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
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 28 December 2021: the 4th 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
Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! St Stephen’s Day – known in the UK as Boxing Day is of course the second day of Christmas, and the second shortest verse of the famous carol of the same name. 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 St Stephen’s Day 2021: the 2nd day of Christmas
Good King Wenceslas is a Christmas carol set on St Stephen’s day – also known in the UK as Boxing Day. The good king looks out from his castle window to see a poor man gathering logs to take home for fuel to heat his home … More St Stephen’s Day Carol
Welcome to the 2021 Twelve Days of Christmas! Christmas Day is of course the first day of Christmas, and the shortest verse of the famous carol of the same name. 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 Christmas Day 2021: the 1st day of Christmas
Christmas comes but once a year, and that is the day upon which we are able to sing through “O Come All Ye Faithful” in all it’s 7 verse glory … More A Carol for Christmas Day
Good evening and a very warm welcome to our Christmas Eve midnight service – the first Eucharist of Christmas … More First Eucharist of Christmas
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