had a fantastic time and the results were fairly (okay, very!!) hilarious. … Continue reading
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