It is fascinating to see the way that traditions have grown up around the celebration of Christmas, and how many of those ...
The reading for Christmas 1, which is also the Feast of the Holy Innocents, is Matthew 2.13–18. This texts raises fascinating ...
One of the problems about the development of traditions around Christmas is that people writing hymns or plays set Jesus' ...
This Sunday's lectionary reading for Advent 4 in Year A is Matt 1.18–25. It is a short reading, but laden with significance ...
Contrary to popular tradition, Jesus was not born in a stable! Why? Because the 'manger' where he was laid was at the bottom ...
The lectionary epistle reading for Advent 4 in Year A is Romans 1.1–7, which is a single sentence in Greek! Paul offers not ...
The fury over a Christmas carol event exposes the ideological gatekeeping hollowing out British Christianity. Jason Clark ...
The lectionary gospel reading for Advent 2 in Year A is Matt 3.1–12, and it contains many foundational themes of eschatology, the coming of God, and judgement, which set us up nicely for thinking ...
The fury over a Christmas carol event exposes the ideological gatekeeping hollowing out British Christianity. Jason Clark writes: Over the last few days, my social media feeds—shaped by the strange, ...