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The tweets
Sunday 25th December
The Word became flesh, not idealism or theory or program, but life, local life, given for us, so we could do the same.
Graham Cray, Archbishops' Missioner and Fresh Expressions Team Leader
Saturday 24th December
Emmanuel: God with us every day in the everyday.
Steven Croft, Bishop of Sheffield
Friday 23rd December
Jesus didn't arrive as a king, but as a baby who needed other people to survive. God’s always found with the vulnerable.
Pam Smith, Virtual vicar. Ex prison chaplain, teacher, health service. Priest-in-charge, i-Church.
Thursday 22nd December
God entrusted his life in our hands, so I entrust my life in his. Foolish?
Juliet Kilpin, Pioneer, initiator, creator, reflector, facilitator, trainer, writer, activist. Coordinator of Urban Expression.
Wednesday 21st December
A package put together to solve debt crisis. He lived among us, loved us, was rejected. The deal never left the table.
Stephen Lindridge, Fresh Expressions Methodist Connexional Missioner
Tuesday 20th December
If Jesus came to walk in my shoes, then shouldn't I at least try and put my size 4s into somebody elses? #wordmadeflesh
Rachel Matthews, Fresh Expressions Events Administrator
Monday 19th December
At Christmas, the best gift you can give to others is yourself. God made you unique for a reason.
John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
Sunday 18th December
Jesus turned up when he wasn't expected. Where he wasn't expected. Expect the unexpected. God likes surprises.
Russ Bravo, writer and journalist
Saturday 17th December
not pretty, clean, abstract & apart. But gritty, real, in your face, here. Incarnation = God with us.
Elaine Lindridge, Fresh Expressions Associate Missioner and Newcastle District Evangelism Enabler
Friday 16th December
Jesus comes:Meaning-making.Failure-saving.Hope-creating.World-changing.Light-shining.Inviting us 2come:Meaning-making..
Anna Drew, An Anglican working for the Methodist Church in Britain as Lead Media Officer. Loves theology, crochet, movies and hubby Jim (Anna's blog)
Thursday 15th December
Jesus - with us. alongside us. one of us. then. now. always. that'll do...
Ian Adams, writer, poet and teacher in spirituality, culture and community, Fresh Expressions Associate Missioner (Ian's blog)
Wednesday 14th December
Jesus was tempted in every way that I was tempted, yet he managed to overcome. That gives me hope.
Andrew Wooding, Editor of Share and Church Army evangelist
Tuesday 13th December
In the bleak mid-winter, there is hope. I think that’s good news of great joy for all people.
Zoe Hart, Fresh Expressions Associate Missioner and chair of young adults round table
Monday 12th December
With crying screams and squalid surroundings, a homeless baby turns a season of darkness into a dawn of new beginnings.
Ben Norton, Pioneer Minister, Bridlington (check out Ben's Advent beach huts)
Sunday 11th December
God living as a human being in Jesus shows how humans can be & how I might be if God lives in me - which is God’s plan.
Steve Hollinghurst, researcher in evangelism to post-Christendom culture with the Church Army Sheffield Centre
Saturday 10th December
Jesus will come again in a whisper, in a roar, in the brokenness around us. Creation awaits that new dawning.
@ayodele05 is an Anglican Priest, DJ, Musician and Promoter who is passionate about faith, spirituality and music
Listen to @ayodele05 discussing her work
Friday 9th December
Acting without humour/humanity? Say to self: "God took the risk of becoming a human being. Why can't you?" #incarnation
Paul Bayes, Bishop of Hertford
Listen to Paul Bayes discussion the mixed economy
Thursday 8th December
Jesus was born, grew up, walked, talked, laughed, cried, struggled, won. If he can do it, then with his help, so can I.
Frances Shoesmith, Pioneer Minister, Bootle
Wednesday 7th December
The fact that Jesus walked on our world and washed in our water, makes the very air we breathe a promise kissed by God.
Sue Wallace, Team Vicar, Leeds Parish Church
Read the story of Visions and Transendence
Tuesday 6th December
Jesus came to be the ultimate #GoodNews, engaging with people on the streets. Can we do the same?
Mark Russell, Chief Executive of Church Army, committed to helping others share their faith through words and action
Listen to Mark Russell discuss the need for more resources in our podcast from May 2010
Monday 5th December
Slow down, take time... the incarnation. God, the Father at 3 miles an hour, walking speed. Who will you walk with?
Tim Lea, The Bridge, Hinckley
Purchase the story of The Bridge
Sunday 4th December
God didn't just speak via dreams, a book or angelic visitations or creation. He spoke as he became as flesh and blood.
Andy Frost, Director, Share Jesus International
Saturday 3rd December
Our God is not distant, but interested in our lives. Having lived himself as a human, he knows what we face each day.
Sam Follett, youngest member of the Church of England General Synod
Friday 2nd December
Jesus' birth was on the margins. His experience was exclusion as a homeless refugee. Where does our ministry begin?
Sean Stillman, Zac's Place
Watch Sean reflect on the story of the Good Samaritan
Thursday 1st December
Every time I remember that Jesus came, it makes me stop, catch my breath & consider the mystery of it all over again.
Kim Hartshorne, The Upper Room, Cirencester
Read the story of The Upper Room
Wednesday 30th November
Babies don't invite our attention, they demand it. Cry out Baby God, till I stop what I am busy with and cradle you.
Andrew Graystone, Director, Churches and Media Network
Tuesday 29th November
Birth is a miracle but that miracle birth turned the accepted upside down. I joyfully live life upside down.
Debbie Forman, Curate and Pioneer Minister, Innsworth
Monday 28th November
As God planted a seed of hope in Mary, our mission is to plant seeds of hope in our culture & see what emerges.
Ian Bell, Coordinator, VentureFX
Sunday 27th November
the word became flesh and moved into the neighbourhood - God leads by example!
Jonny Baker, CMS Pioneer Mission Leadership Training (Jonny's blog)
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