A NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM REVD KATE PLANT
J for January..... ?
January 2025
I was a bit upset when I was told that on a fun radio thing the listeners were putting together a Christmas Alphabet. Someone suggested for 'J' (it was actually for A) Apple 'J'ack Daniel's'! As a vicar who sometimes feels a bit up against it, it only made me crosser to think that Jesus probably would have thought it was funny. On complaining to him that he wasn’t helping, I almost heard him say 'Well, tell them what you think of me'.
So now it’s 'J' for January and we need to take the gifts we have received in to the new year.
Across our 3 congregations I asked people 'What are the riches you find in Christ?' The cloud of words you see on Page 2 were what we offered together. We agreed we didn’t all of us feel them all of the time - but collectively this is what we have in Jesus. Later we remembered ‘Justice’ also.
And so, not because I don’t want you to enjoy Jack Daniel's, (or Jameson's even) as you enter the new year – or even a little Gin, but because you should know the bigger gift that is there for you - I offer it to you, now, for your unwrapping, as you move through the wintering into the spring.
The Rev Kate Plant
