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Commemorate, Celebrate, Anticipate/Kim Thoday
(1 Corinthians 11:26) by Kim Thoday Just over forty years ago, there came a tragic end to an exciting life, a life that still held great promise to many; a charismatic figure, a camelot personage – to some, even a messianic figure. The assassination in Dallas, Texas on the 22nd November 1963, saw an end […]
When was Jesus Born?
Best Guess: September 29, 5 B.C. Want the details? Read more below. Biblical scholars readily tell us that it was most likely NOT on December 25th, A.D. 0. Why? When were shepherds in the fields? Israeli meteorologists tracked December weather patterns for many years and concluded that the climate in Israel has been essentially constant […]
What is Christmas about?
(by Kim Thoday) It’s about having a good time. It’s about giving and receiving presents. But it’s a whole lot more than that. It’s about our great God who came to this world in the form of a little baby called Jesus. It’s about our God who could see that things weren’t really going so […]
Who Started Christmas?
A woman was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable… And after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the lift with her two kids. She was […]
THE COLOURS OF CHRISTMAS
(A Sermon, by Kim Thoday) Christmas is a dying art. In many ways it has become a big spending spree. It is a pseudo art of consuming. It has become the cargo cult of culture. It is a mad, orgiastic ritual of appeasement of the corporatised conglomerated ‘gods’ that have dulled our consciousness and duped […]
A Question of Christmas?
(by Kim Thoday) It might be useful to ask your congregation, cell group or Bible class this question: “Does Jesus like Christmas?” You might be amazed at the variety of responses. If you ask the question be prepared for some vigorous discussion. My colleague in ministry, Brenton Killeen, recently asked that question of our Church […]
Christmas message from the Archbishop of Canterbury
ACNS 3690 | ANGLICAN COMMUNION | 26 NOVEMBER 2003 Christmas message from the Archbishop of Canterbury The carols we sing and the prayers we say around Christmas carry two important messages which at first sight look a bit contradictory. Jesus is described as ‘the desire of all nations’, picking up the words of Haggai 2.7; […]
The I of the Storm
(1 Kings 19:9-18, Matthew 14: 22-32) Sermon, by Kim Thoday The “I” of the Storm (1 Kings 19:9-18, Matthew 14: 22-32) Sermon, by Kim Thoday In Shakespeare’s play King Lear, there is a scene where the old King, after having bequeathed his kingdom to two of his daughters and then having been rejected by them […]
Cursing of the fig-tree
What about the cursing of the fig tree? Ah, one of the most intriguing of Gospel stories, about which reams of paper will be given in theological cemeteries (oops, seminaries) at this time of year. This is the last of the nature miracles in the Synoptic Gospels. Apparently this pericope floated about originally as a […]
Strands of Unspeakable Joy (John 3:16-18)
by Kim Thoday. I was recently involved in a funeral service for a three and a half year old boy who had been accidentally struck down by a motorist and killed. As would be expected the funeral was emotionally charged and the collective convulsive shock came when the little white coffin was wheeled in through […]
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