So here we are with the second week of our Advent Course and (encouragingly) the numbers crept up a little from the first week!
And this is followed by our 'Holy Habits' prayer.
Before we read these two accounts of Jesus' birth through the eyes of the Shepherds and then the Magi:
Giving from what you have. There's a challenge because what, if like the smelly Jewish Shepherds, you have nothing? And if you're able to afford a long journey on the back of a camel with gold, frankincense and myrrh - then surely whatever you bring is not as costly as you might imagine.
So we watched this video:
And having watched it, the conversations (ably assisted by the words below) began.
And they continued and the noise and the passions and the possessions conspired to put a cherry on this a lively evening. And then, with us wound up and thinking passionately. We took away these thoughts to ponder and resolve over the coming week:
And we prayed and thanked God for the stuff we have - and the stuff we didn't need.
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