Are you the One who is to come, or are we to wait for another? This is the question that John the Baptist asks.
Is Christ the One – that is still the question we face today.
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Christ is on the move
Third Sunday in Advent – 11:30 am
Advent is that season of expectation, when we await the First and Second Coming of Christ – as Saviour and then as Judge. Traditionally, Advent includes looking at the dark things – including Death and Judgement. Advent means “arrival.” And so we wait expectantly for Christ to come.
The first coming of Christ our Saviour was as a baby in a manger. Continue reading
Incarnation
Christmas Eve / 4th Sunday of Advent
“How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given…”
In Bethlehem, the world’s most earth-shattering event is happening. Humanity is receiving a gift. A gift that meets all the hopes and fears of all the years. There is no fanfare. No trumpets. Mortals sleep. The silent stars go by. And a King is born. The baby – God’s son – lies asleep in a manger. Continue reading
Overwhelmed by the Coming of Christ
4th Sunday of Advent – Christmas Eve
We are here. The 4th Sunday in Advent. Christmas Eve. The season of waiting for the coming of Christ. We’ve been to carol services, started on mince pies and watched the nativity plays.
Last Sunday I was at the Ballyholme children’s nativity. In it, the little Angel tells the little Joseph the amazing things that would happen – how Mary, his fiancée, was going to have a baby, but it was God’s plan. Joseph listens, pauses, and responds with a beautifully underwhelmed, “oh, OK.” Continue reading
Waiting
27 November 2011, Advent
As children, my cousins and I spent time speculating on the “Hows” of Santa Claus. Sri Lanka has an average temperature of 90-95 degrees Fahrenheit, with absolutely no snow, and definitely no fireplaces with chimneys. Come Christmas we started worrying: How would Santa get in when there were no chimneys? Continue reading