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The grace and the impatience to wait. (1994)

Advent Prayer by Walter Brueggemann from his book Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth In our secret yearnings we wait for your coming, and in our grinding despair we doubt that you will. And in this privileged place we are surrounded by witnesses who yearn more than do we andContinue reading “The grace and the impatience to wait. (1994)”

Double Chocolate Mint Cookies

These cookies hit the spot at every level for the taste of Christmas treats. Really easy to make and worth making up large quantities, freezing them and then just taking a few at a time out to cover in chocolate and savour. Eaten before we could get a photo, so you will have to justContinue reading “Double Chocolate Mint Cookies”

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The Piano Guys – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Take 5 minutes to sit, to wait, to listen and remember who we are waiting for this Advent. Christ is coming back, not as a babe in a manger but as Christ the King, Saviour of the world.

Advent I: Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive IsraelWho mourns in lonely exile here, until the son of God appearRejoice, Rejoice, Emmanuel shall come to thee O Israel. So go the opening words to the famous advent hymn. Emmanuel is a familiar Christmas term, coming in Matthew’s telling of the Christmas story. Its use echoesContinue reading “Advent I: Emmanuel”

What is this all about?

I’ve been doing some work on Ecclesiastes recently, and had one of those moments of seeing more clearly how to explain our Joshua’s Tree vision when reading these words in Ecclesiastes 5, and some commentary on them. 5 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather thanContinue reading “What is this all about?”