At our Christmas Day service, we looked at some of the names given to Jesus (somethng we have been doing with the children at Sunday school over recent weeks, decorating Christmas baubles to remind us of these truths.) Mary and Joseph were not given any option as to...

Today we reach the end of our Advent musings for 2022 and are just hours away from celebrating Christmas in 2022. Christmas has always been a special time of year for me, inextricably linked to birthdays, for my uncle, mother, father and granddaughter all had or have...

New life brings responsibility and financial burdens. In 2021 in the UK, the basic cost of raising a child until the age of 18 was £76,167. When additional costs, such as housing and childcare, are added, we get the total cost of £160,692. It can be daunting becoming...