The fourth Sunday of advent is when some churches focus on Mary. Reading the gospels, all we know about Mary is she was a virgin pledged to be married to Joseph in the town of Nazareth in Galilee. She wasn’t remarkable, she had no special quality. She was ordinary. Except… Mary found favour in withContinue reading “Making the ordinary extraordinary”
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40 day challenge day 26: Reunion of the heart
During the 2020 lockdown, the place where I worked had a Zoom social with the theme of wearing something from our favourite band/artist. I didn’t have a lot of those. Strike that, I had one I could wear. And so it became a bit of a running joke that I, the youngest in the office,Continue reading “40 day challenge day 26: Reunion of the heart”
40 day challenge day 24: Jesus on the outside
I love discovering new angles when reading the bible. I was reading John 9 earlier. Its a widely recognised passage. There is a man who has been blind from birth. The disciples ask why the man is blind, whether it was because he had sinned or his parents had sinned. Jesus answers that neither hasContinue reading “40 day challenge day 24: Jesus on the outside”
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