What do you find most irritating about this time of year? The drawing in of dark and cold nights? The hideous adoption of that consumerist import 'Black Friday'? People putting up Christmas trees when ...
The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Advent 1 in Year C is Luke 21.25–36, from this gospel’s version of what is often called the ‘Little Apocalypse’. As usual, we need to read on to put this text ...
Advent is once more upon us (pun intended!), and with it comes two sets of confusion: the idea that Advent is the anticipation of Christmas (when it is really about looking forward to Jesus’ return ...