First thoughts

So now the Christ has to come out of Christmas in order to keep everyone happy. One could put it another way. Those of us who call ourselves Christians have been asking for Christ to be put back in the modern Christmas. One need only look around to see that Christ is no longer in Christmas! I am not sure if he would want a great deal to do with the events we call Christmas.

Candles at our carol service are now a safety risk and must not be used.
Have you ever seen a child on fire from the lighted candle at a carol service?

However, I have seen many children and adults living in darkness because their lives lack the light of the risen Christ.The carol service can be the point where people come to an awarenss of something other than themselves. Candles help in so many ways.

Answer...put the Christ back in Christmas. Our carol service should be about good news of Jesus and not accountable to the political correctness. After all most children are damaged not by candles but by the greed and selfishness of our prevailing culture.

So now the Christ has to come out of Christmas in order to keep everyone happy. One could put it another way. Those of us who call ourselves Christians have been asking for Christ to be put back in the modern Christmas. One need only look around to see that Christ is no longer in Christmas! I am not sure if he would want a great deal to do with the events we call Christmas.

Candles at our carol service are now a safety risk and must not be used.
Have you ever seen a child on fire from the lighted candle at a carol service?

However, I have seen many children and adults living in darkness because their lives lack the light of the risen Christ.The carol service can be the point where people come to an awarenss of something other than themselves. Candles help in so many ways.

Answer...put the Christ back in Christmas. Our carol service should be about good news of Jesus and not accountable to the political correctness. After all most children are damaged not by candles but by the greed and selfishness of our prevailing culture.

Long time no blog. I do not know how all these bloggers find the time to sit down and write. Maybe they do nothave the luxurious life of meetings, parents nights, marking and preparing lessons not to mention the annual carol service and the odd (I mean odd) sermon. Add to that research and there is little time for a blog or two.

Sit down iwth a coffee and the dreaded weed to write some meaningless trivia which no right minded person will ever read.
So the silly season is now in full swing. A covenant group presented their case to the Archbishop. Now what is that all about?
Do they wish to split the seamless robe of Our Lord or stand in the way of natural progress? Who knows? More importantly who cares? The little old ladies of St T's only care if they play the well known hymns too fast!
I do not care if my parish priest is gay or straight, black or white or anything in between. All of us have fallen short of the glory of God. It is high time some of these clergy took a look around them and saw that we are in a nose dive from which we can't pull out by returning to their version of Biblical truth. IT IS THE TRUTH WHICH SETS PEOPLE FREE AND NOT ANOTHER GROUP OF SELF APPOINTED PROPHETS.
Get out and preach the GOOD NEWS!!!!!
Celebrate the Eucharist and preach the word which keeps people like me going through our long and difficult working week.