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Seasons within a season

We all have our favourite seasons throughout the year. Some like winter for the snow. Others like Autumn because of the wonderful colours...

The Fig Tree

By Lindsay Howes. On the fourth day after Nathanael was admitted to Addenbrookes Paediatric Intensive Care Unit with catastrophic head...

The Importance of Water

Gifts

Christmas is a time to give and receive gifts. As Cliff Richard reminded us in his 1988 song Mistletoe and Wine, ‘It's a time for giving,...

Reflect

We are at the only time of the year when Churches take a look at the events surrounding the birth of Christ. Such a significant event yet...

Christmas Musings

Another Christmas is upon us And again there's so much fuss It really only amounts to one day Then the New Year, come what may We've...

Coping at Christmas

Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. The Christmas season can be a difficult time...

Light overcomes darkness

“At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of...

God with us in a changed life

Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means ‘God with...

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