Echoing his call is the Bishop of Reading, the Rt Rev Stephen Cottrell, who is encouraging people to think about what they really want this Christmas.
“I love singing Christmas carols but it feels like we start singing them in October and a bit of ancient Christian wisdom would be the balance between the feast and the fast,” he says. “The season of Advent is [about] heightening expectation and preparing, not just for welcoming Christ at Christmas but for that day when we will see Him face to face. When we start rushing over that and singing the carols too quickly we miss all that and what it can bring.”
What better way to spend Christmas than remembering our Lord Jesus and receiving afresh the lasting love and peace He brings to each and every one of us. We may have to rein in on what we give each other this year but there is only one thing the Lord is asking for and it doesn’t cost a penny.
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
Wouldn’t Christmas be truly joyful if the whole world learned to do just this?
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Finding rest in Jesus this Christmas
The world may be worrying about its finances, but Christ is beckoning us to find true and lasting peace in Him that carries well beyond Christmas.
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Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 23:47 (MYT)
Tuesday, 16 December 2008, 23:47 (MYT)
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