Ella Hickey
The Longing
We are all I am without a doubt, familiar with longing. It is a feeling that we become acquainted with from a fledgling age. The urgent...
Jean Thompson
Star of Wonder
Once upon a time, around three and a half thousand years ago, the word of the LORD came to an old Babylonian man living as an alien in...
Jillian Reay-Smith
Unboxed
You may have experienced, as I have, the ‘big box’ Christmas prank. A huge wrapped box is presented amid a chorus of “what can it be?”,...
Laura Tharion
Impossible Birth
“O come, O come, Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appears Rejoice! Rejoice!” ...
Kara Martin
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census...
Rebecca Gelding
Joy to the World!
“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music… ” – Psalm 98:4 Today is the day after the third Sunday of...
Fiona Isaacs
December Devotional
My prayer is that this devotional will assist you to spend time with the author of the Christmas Story this December. That in doing so,...
Mary Elizabeth Fisher
Advent: Joy
NT Wright a New Testament scholar puts it this way: "Made for spirituality, we wallow in introspection. Made for joy, we settle for...
Mary Elizabeth Fisher
Advent - Peace
The first Sunday of Advent we focused on HOPE. The second Sunday of Advent, commencing December 10, focuses us toward PEACE. This...
Mary Elizabeth Fisher
Advent's first Sunday announces HOPE
Israel in the decades of Roman oppression had known 7 centuries of oppression - the horrific Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians,...
