As any follower of this blog will know, painting is not one of my pleasures. When we first decorated the building, I was happy to resolutely stay in the kitchen cooking food for all the troops who were much more adept than I with a paintbrush or roller. However, in...

To the non-Christian, the Nativity story must seem frankly bizarre: a historical narrative of a baby's birth which was largely unnoticed by historians at the time but which prompted special stars, angelic visits and the slaughter of many male infants. All this simply...

We like celebrating birthdays at church, and since Christmas is the celebration of Jesus's birthday, we were happy to give out party bags to everyone who attended last night's carol service. The bags contained a cracker, a bow for presents, a straw, a Christmas card...