Another Christmas means another poem written for the good folks at Millburn Academy. This year S3 - so I thought I'd try something a little more complex. In reading through the Christmas story this year, I was struck by the mini narrative of the magi who responded to seeing a new star appear. The thought that occurred to me was that following stars is one of the big things we do nowadays on social media and yet, that seems to be a very different proposition from this one. But why? There are a few layers on this one, and hopefully something good to take away - different people for sure took away different messages, so I'm pleased about that. Whatever you're doing have a wonderful Christmas an
On Sunday 29th October the touring teams from Youth For Christ arrived at Crown Church – tired, hungry and inexplicably having taken 6 hours to arrive from Uddingston! This was the second time we have hosted them, and the mission was all at once very familiar and yet totally new. The teams are operated by Youth for Christ and are a band (the Sense) and dance crew (Stance) which tour the country performing, teaching and sharing their faith in schools and other youth settings. We had some familiar faces – the team leaders had been with us before (obviously), but also three of the team were in their second year with the group - so with 11 in the team, that was just under half familiar faces an
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