Yesterday’s post ended with Mary arriving at her relatives’ house and greeting a similarly pregnant, Elizabeth. The Bible records that Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and called out to Mary: “Blessed are you among women and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favoured, that the mother of …
There’s so much in the Bible’s account of the first Christmas that I could talk about it all year. I won’t; but I could. As mentioned yesterday the Jews were in ‘wait-mode’ or even ‘a holding pattern’ for a good long while, basically expecting God to show up. One detail that I have completely side-lined …
Somehow it’s now the third Sunday of Advent, so I return to An Australian Prayer Book. Jerusalem was in the Australian news yesterday due to a decision made to recognise it (or West Jerusalem more correctly) as the capital of Israel. This blog doesn’t exist to make political comment so I’ll just mention it and …
I think it’s always time for a cuppa, and I'm currently drinking ice tea because it really is the weather for it. Driving to my sewing class this morning I came across some signs that you often see, particularly on a weekend. Consider the above a free promotional for a certain company. I mentioned a …
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