Luke’s story of the 12-year-old Jesus in the temple: this is the story of his bar mitzvah: his becoming an adult who 'increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favour’.

New Year is an opportunity for us to reflect, take stock, of everything in our lives. And to recommit to those things which sustain and help us be the best versions of ourselves.

Referencing ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Colossians 3.12-17, Luke 2.41-52.

A talk for The First Sunday of Christmas, 29 December 2024. 

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