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Christmas Day
Who wants to a pull a cracker with the Minister? Christmas has so many traditions, some more related to the Christmas story than others. The Christmas cracker is a great British institution, whether they’re Lidl’s extra cheap ones, or Evitavonni’s ones more expensive than Harrods. We all know that you get three things in a…
The Universal Christ
Acts 1:1-11 Luke 24:44-53 Perhaps some of you remember Sputnik going into space in 1957, and then in 1961, when Yuri Gagarin made that first manned space flight. Apparently some were concerned that the godless Russian might use his craft to break physically into heaven. Others pointed out that Gagarin was not the first person…
May the light shine
Luke 2:22-40 Whenever I stand by the font, holding a baby that’s either damply smiling or damply screaming, I now tend to think about when we stood at the font with Joanna for her baptism. Only after that did I really understand the anxiety every parent has that they might not behave as I wanted,…
Planning Permission is Granted
We are pleased to announce that Waverley Borough Council finally granted planning permission for the Pilgrim Project to go ahead. The decision was made in a meeting of Waverley’s Western Area Planning Committee on 9 December and has subsequently been formalised. If you wish to watch the meeting, you can do so on this link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-xVJcDLRBQ….
If God is going south…
Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72 Matthew 3:1-12 A few years ago, I met God on the M25. As I was traveling north on the M25, I noticed a lorry coming the other way, heading south. Above the cab, across the front of the trailer, were emblazoned the letters: G – O – D. Then I realised…
Pound shop theology of Christmas
John 1:1-14 It was a big day for Farnham when Poundland opened. No more do we have to slip over to Aldershot and use their pound shop, just after we’ve been snobby about how much nicer Farnham is. How wonderful, though, Poundland have the smartest most expensively built shop front in the whole of Farnham….