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I love the Christmas story. I love it when I read it and when children perform it, with snowmen included. I think I love it because I can identify with each of the characters in some way. With some I am inspired by their faith and in others I see reflection of my own frailty. I love the prophetic message of a story in which a baby in squalor is an eternal King. I love men of wisdom bowing at a Manger and shepherds as the audience at an angelic cantata. It is a story filled with wonder and glory. 
Yet, as I get older I feel like I am losing my grip on the story. It is becoming familiar and I am beginning to miss the nuances that once romanced me. Every now and then a song or a painting reignites the story again as the artist casts light on a new facet that had begun to drift into the grey. 

These are 12 reflections on the Christmas story, attempting to illuminate the nuances and beauty. To be read for 12 days throughout the Christmas period.

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      • Come, See This Man
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      • Keep Faith Growing
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      • Being Sent
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      • If Only I Knew
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      • Jesus - The Greatest Life In History
      • 58 AD: A Study of 1 Corinthians by Jonathan Couper
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      • Team Tanzania
    • CWM >
      • Holding Our Breath
    • Martin Davie >
      • On being the patient people of God
      • Bishops Past, Present and Future
      • The Gospel and the Anglican Tradition
      • Studies on the Bible and Same Sex Relationships
      • Studies on the Bible and same-sex relationships: Summary
      • Our Inheritance Of Faith
    • Chris Duffett >
      • Philip
      • Questioned Christian: 30 poems
      • Known and Loved
      • Big Hearted
      • Smack Heads
    • Ginny Faith >
      • MS, Me & God
    • Michael Fossett >
      • Before Luke
    • Janet Fraser-Smith >
      • Love Across Latitudes
      • L’Amour sans Frontières
    • Simon Goddard >
      • Big Hearted
    • Janet Goodall >
      • Gain from Pain
      • Complaining or Contented?
    • Ed Hambleton >
      • The Bad Samaritan
    • Lindsay Hassall >
      • The Apostle Paul’s Three Days and Three Nights of Darkness
      • Bread and the Cup
      • Praying for Israel and the Jewish people
      • Healing Scriptures
    • James Hindson >
      • Consider The Lilies
    • Ian Hutchings >
      • The Return of Jesus Christ
    • Henry Clay Mabie >
      • Selected Articles And Messages
    • Dave Magill >
      • Just Being Honest: New & Expanded Edition
      • Twelve Days At Christmas
    • Philip McKenning >
      • Musings Over A Mop Bucket: Owning the music in local church worship
    • Dorothy Jane Neilson >
      • Me, God and Prozac: Tools for tough times
    • Andrew Norman >
      • A Church Observed
    • Genie Rayner >
      • Song Of The Blessing Trees
    • Lucy Rycroft >
      • Redeeming Advent
    • John Scawen >
      • Christians, Justice And Tibet
    • Heidi Shirra >
      • Handmade By God
    • David Smith >
      • Christmas Life In The Spirit
    • Steve Tash >
      • Faith In Mind
    • Anina Thomas >
      • Re:Union
    • David Watson >
      • Simple Living
      • I Know Where I'm Going
      • Start A New Life
      • Be Filled With The Spirit
      • Jehovah Rapha: God Who Heals
      • Living Faith: Lessons From Abraham
    • Philip Wetherell >
      • When You Are Dying
      • When You Are Dying: Additional Chapters
  • Contact Us