Cobham Lights are on, the Cobham Band are playing carols, the smell of mince pies and mulled wine seeps out from doorways. Preparations have started. We call this season "Advent" which simply means "coming".

Christmas is coming, the feast (mass) of Christ.

God with us. Not just as a tiny baby born to an unmarried mother, whose parents became refugees in a foreign land but God knowing what it is like to be human, knowing our pains and our joys. A God who loves us that much that s/he came amongst us, alongside us.

God still does, alongside us, now, today, walking alongside us through our pains and joys.

Advent is a time to remind ourselves to prepare a place in our lives.

DG (webmaster)