‘Love hurts’ might seem an odd title to choose for a reflectionWhen we’re all about getting closer to the celebration of ChristmasOf ‘love come down’, God alongside us embodied in Jesus, with usTo bring joy, and hope and all those nice things.But love isn’t easy, and sometimes it hurts.
‘Joy to the world’ the well-known opening line of a much loved song Yet I’m not sure we often spend that much time thinking about it, even as we sing along what we mean by that teeny tiny word: Joy.
Pieces of Peace ‘What do you want?’ ‘World peace’ goes the joke for Miss World contestants On the film Miss Congeniality With an undignified snigger or snort through the nose, A smirk or an eyeroll from those in the know, It’s accepted as an acceptable unrealistic twee hope That can’t ever really happen. Nope. But …
Christmas shows us a God who is so committed to this complex world, to our complex world, that he is born into it as one of us. The things we celebrate and give thanks for today are the start of the solution to all of the issues we face, every single one. Because we know …
The epidemic of mirth with an R of 2. The crack in the ice that heralds the thaw of Spring.
We walked in darkness A poem inspired by Isaiah 9:2-7 We walked in the darkness Now the light is upon us God has brought us joy He has filled us with rejoicing Unto us A child is born
