Advent Studies

Christmas offen becomes the busiest time of the year, yet in the Christian calendar it contains some of the richest imagery and themes for shaping ...

During Advent season, we often sing, "Come thou long-expected Jesus…". We put up the same decorations, sing the same carols, lay out the same cre...

In Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine explores the biblical texts surroundin...

Advent - a time for giving, for getting, forgiving and forgetting. A neat play on words and a wonderful reminder of four key truths at the heart of...

One symbol dominates Advent and Christmas: light, says Nick Fawcett. However subconsciously people may recognize it there is an awareness that thes...

One theme dominates Advent - waiting. Just as God's people of old waited for the Messiah, so we wait for the return of Christ in fulfilment of God'...

The films Calendar Girls and The Full Monty, on which this course is based, have one thing in common: nakedness. However, this is simply the trigge...

An Advent course based on the prophecies of Isaiah The journey from darkness to light is upheld in the season of Advent - set in the Church's cale...

Sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste are the five physical senses, but there are many more senses we can use to explore the meaning of Christmas ...

Nowadays, some high streets start to celebrate Christmas months in advance. Journeying Towards Jesus is an insightful and inspiring book, with trul...

Advent tells the story of those who dream, those who live in hope, the people at the bottom of the pile who have nothing to lose because they have ...

Advent is a time when the excitement of Christmas begins to build. The shops are stocked, the TV advertisements are in overdrive and the windows of...

Based on the traditional hymn 'O come, O come Emmanuel', John Cox's Advent course provides the opportunity for a reality check: the reality of who ...

At its heart, the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated film The Two Popes is not about Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI. It is about two men, who happen to ...