Christmas is here. May your day be one of worship, grace & peace.

You should read these

1. How December 25 Became Christmas
2. Emending Grace
3. The Chinese Jesus
4. There are 745,000 evangelical Christians in France which is 15 times more than in 1950. Christianity wasn’t supposed to make a comeback in a secular culture, was it?
5. If you’re accelerating the rate at which you listen and watch, what are you trying to get to?
6. Fear of a Human Planet by Louise Perry
7. The 2022 Prize Winners of the Worst Opening Sentences to Novels

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You should look at this

Incredible Aerial Photos Highlight Beauty of Great Flamingo Migration

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You should listen to this

A Christmas jingle

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You should watch this

I do hope this is going to be good. But the first one set a very high bar.

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This week’s posts

I’ve gone & done some writing!

Monday: Links: women & transgender rights
Tuesday: Church on Sunday?
Wednesday: The consumerism of Christmas (and every other day of the year)
Thursday: Book Review: Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Friday: Links: On Astrophysics, Evolution & Science

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Reading Colossians Remixed

I haven’t forgotten this series. New posts coming soon.

• Read with me: Colossians Re:mixed
• Colossians Remixed: Placing ourselves
• Colossians Remixed: Hearing with Old Testament ears
• Colossians Remixed: Do we live under an empire?
• Colossians Remixed: Growing in the Empire’s shadow
• Colossians Remixed: Dealing with postmodernism

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From the archives

God’s antidote to consumerism: “Giving generously frees us from the power and hold of idolatrous dreams, and the love of money and all that it could do for us. It’s possibly the only thing that can – it’s God’s antidote to consumerism. In this Christians are called to live the gloriously free lives that Christ has won for us, sharing what we have with complete confidence in our Heavenly Father and trust in His family.“

Wishing you a Christ-filled Christmas. Hallelujah, we have a Saviour.