What we loved in December
// A Christmas round-up to see off 2016.
Written by threads
5 steps to avoiding #awkward Christmas
// Including advice on how to avoid messing up the Christmas carol lyrics.
Written by Tim Bechervaise
Crime and Punishment and Christmas
// 150 years on, I remember how too often, I'm Raskolnikov.
Written by Christine Gilland
7 tips for surviving Christmas with the in-laws
// When your new family takes the fun out of Christmas, what can you do?
Written by Anonymous
Why I have an issue with nativity plays
// How paying attention to Advent has stirred my appreciation of Christmas
Written by Thomas McConaghie
5 ways to make this Christmas (more) meaningful
// A Christmas message from our friends at Christians Against Poverty.
Written by Joseph Allison
Humbling the Special One
// None of us are immune from being humbled. Even God Almighty humbled himself to walk with us on earth.
Written by Manoj Raithatha
Home is…?
// The incarnation symbolises the divine walking alongside humanity, hand in hand. Being with us, knowing us, healing us, giving to us, being safe and open and now. Immanuel - home.
Written by Gemma Brown
Tales from a former Christmas orphan
// What happens when you find yourself on the other side of the world from your family at Christmas?
Written by Amanda Robinson
Divorce and Danish living
// As part of our Advent series, we are look this week at love, and how to survive Christmas when you feel alone
Written by Ruth Clements
12 alternative Christmassy songs
// Our genre-hopping playlist of the season has 12 tracks for your listening pleasure.
Written by Thomas McConaghie
Coping with Christmas
// 'Tis the season for joy and celebration but for many, emptiness and sadness pervade.
Written by Rachael Newham
#MyAdvent – Nadine
// In our second post in the #MyAdvent series, we catch up with singer/songwriter Nadine about what Christmas means to her.
Written by threads
#MyAdvent – Benjamin Robinson
// We ask some of our friends what Advent means to them in our new #MyAdvent series
Written by Benjamin Robinson
The gentrification of the Nativity
// "The birth of Christ is dangerous, shocking and uncomfortable."
Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose
Boy about town: ’tis the season for flirting
// "The time of year we tend to be a bit more casual with our affections; ever so slightly more daring...
Written by Boy About Town
The perils of hope
// "Being hopeful is risky. But it’s a risk we should take."
Written by Phil Green
Joy to the world?
// I’m worried there is something wrong with me...
Written by Sarah Stone
The joy of messy family at Christmas
// 'If Mary and Joseph had knocked on your door, would you have let them in? Or would you prefer not...
Written by Nell Goddard
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