More Reflections

The season of Epiphany follows on from the Christmas season. We journey from the celebration of Jesus’ birth – (incarnation – when God became flesh in a little baby) to, and through Epiphany (epiphany – a time of sudden and great revelation or realisation). While out walking yesterday and I stopped to look at a… Read more

The third round FA Cup tie between Newcastle and Sunderland last weekend threw up many challenges, especially for the local police. The historic rivalry and antagonism between these two footballing giants is legendary, so much so that the 6000 travelling Newcastle fans could only attend the match in Sunderland if they travelled on specially chartered… Read more

On January 6th we celebrate The Epiphany. An ‘epiphany’ is a moment of revelation and so we remember Jesus being revealed to the wider non-Jewish world, represented by the Magi, as described in Matthew’s Gospel. We imagine there were three Magi, because three gifts were given. Somewhere down the ages these Wise Men have been… Read more

My family are inching closer to the school holidays, everyone is feeling rather tired but excited nevertheless, and we are counting the sleeps until Christmas. There is very much an ‘end of term’ feeling, not to mention a sense of the end of the year. It’s odd to think that Advent is actually the start… Read more