Articles in the Advent Category

Advent 4: the turning over of the powerful…
Posted in Advent, martyn joseph, u2 on 23 December 2012

I got this yesterday from a Martyn Joseph mailing. These were some words that he had found inspiring. They are taken from a recent speech by Bono to university students in the USA. I thought they fitted well with Mary’s …

An advent blessing
Posted in Advent on 16 December 2012

Every so often I get some worship resources sent to me from ‘Mucky Paws’. They are the work of one minister at http://www.nkchurch.org.uk/. I can never use them all, but their language is so fresh and different, I am …

Advent
Posted in Advent, sufjan stevens on 2 December 2012

Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Christmas doesn’t begin until Christmas Eve (and not August 7th as most shops seem to think…).

Here is a collect from the Methodist Worship Book:-

‘Then will the glory of the

It’s nearly Christmas
Posted in Advent, Christmas on 22 December 2011

But it is still Advent.

This quote has been doing the rounds on Facebook:-

Christmas is not a reminder that the world is really quite a nice place. It reminds us that the world is a shockingly bad old

Advent thought
Posted in Advent on 11 December 2011

Today marks the start of full on Christmas services and it is still Advent. What I will lead (especially the two all age services this morning) will have it’s fair share of fun and surrealness. I hope somewhere …