Pentref Baptist Church

When I was growing up in Denmark, we had little carol books which we would get out on Christmas Eve to have them ready for the Danish tradition of walking

Joseph and Mary have been winding their way to Bethlehem. The baby she carries has been making himself ready to enter the world he created. She is heavy like a

What is your desire? What are you longing for? The “O Antiphons” can help us to connect with our longings. Longings for a better world, longing for peace, for justice,

Malachi is the prophet whose words have inspired the part of today’s antiphon. Malachi is talking about a time when evil will be judged, but those who honour God will

Again, the antiphon helps us to understand who the “long-expected Jesus” is, what his roles are and which prophecies he came to fulfil. It echoes verses familiar to many of

How are your Christmas preparations coming along? Are you looking forward to Christmas by now, or is it more a case of getting to the finish line? I am greatly

It is said that the human heart is made for worship, and that we do not get to choose whether or not we worship, only who or what we worship.

Antiphons are little refrains which are used around elements of worship (often the Gospel or the Psalms) in more established worship. They often help to set the tone for that

It wasn’t about me at all. I just happened to be there when it all took place, but I still think it’s significant that I was – I mean, who

A poem about the wise men who went on a journey to see the newborn King.

I have always wondered what it must have been like, to be pregnant and feel Jesus’ little God-feet kicking, to hold the newborn Christ in tired arms, and to be

There is a tradition in my native Denmark, borrowed from Sweden, that on the 13th of December, schools have a “Lucia Procession” where girls (and often boys too) dress up