The Hope of New Life - Christmas Day Sermon 2020
"For all the familiarity we have with the Nativity story, a lot of people miss an aspect of its significance that gives us hope in our...
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dawn138
- Dec 26, 2020
- 1 min
Rejoice Greatly by Handel
Sung for Bloomsbury by Luciano Botelho, International Tenor Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold,...
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dawn138
- Dec 24, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 24th – Christmas Eve
The world waited Mary shouted Joseph wept Shepherds startled Angels danced Anna rejoiced Simeon prophesied Wise men searched Heaven held...
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dawn138
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 23rd – Advent Day 25
I have no appetite For politics or religion. The first the refuge Of the power hungry The second for the desperate. I married him Because...
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dawn138
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 22nd – 4th Sunday in Advent – Mary
I stand alone. Alone as the angel Gives me as task Of costly obedience Which my love for God Will not make any easier. I stand alone....
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dawn138
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Advent & Art - week 4
A chance to re-watch the fourth of our 'Advent & Art' course, in which we bring the themes of Advent into dialogue with works of art....
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dawn138
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 21st – Advent Day 23 – Joseph
The waiting seems interminable. I am afraid. She should not Be giving birth This far from home. What if something goes wrong? If I cannot...
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dawn138
- Dec 20, 2020
- 1 min
God's Midwives
"The significance of God bringing life where it has no right to be, is that God does this, not us. What if we aren’t ‘God’s fixers’ after...
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dawn138
- Dec 20, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 20th – Advent Day 22 – The shepherd
It was a very ordinary night. Protecting the flock And domestic concerns My only thoughts. I had no idea That heaven and earth Were about...
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dawn138
- Dec 19, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 19th – Advent Day 21
Silent night? I can’t imagine It was so: Instead The distant murmur from passing crowds; The whisper of Joseph’s anxious reassurance, And...
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dawn138
- Dec 18, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 18th – Advent Day 20
The rain falls Like tears: Sometimes soft but unrelenting, Like the ache of a loss Long ago But never gone: Sometimes harsh and...
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dawn138
- Dec 17, 2020
- 1 min
Dec 17th – Advent Day 19 – Mary
The pain was largely gone: Just a few echoes Like aftershocks From a cataclysm. I held him; Watching each breath; The miniscule rise and...
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