Why did Jesus have to get baptised? Wasn't he the Messiah?  Had he sinned?  Why didn't John want to do it?  And what has any of that got to do with us?

wise men from the east come searching for the new king... but they have no idea of the dreadful chain of events their visit will begin...

The Christ-child is born!!!

we wait.... for the birth of the Christ-child

Joseph is trying to be a good guy, but he's from a long line of pretty dubious characters...

Advent seems like the long wait... but what exactly is it we hope for?

Telling the truth matters.  Just ask John the Baptist or the prophet Isaiah. The truth helps us to know where we are, what the problems are and what the available solutions might be.

being left behind is never a good thing... except when it is!!!

Jesus is king... but what does that even mean?

we mark remembrance by exploring Isaiah's prophecy of a new world... and Jesus' prophecy of hard times.