It wasn't meant to be like this
It wasn't meant to be like this
by Sally Spencer
A short reading about the birth of Jesus from Joseph's point of view. Joseph’s story It wasn’t meant to be like this. We had it all planned. After the betrothal, we thought it would be good to have a year or two before the marriage and before children came along. To be honest, I …
Christmas Child
Christmas Child
by Andrew Gadd
Christmas poem, a tongue-in-cheek comparison of the sparseness of the stable with the ornate jamboree that Christmas has become. Christmas Child So the stable was dirty, draughty and bare The manger was rickety, half-filled with straw The oil lamp was feeble and gave out no warmt…
Shopping Mall Nativity 4: Enticed inside Christmas
Shopping Mall Nativity 4: Enticed inside Christmas
by David Perry
Shopping Mall Nativity 4: Enticed inside Christmas Reflection accompanying image “enticed inside Christmas” So near and yet so far; so close and yet so distant: this vibrant Christmas signage may entice shoppers to enter the store, but once inside its extravagant promise will r…
Christmas Prayer:Thank You
Christmas Prayer:Thank You
by Sue Brown
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession Thank you, Lord for Mary. Thank you for her willingness to do what you asked of her, for the care she took of Jesus while he was a baby and as he grew up. Mary showed great faith in you, trusting you although the way ahead was hard. Remem…
The Old Inn in Bethlehem
The Old Inn in Bethlehem
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events at the Inn in Bethlehem at the time of the Nativity from the point of view of the Innkeeper's Wife. The Old Inn in Bethlehem Matthew 2: 1-…
A wise man