Rev Christine preached this sermon on Wednesday 15 January 2025. Here it is for you again. The Christmas season can seem a bit like a rollercoaster or yoyo as we move from Jesus being born, as a boy in the temple, being baptised by John in the River Jordan and now to even later after … More Healing
Rev Christine preached a lively service for Epiphany this year, which began with a short sketch, in which she and Rev Helen played the parts of Seth and Jabez, two stable boys discussing the brief visit of the magi to Herod’s palace, whilst taking care of their camels. She continued: The two stable boys weren’t … More Epiphany 2024
There is always lots of excitement and energy around Christmas. You have a very special baby born, stars shining, angels singing, shepherds all over the place full of joy speaking about a baby being born. All you need is George Bailey running up and down the street screaming Merry Christmas at the top of his voice to really infuse the joy of it! … More January Letter to the Parish
Rev Christine preached this sermon on Christmas morning 2024. Here it is for you again: Over the last 4 weeks we have been preparing ourselves for this very day. The day that God Incarnate came to earth as a vulnerable baby, born in a humble manger in Bethlehem. Incarnation is not an easy word for … More Christmas Day 2024
Let me ask you a question to ponder, if you were given a chance to know or see your future, would you take it? Would you let it influence you? … More Do we need to fear the future?
There is something I often think about as we start to approach Christmas and talking about this over the years. The incarnation is quite a hard concept to really understand! When you really drill down into what it means and the implications of it … More Does it matter if we don’t completely understand the incarnation?
What’s in a name? Some of us have names that were chosen for their meaning, or because they were in the family. Sometimes there is an association, and other times the parents simply liked the name. Some people like their names and some hate them, and choose their own nickname instead. My father was named Albert George, but at one workplace they already had a Bert and a George, so they randomly called him Tony … More What’s in a name?
I spent two weeks of October in Lahore, Pakistan, which has a longstanding link with Manchester Diocese. What most people have asked me before and since, my mother being one of the loudest voices, is why do you want to go to Pakistan? It is a question I asked myself many times after registering interest in the visit … More My Time in Lahore
I meet up each month for lunch with a group of friends. Usually Wednesday lunchtimes are fairly quiet – this week the pub was full, mostly with people celebrating Christmas, although from the church perspective we’re still in Advent. Every year we have these dilemmas – when to put up the Christmas tree, to have the Christmas flowers and to bring out the crib … More Gaudete Sunday
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? It’s an interesting question and one that we do ask a lot because that’s what we all are. We are disciples of Jesus, we are the ones who have received his message that has been passed down for over 2,000 years and are charged with keeping on passing it onto the next generation and the next … More Being a disciple of Jesus
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