Advent: 20 December 2022
Greetings, In our Advent A to Z we open the window today for the letter U. U is for… the University of St Andrews. And what I’ve found is a rare copy of directions for a University of St Andrews Nativity. It seems…
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Advent: 19 December 2022
Good morning, As we begin the final working week before Christmas, it is time for T. And T is for… Truth. In the prologue to John’s gospel, we hear that “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the…
Advent: 18 December 2022
Good afternoon, on the fourth Sunday in Advent, when a fourth candle was lit on advent wreaths in countless churches. Behind this window is the letter S, which could stand for stable, shepherds, strangers or the…
Advent: 17 December 2022
Good morning, We woke up yesterday to snow in St Andrews. For a few hours, the town was blanketed with snow, with white rooves, branches and pavements underfoot. As we’ve reached R in our Advent Calendar, what R was…
Advent: 16 December 2023
Greetings, We’ve reached a letter with the highest scrabble score of 10 in today’s Advent Calendar – Q. What could Q be for? Well, how about Quirinius, whom some children believe only appears in the Nativity story to…
Advent: 15 December 2022
Greetings, Behind today’s window in our Advent Calendar A to Z is the letter P. P is for… peace. In some ways, the Christmas story doesn’t have much about it that is peaceful. Mary is initially disturbed by the…
Advent: 14 December 2022
Good morning, O is for… Ox and Ass, the two animals traditionally depicted as attending the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. Neither is mentioned in the two gospels which tell the story, Matthew and Luke, but early…
Advent: 13 December 2022
Greetings, on Tuesday 13 December. Happy St Lucy’s Day – Sankta Lucia – to all are celebrating, especially people from Sweden and other Nordic countries. St Lucy was a Christian martyr who died in the opening years…
Advent: 12 December 2022
Greetings, We enter a new working week with a window opening on to M…. for Mary, the mother of Jesus. Of those we have lost in 2022, one of the most significant is Hilary Mantel. Her trilogy of novels about Thomas…
Advent: 11 December 2022
Good morning, on the third Sunday of Advent. As yesterday’s letter was K, we now open the next window to find the letter M. Why? Because of course Christmas means Noel. Here is a window on to the Quad from a CEED…