Rev Sue MurrayDec 25, 20211 min readChristmas Day – Rev Sue MurrayAs Advent ends and Christmas begins, where have you found your comfort, where has been your hope? Comfort comes in the story of the...
TomDec 24, 20213 min readStrawberry – The Christmas Donkey – Part 2And what a show it was. Long before the start time all the Christingles had been given out and we were having to share them out one per...
TomDec 23, 20212 min readStrawberry – The Christmas Donkey – a true story told by Tom – Part 1One of the guiding principles for actors is said to be ‘never work with children or animals‛. I guess it‛s because however good an actor...
CaroleDec 22, 20211 min readMuffling the bells – CaroleA few days after Christmas, on 28th December, comes Holy Innocents` Day which marks the massacre of babies by King Herod in his attempt...
MartinDec 21, 20211 min readAdvent by Thomas Merton – chosen by MartinCharm with your stainlessness these winter nights, Skies, and be perfect ! Fly, vivider in the fiery dark, you quiet meteors, And...
KennethDec 20, 20213 min readRabbit Pie and Pig's Trotters - Christmas in the 1930s – KennethFrom the year of my birth in 1927 until the outbreak of the Second World War, my mother and I travelled most Christmases to a small...
Mo SmithDec 19, 20211 min readTwo cracking recipes – Perfect for Christmas – Serve 6Many in Bisley and the wider area will remember Mo Smith and may even use recipes from her Lazy Cook series. With the permission of Will,...
KarenDec 18, 20211 min readBC:AD by UA Fanthorpe – KarenKaren shares her favourite poem, BC:AD, by UA Fanthorpe This was the moment when Before Turned into After, and the future s Uninvented...
All Saints ChurchDec 17, 20211 min readCeltic BlessingsThe light of the Christmas star to you The warmth of a home and hearth to you The cheer and good will of friends to you The hope of a...
MalcolmDec 16, 20211 min readThe Burning Babe by Robert Southwell – MalcolmMalcolm has chosen today’s poem The Burning Babe by Robert Southwell, a fugitive 16th century English Jesuit. Malcolm adds:’ Advent is a...
TimDec 15, 20212 min readThe real Wenceslas – TimEven people who go to church only at Christmas will know the carol Good King Wenceslas. It has a cheerful, vigorous tune; it can easily...
Peter & Anne (& Woody the Cat)Dec 14, 20212 min readFrom All Saints Bisley to All Saints Brixham – Peter & Anne (& Woody the Cat)The last week of November is when Christmas in our coastal community commences, starting at 5.30pm when Brixham, where we now happily...
JudyDec 13, 20212 min readChristmas Eve on the Equator - Uganda 1956 – JudyAs was our tradition on Christmas Eve we were sitting beside our big Christmas tree, we three children wearing our new Christmas...
SusanDec 12, 20212 min readSwaddling Cloths – SusanWe have probably all sung ‘Hark the herald angels sing’ and it is impressive the angel packed so much into a short speech: reassurance...
HelenDec 11, 20212 min readNo room at the inn – HelenWe all know of the Innkeeper, we see him in every nativity play, when Joseph knocks on his door and is told “There is no room at the...
PeterDec 10, 20211 min readChristmas 2001 in Northern Argentina – PeterThe singing and the guitars could be heard as we approached the low church building made of mud bricks and with corrugated iron for the...
Thomas MertonDec 9, 20211 min readAdvent Meditation by Thomas Merton – December 1962Here I come with a noise out of the woods, something to say for Christmas. The wise men are on the way… and the shepherds… and our own...
RosieDec 8, 20212 min readSchool Navitity – RosieOne of the things I miss the most from my days as a parish priest at this time of year are the many school nativity plays and services,...
KimDec 7, 20212 min readMy favourite carol – KimThere are so many lovely carols sung at Christmas that it is difficult to choose just one favourite. However, there is one that I find...
JennyDec 6, 20211 min readAutumn is about to end – JennyThere's no prize in this race; the prize is elsewhere, Here only to be run for. There's no harvest Though all around the fields are white...
