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15 Dec 2012

A Middle East Advent and Christmas podcast reflection

For the final Middle East analysis podcast of 2012, we have chosen to set aside, temporarily, the hard political angles and social realities of the Middle East North Africa region and instead focus on the seasons of Advent and Christmas.
2 Nov 2012

Methodists to use Advent gifts to support vulnerable communities

On Advent Sunday (2 December) Methodists in Britain will celebrate and raise money for the work of a fund which supports work across the community.
21 Nov 2011

Christian Aid's online Advent resources make justice a priority

UK based global development agency Christian Aid is offering people a "thought provoking, chocolate-free countdown to the Christmas celebrations."
17 Dec 2010

Advent, Holy Land, and Christians in the Middle East

The themes of Advent, the situation of Christians in Israel-Palestine at the moment, plus the meeting of the Holy Land Coordination in January 2011 are topics covered in a recently recorded podcast.
30 Nov 2010

Christmas lights give way to radical Jesus film in Hoylake

A community group in Hoylake, Wirral, will this Christmas be projecting the radical 1964 Pasolini film about the life of Christ onto a church in the town’s High Street.
7 Dec 2009

Hope coming from the wilderness

The message of Advent is that, in the face of our human crises, change is coming and change is possible, says Simon Barrow. And it is a curious desert prophet who signals its depths and possibilities.
2 Dec 2009

Episcopal leader urges focus on compassion for Advent

Advent is "a time of waiting, but it is not a time to sit around and wait for someone to do something," Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says in her seasonal message.
4 Nov 2009

Festival event aims to build UK-Palestinian Christian links

Public figures, scholars and peacemakers are among those speaking and performing at a celebration in London which aims to connect Palestinian Christians with those in the UK.
11 Dec 2008

Which Jesus are we expecting?

The season of Advent is about waiting and anticipation. But what kind of Jesus is the church expecting by the way it behaves, asks Simon Barrow. What is it truly mortgaging itself on?
24 Nov 2008

Do nothing: Christmas is coming, says bishop

With just 31 praying days to Christmas, a Church of England bishop has penned a book which aims to be just the tonic for the frenetic activity of Advent.

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