To me, one of the worst things about taking down the Christmas decorations is throwing away the cards. As my Dad said in his wedding speech, 'it turns out that Poppy is an absolute hoarder'. I would just love to keep every card! What with all those lovely messages from family and friends, the pretty [...]
At the churches I work in, this year during the carol services, we've been thinking about what Christmas means to us. The clergy and readers have spent a few minutes talking about what Christmas means to them, and after much thought, I came up with this. As it’s my second Christmas ordained, to be honest, [...]
I've been thinking about writing a blog about advent for a couple of weeks, but there's just been so much to do with very little spare time! So now I find myself on Christmas Eve, with tomorrow's talk written, most things sorted in the house for The Big Day and a couple of moments to [...]
