Fear and anxiety are two related but different emotions. When we are anxious we dwell on what might happen in the future, or quite possibly we cannot even name the cause … More Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 4 January 2022: the 11th day of Christmas
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 3 January 2022: the 10th day of Christmas
A warm welcome back to the 2021/22 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol: … More 2 January 2022: the 9th day of Christmas
Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! New Year’s Eve is of course the 7th day of Christmas. The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol: … More New Year’s Eve: the 7th day of Christmas
Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 30 December 2021: the 6th day of Christmas
Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 29 December 2021: the 5th day of Christmas
Around the world, the Christmas story has been adapted to fit the indigenous climate and culture: traditional Canadian carols tell of tribal leaders taking beaver pelts to the infant; in Argentina the kings take a white poncho made of the finest white alpaca wool; we sing of a Christmas set “in the bleak midwinter” in which “snow had fallen snow on snow”. It rarely snows in Bethlehem! … More Navidad Nuestra: El Nacimento Ariel Ramirez (1921-2010)
Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! The theology of the 12 gifts was explained in last year’s blog posts, so this year we have a set of daily puzzles for you, based on the carol … More 27 December 2021: the 3rd day of Christmas
Christmas has a dark side. Soon after Jesus’ birth, king Herod – a weak ruler feeling the threat of a new King – sent his soldiers to Bethlehem to kill all infant boys. Mary and Joseph had already fled, having been warned to do so in a dream … More The Holy Innocents
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