Lent is often described as a season of waiting—a journey towards Easter, filled with reflection, repentance, and preparation. Sometimes, that preparation is deeply spiritual: time spent in prayer, wrestling with faith, or seeking God’s guidance. Other times, it’s practical—getting things ready for what’s to come. Today has been a day of preparation. A quiet one,Continue reading “Lent 2025: Waiting and Preparing”
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Welcome in
Its Christmas tomorrow. Are you ready? Have you bought in all the food, defrosted the meat, wrapped all the presents, sent out all the cards, hoovered the house, put up the decorations, iced the cake, made the mince pies, chilled the wine and found the crackers? Maybe you’re list has more in it. Maybe itContinue reading “Welcome in”
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
It’s all around us. The shops are selling festive shaped crisps, houses are starting to twinkle and churches and shops are switching to carols and Christmas songs. It can only mean one thing: it’s nearly Christmas! To some that might lead to a stirring of excitement, for others it’s not quite such a joyful time.Continue reading “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…”
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