As we approach Christmas with a heightened sense of anticipation and excitement (just one week to go!), our thoughts turn to our final Advent theme: ‘joy’. Joy bubbles up throughout the whole Christmas story. From Mary’s song of praise in Luke 1: 46- 55 (‘My soul...

Paul gives us one of the simplest and yet most profound definitions of love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8: ‘Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,...

John, known as the apostle of love, speaks about love frequently in both his gospel and in his letters. He shows us Jesus washing His disciples’ feet as a symbolic gesture of love. (John 13:1-17) Jesus then goes on to give us a new command based on love: “A new...