Merry Christmas! We send our Christmas greetings and our love to you at this special time of the year. We, along with you, are praising God as we celebrate our Saviour's birth. The one that’s become the ‘With us God.’ May you have a blessed and peaceful Christmas. Harry & Alice Ann Voskamp once said, "I don't want a Christmas you can buy. I don't want a Christmas you can make. What I want is a Christmas you can hold. A Christma

When Mary accepted God’s call to become Jesus’ mother, she then accompanied her ‘YES’ (see last week’s blog) with a song that today we call the ‘Magnificat’; it’s Mary’s startling response to God. It begins: "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour" (v46). When we hear the word ‘magnify,’ we might think of a magnifying glass. I have one on my desk in the study. The grandchildren love to play with it and see how it makes things appear larger than

Reading - Luke 1:34-38 “ How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God… For nothing is impossible with God. I am the Lord's servant, Mary answered. May it be to me as you have said." Mary had already been troubled by the greeting she received from the angel (see v29). Mary “troubled” isn’t a