It’s been a hectic but brilliant couple of weeks following the arrival of Ayla… but now it is back to the real world, post-paternity leave!
I’m late blogging this but CMS and the Diocese of London recently produced a new schoools resource for easter - this modern representation of the Easter story comes in photographic form, [...]
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As I was thinking about Easter… the pain and suffering of the events of Holy week as Jesus was condemned to death – and then the new life we celebrate in the resurrection of Jesus – I reflected on what that ‘new life’ really means… and so I thought of Alex in the photo above.
I [...]
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A new report from Tearfund on churchgoing in the UK has some interesting findings - especially finding more evidence for the need to grow new communities and fresh expressions of church. I have not read it all but the BBC website says the report finds that whilst people find “the church thing a little bit [...]
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I stumbled across some Lent resources last week by Christine Sine. We’ve mentioned Tom & Christine Sine in the past – their books have been really insightful in our journey over recent years, particularly Living on Purpose and Sacred Rhythms. They run Mustard Seed Associates – which has a great website with lots of resources [...]
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“For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6
May you know the joy and peace of Christ this Christmas
Matt & Polly
The photo: This alternative image of a baby is [...]
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Like a growing nunber of people, over recent years Polly and I have been curious about Celtic Christian traditions (which we have blogged about before - Daily Prayers) and found their practice really helpful.
Celtic Saints traditionally started their period of advent a full forty days before Christmas – which is today – matching the 40 [...]
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