I’m writing this from self-isolation, having brought back American Covid at the weekend! Thankfully, unlike everything else in the USA, it isn’t bigger than ours, I’ve only got mild symptoms and expect to be back to normality (whatever that is for me!!) soon.

As we look back over the past month the first verse of hymn 116, Singing the Faith comes to mind.

“Sing for God’s glory that colours the dawn of creation”, the sun has been glorious in these short days that are so often dark, the sunsets even better and last week the ‘wolf moon’ was stunning.

Earlier this month we celebrated the feast of Epiphany when the Magi visited Jesus and were the first gentiles to visit the incarnate God. They offered him gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.

We all have gifts to offer God. Perhaps we haven`t much gold lying around at home and the supermarket may be right out of Frankincense, but the small acts of kindness that we offer to each other in the name of Jesus are as precious to him as the Magi`s costly gifts.

Tomorrow I have an appointment at the Dentists.

In our house this week we have had a little bit of trepidation about the return to school. We are very fortunate that both children love school, however, whenever there has been a break the thought of returning to school always causes a sleepless night the night before….

“Discombobulating” is a word I confess I had never heard of before this year and strangely, it has appeared in several places since; I even heard one preacher use it within a sermon online, which I thought was very brave.

Over the past weekend my husband and I have been visiting London. On Sunday morning we decided to attend the Carol Service at All Soul’s Langham Place. It followed a traditional format, with an orchestral backing the singing was great and the atmosphere just as it should be.