This was a skit I performed (with the Big Man himself, of course) at our Christmas Eve fancy-dress crib service in 2010 (and repeated at our monthly cafe service, The Junction, last Sunday evening). I thought it might be appropriate to post it on St Nicholas’ Day today. Conversation between Father Christmas & AlexContinue reading “Santa the Wise Man”
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The light shines in the darkness
“The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” (St John 1.5 (New International Version)) I’m not sure if this should be a Christmas or an Advent sonnet. You decide! The earth was dark, and dark misunderstood the fragile point of light that pricked its veil. These wise men, strongContinue reading “The light shines in the darkness”
Hermitage
There’s a shed at the bottom of the garden. It was full of tools, toys and sheddy clutter. You can see that it’s not the best use of a fairly large space. So I’ve put in a stud partition (using my hand drill! (see previous post)) and turned it into two rooms. To begin with,Continue reading “Hermitage”
Wonderful World
Trying to pick some lively hymns for harvest festival on Sunday was hard. No one seems to be writing worship songs that say the world is beautiful and filled with wonder and the glory of God – it might have a lot wrong with it and we do a lot of harm to itContinue reading “Wonderful World”
Alex Mabbs 