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Isaiah 9:2-7 These verses from Isaiah are traditionally read in Advent, though interpreted very differently from the original Jewish understanding. This passage may have been … Read more

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Approaching Christmas, hope seems futile. Efforts to combat climate change face indifference, but if countries don’t act to achieve net zero carbon … Read more

Luke 2:25-32 Christmas preparations and celebrations often focus on children. We love to watch the joy on the faces of children as they wander into … Read more

Matthew 5:13-16 SALT and LIGHT are two aspects we are all familiar with in our world. The Advent theme for the Methodist Church this year, … Read more

Psalm 27:1-5, 13-14 It was Christmas 1996, our son was about eighteen months old. We put up a Christmas tree while he was having a … Read more

11 December Genesis 1:1-5 Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood opens with the words ‘To begin at the beginning…’ Where better to start, with this passage … Read more

10 December Mark 1:1-8 Mark chapter 1, verse 1 is one of my favourite beginnings to a Gospel, along with the beginning of John. There … Read more

Invitation to worship Come and find peace in the Lord. Put behind you the troubles you bring with you. Empty your mind of anger and … Read more

9 December   Isaiah 40:1-11 The book of Isaiah makes a dramatic shift in chapter 40; from this point onwards, we read about the majesty of … Read more

8 December John 20:24-29 Have faith and do not doubt… Sometimes we have to deal with challenges, trials, chaos, grief, loss and other frustrations in … Read more