Christ Church Huntingdon Blog

 Click here for recording... Welcome to Thought for the Day. Well tomorrow will be the last day of 2024. I wonder how it went for you? Maybe you had a memorable family gathering to look back on, or a great holiday, or moved home like we did. Maybe you had a change in your job or your relationships, or a new family member arrived. Certainly, internationally, it’s been quite a year… Our July elections in the UK that saw a massive Labour landslide, and a new MP for Huntingdon. And as well as the re-election of Donald Trump (who himself narrowly escaped an assassination in July), there have been elections in Iran, Mexico, Bangladesh to name a few. There has been the resignation of the Archbishop of   Canterbury. There have been hurricanes and storms, There have been earthquakes in Japan, Taiwan and Vanuatu. There’s been the ongoing military conflicts in Ukraine, Israel and Palestine, Myanmar. And of course the toppling of the Assad regime in Syria, martial law in South Korea. ...

 Click here for audio... Welcome to Thought for the Day. I wonder what makes you feel like Christmas is really nearly here? Is it wrapping up the Christmas parcels? Is it watching your favourite Christmas movie? Or is it treating yourself to a tiramisu latte from Caffe Nero’s   new festive range? For me I feel like Christmas has all but arrived when I hear the carol singing. I just love carol singing. Some folk from a few churches were out and about last night in the streets of Hartford, and last Sunday we as a church had our Christmas carol service at Christ Church Huntingdon. Perhaps the reason I love carols is because one of the traditions at my Grandad’s house where we used to spend Christmas as children was listening in to the festival of 9 lessons and carols from Kings College Cambridge. Maybe that’s one of your traditions too. Christmas isn’t about the commercialism and shopping. It’s not even first of all about the presents or time with loved ones, though that...