Today is Boxing Day or St Stephen’s Day! December 26th. People are full of turkey and trimmings and more willing perhaps to reach for an antacid than another mince pie. After all of the build up to Christmas Day; today can seem a bit like an anti-climax. However, if you take the message of Christmas […]
Joy to the World , the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the World, the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills […]
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and […]
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” – Acts 2:42 Last Saturday night (17th December) we held our last Spark event of the year, and it was a roaring success. We had pizzas coming out our ears, an indoor putting green, a selfie station, […]
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Till ringing, singing […]
“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death – that is, the devil – and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. For surely it is […]
The title of this blog comes from “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)“, a Christmas song with lyrics by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released in 1971. This song has become a favourite Christmas song to be covered by other artists and bands such as Celine Dion, Sarah MacLachlan, Neil Diamond, The Fray & Shinedown. I […]
“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” – James 1:17 Santa Claus, Sinterklaas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Pere Noel, St Nick, St Nicholas. These are the names that a certain character that is now highly associated with the […]
“The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”— “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, […]
Last Sunday at Redefine we started our ‘Advent’ series. Studying about the coming of the King of kings. We are going to be looking at the ‘Incarnation’. God becoming man. This really is the crux or centre of the Christmas message. God stepping down into history to take on human flesh and live amongst us. […]
