Tag: christmas
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Candles by Carollight
I was listening to one of my favourite Christmas CDs in the car today: Annie Lennox’s Christmas Cornucopia. She has a beautiful voice and the arrangements of the carols and songs are lovely. I find it very uplifting and inspiring. (In the middle of the collection of songs is a French carol, sung in French.…
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small children in the park, tea towels for goalposts?
The text below comes from an article in today’s The Independent newspaper. Click on the link for the full glory of the article and cheesy pics. Chelsea have made some star signings over the years but this one would trump the lot – that of Jesus Christ. However, even with all his roubles, Chelsea owner Roman…
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bad news good news
This week Microsoft announced that they were pulling the plug on their clipart. Apparently it was because so many of us now search for images online that there has not been much demand for clipart. That’s bad news. Not because I am a big fan of clipart. And I do search for images (royalty free)…
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it’s a cracker!
Why are Christmas Cracker jokes so bad? They seem designed to illicit a groan rather than a giggle. It’s almost as if they have a testing department and reject any that make someone smile. [Horrible thought – imagine being a joke-tester for Christmas Cracker jokes?!] Someone somewhere is employed to find these jokes or even…
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Happy Mas
Each year at about this time someone complains about ‘political correctness gone mad’ or ‘health and safety gone mad’. It’s usually because of some well-intentioned attempt to avoid causing offence that ends up causing more of a problem. So we have ‘Winterval’ instead of ‘Christmas’ so it’s not religious. We have Mary told to wear…
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The twelve days of Churchmas
To the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas – you can sing through it in reverse order and cover each day individually if you want (and please bear in mind the sentiment behind yesterday’s bloggage: it’s not a grumble and it’s very tongue-in-cheek): On the Twelfth day of Christmas this was my ministry Eating twelve…
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Yay for Christmas!
Let me start by saying that I love Christmas, and I love Colchester Baptist Church – they are wonderful. This is NOT a complaint it’s an observation and a reflection. If you sense any complaining or self-pity in this bloggage it has sneaked in without permission. ‘Bah, humbug’ is banned! People sometimes say to me…
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Christmas starts here
In previous years the Churches Advertising Network has been rather controversial in its Christmas Ads. My favourite had the caption – “Talk about a bad hair day: you’re a virgin, you’ve just given birth, and now three kings have turned up!” I liked the controversy and thought provokingness (another new word brought to ou by…
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the late wise men
We have now entered the period of the year which in church calendars is known as ‘Epiphany’. It is the period of time when we are supposed to reflect on the visit of the wise men to the infant Jesus. In reality I think it is time of year when most people reflect on how much…
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Greet Seasonings
To all who have ventured onto my blog, who have tolerated my bloggages, who have endured the bloggerel, Happy Christmas. Celebrate the reason for the season!
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