Before Harry Potter, there were four children on a magical train ride to the English countryside. Except the train wasn’t magic, and Professor Kirke’s country house wasn’t really the destination, was it? The 2005 movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,… Continue Reading
Here’s the beginning of Luke 2 in the Plain English Version, a translation for indigenous people. Luke 2: Mary had a baby boy 1-3 About the time that John was born, the biggest boss over all those countries was called Augustus.… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall on a different Christmas Our Christmas will be lovely this year. It always is. But Christmas can make us remember who’s not there, who we’d like to be. A sibling. Or parent. A grandchild or uncle or niece.… Continue Reading
Chiquit Torrente-Brammall on worshipful singing. (Chiquit is in the middle row, second from left – with the black, fringed hair and glasses singing Messiah at the Sydney Opera House) I haven’t truly written since the pandemic took my publishing job… Continue Reading
What do you do with children who think they know the Christmas story well? Maybe a quiz can get them thinking? It worked for my years 3 and 4 scripture class. Maybe it will occupy some brains on Christmas day… Continue Reading
Motivated by a local council Christmas celebration that starred Santa Claus but not Jesus, Simon Camilleri sat down and wrote a book for the sort of kids who were there. “When Santa learned the Gospel” is a hit breaking through… Continue Reading