I've been surprised - and heartened- by the number of people in church this Christmas at All Saints....and so many who don't often turn up at other points of the year it seems - which raises the inevitable questions about how we might build on the explicit sense of the spiritual that becomes evident at these times, how we can demonstrate that our faith is actually a down-to-earth way reality that has a positive impact on our lives (rather than a set of escapist aspirations, ritualistic tranquilisers or intellectual ideas), how we make a connection with normal people.....

2010 will see the launch of More to Life, and the Community Youth Outreach Project ....but perhaps there should be some visible change in each of our individual Christian lives too...






graphic, with permission, Jon Birch, from http://asbojesus.wordpress.com/