Monthly Archives: December 2012

Made for Something Bigger

Posted on December 31, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

There’s a lovely poem by Wordsworth called ‘Intimations of Immortality’ which includes these words: ‘Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The soul that rises with us, our life’s star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from … Continue reading →

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Come Home

Posted on December 30, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

G. K. Chesterton, even though he was a brilliant writer, was also extremely absent-minded and became rather notorious for getting lost. He would often forget where he was supposed to be and what he was supposed to be doing. On … Continue reading →

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The Answer to Boredom

Posted on December 27, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

D.H. Lawrence used to say that the answer to boredom was sleep, alcohol and travel. However, that’s a pretty futile response. If you go to sleep, you have to wake up; if you get drunk, you’ll eventually sober up; and … Continue reading →

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God With Us

Posted on December 24, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

Looking out at our world this Christmas it would be easy to lose hope and give up on the human race. But we remember that Jesus also was born into a cruel and violent world. If that little group who … Continue reading →

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Wings of Joy

Posted on December 24, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

I heard about a little girl, taking part in a Christmas pageant, dressed as an angel, being told by her Sunday School teacher to make her appearance by coming down the centre aisle. The little girl’s response was: “Do you … Continue reading →

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Light in the Darkness

Posted on December 22, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

There a few things lovelier than candlelight. When we want to create a romantic mood nothing does it better. When we want to remember a loved one, nothing expresses our feelings more deeply than lighting a candle. One candle is … Continue reading →

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Letters To God

Posted on December 20, 2012 by vincentsmithauthor

Each year thousands of letters addressed to God end up in a sorting office in the Jerusalem GPO. A spokesman said, “We have hundreds of thousands of letters sent either to God or Jesus Christ, and for some reason they … Continue reading →

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