A Rebellion Against the Darkness: Celebrating Christmas - December 2022

Lucy Winkett and Paula Gooder explore the pleasures, difficulties, and meanings of Christmas in good times and in bad. From Mary to the song of the Angels, to favourite carols and how hard it can be when the world seems to be celebrating without you, they explore the great and beautiful truth at the heart of it all: that God is with us.
The Revd Lucy Winkett is Rector of St James’s Piccadilly, and a writer, musician and broadcaster who is a regular contributor to Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. Her latest book is 'Reading the Bible with Your Feet'.
Dr Paula Gooder is Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral and a leading Biblical Scholar and writer. Her latest book is 'Lydia: A Story', following on from her best-selling 'Phoebe'.
We are very grateful to Benefact Trust for their generous support of this programme.

[@suekiernan6925]

Loved this conversation - thank you both

[@mervynhogg7470]

Thank you for your helpful words and ideas in this presentation. With all the distractions that surround us this year we need your help to get us to Christmas proper and then on into the New Year (When the Shepherds arrive) and we seek afresh God's blessing as we move forward in light and peace... and onto the Epiphany

[@ColinRandall]

Thank you so much, both of you, for just helping to rekindle my enthusiasm and anticipation of Christmas - after all my working life as a parish priest, and now some years into retirement, it's so easy to lose sight of the central core of the season. I'm not preaching over Christmas, but there's lots of stuff there to latch onto in the ensuing months. Thanks!

[@steph8375]

Lovely, thank you, so much to think about x

[@allsaintsmillington3200]

Such a wonderful conversation! Thank you, Lucy, for your image of chronos v kairos. I will be sharing this video with my parish in our e-newsletter.