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Advent 7

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Kath

What’s the point of writing good stuff about Advent each year if it just gets lost in the dusty archives of my blog? Here’s one of my favourite Advent posts from 6 years ago just after son2 had been born, … Continue reading →

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Advent 2020. A different kind of Advent, same Emmanuel to walk with us…

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Kath

And so Advent slowly silently slips into the room. Yesterday we put our Christmas Tree up, I think the earliest we have ever done that. Yesterday I shed tears for the lack this year, for the grief, for the difference … Continue reading →

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Advent 23

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Kath

And breathe. In and out. In and out. Slowly. In and out. One more day to get through for the small overtired ones. One more day until we remember the heart of this story we are all part of, a … Continue reading →

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Time for another roundup of our weeks…

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Kath

It’s Friday. The small ones are engrossed in tv and I’m in a positive kinda mood (must be that happy point of the month). I don’t think I’ve written anything since half term. November is moving by too fast. The … Continue reading →

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Advent 7

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Kath

Hmmm. I think Thursdays in Advent will be throwback ones. Especially dark gloomy windy rainy Thursdays. It has not been the best day around here. And yet. Wonder exists. So I rather grumpily post this from the past and cling … Continue reading →

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Christmas is almost here…

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Kath

And so we stumble on, term is almost over, the holidays have almost begun and we are more than ready for them. Today we had our Carol Service at church. We sang again those old old songs which tell of … Continue reading →

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Advent 13

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Kath

“O Holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us we pray Cast out our sin and enter in, Be born in us today. We hear the Christmas Angels, The great glad tidings tell, O come to us, Abide with us Our … Continue reading →

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Advent begins

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Kath

Today is Advent Sunday, the start of Advent, the period of waiting, remembering the first coming of Jesus and longing, aching for when he comes again.  I love this time of year, perhaps because it forces me to inject hope … Continue reading →

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