5 December    Build your kingdom here   Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:10) Rend Collective … Read more

Reading: Mary said, ‘I am the Lord’s servant. Let this thing you have said happen to me!’ (Luke 1:38) Act of kindness:  Send a handwritten … Read more

4 December    Lo, he comes with clouds descending                                   (StF 177) Verses 2 and 3 of this hymn set me off thinking about … Read more

Reading: ‘He will be great. People will call him the Son of the Most High God.’ (Luke 1:32) Act of Kindness: Pick up litter on … Read more

3 December    Wake, O wake! (H&P 249) Do you remember the interminable days of childhood when something exciting was on the horizon? Christmas, or a … Read more

Reading: ‘Listen! You will become pregnant and have a baby boy. You will name him Jesus.’ (Luke 1:31) Act of kindness:  Say something kind to … Read more

2 December    Into the darkness of this world (StF 173) Darkness doesn’t often have a good press – it tends to be associated with ignorance, … Read more

Reading: The angel said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid, because God is very pleased with you” (Luke 1:30) Act of kindness:  Support a local small … Read more

 1 December    O come, O come, Emmanuel (StF 180) So we enter Advent, the season of waiting, longing and preparing for the coming of Jesus. … Read more