Posts with the tag “advent”

Carrying a Candle A poem by Jan Sutch Pickard, read by Caroline Dally The candle is used as an image of hope and of Jesus’ power over death.  It’s a powerful image of light breaking through the darkne...  Read More

This beautiful song was written some years ago by an old friend. I have always loved it. I remember how, twenty-two years ago, our son sang it in a hushed church at his primary school carol service an...  Read More

Strange Times- a Poem which ponders the awe of the Nativity story PrayerLord God, creator of the universe. You are the one who holds all things in place. You transcend time, baffle our logic, stretch ...  Read More

Listen to the choir of Kings College Cambridge and meditate on the significance of the journey of the Three Kings. Lyrics of last verseThou Child of man, lo, to BethlehemThe Kings are travelling, trav...  Read More

Life in Wokingham is often full of distractions and busy. We often say I can't find time, but the truth is we have to make time. Jesus travelled all the way from heaven to meet with us, we are that sp...  Read More

It's been so long since we felt the thrill of the prophets voice resonating with the hope we keep burieddeep at the bottom of shadowy hearts.So long since we felt the chill of the Spirit's breath,touc...  Read More

Lord Jesus,Thank you that you both call us to a journey with you and you are with us in every step we take, closer to the heart of your promise.As Mary and Joseph did, please help us as we obey your v...  Read More

used with permission In the above Joseph video, Dai imagines the human emotions and frustrations Joseph may have experienced on learning that his virgin wife-to-be is pregnant. The impact of an Angel ...  Read More

Father,I Thank you that you don't ask us to serve you out of our own strength and resources, but you do remarkable things with those who chose to follow you and submit to what you want for us, knowing...  Read More

Every day there will be some images, perhaps something to watch or listen to, a meditation of a prayer as we prepare our hearts for Christmas, the commemoration of the months in which the creator beca...  Read More