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    Jesus the Child We Worship
    Jesus the Child We Worship
    Jesus the Child We Worship
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    Jesus the Child We Worship

    By Ted Witham

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    The weeks before Christmas rush by, and we are hardly prepared to celebrate the extraordinary celebrations of God coming among us as a child. Ted Witham invites us to slow down with the Scripture readings set by the daily lectionary and to prepare for this Christmas with daily meditations and invitations to activities in music and art.
    Centred around a theology of the child, the daily meditations lead us to reflect on the importance of childhood and what children can teach adults. The journey human beings take from chlldhood to adulthood is placed alongside the journey God takes to become a Child incarnate among us on Christmas Day.
    The readings range from one paragraph to four or five paragraphs, and each can be read slowly in a few minutes, and reflected on during the day.This book will enrich preparation for Christmas.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTed Witham
    Release dateJun 30, 2014
    ISBN9781311599599
    Jesus the Child We Worship
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    Ted Witham

    I grew up on a farm near Tambellup in the Great Southern of Western Australia. I am married to Rae with two wonderful adult children, three grand-daughters and a grandson. I am a retired Anglican priest, having worked in the Diocese of Perth as a school chaplain and a parish priest. I was Executive Director of The Churches' Commission on Education (YouthCARE WA) for five years, and a lecturer in Religious Education at Murdoch University. I am professed as a Third Order member of the Society of St Francis. I served as Provincial Minister for the Australian Province from 2005 - 2011, My short stories and poetry have appeared in STUDIO, QUADRANT and other journals in Australia, the US and UK. My hymns with a Franciscan twist are found at https://franciscanhymns.wordpress.com/.

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      Jesus the Child We Worship - Ted Witham

      Jesus the Child We Worship: Journey to the Christ Child

      Ted Witham

      Published by Ted Witham (Spirit-Ed) at Smashwords

      Copyright © Ted Witham 2014

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      This book is available in print from the author and from St John’s Books, Fremantle.

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      Jesus the Child We Worship

      Meditations for Advent 2014

      Journey to the Christ-Child

      Advent leads us to the Child of Bethlehem. Christianity is unique in inviting people to worship a child. It is important to know who this child is, and to allow this unique Child to lead us out of ourselves into a larger reality.

      These days of Advent provide us with the opportunity to discover the Child within, especially through play. These meditations will also invite us to encounter the real children we know as full human beings and as the promise of the future.

      We encounter the Child within as we allow God to lead us deeper within to encounter our deeper self. As you respond to these meditations honestly, it is my prayer that you will encounter that inner Christ-child, the Christ within.

      These encounters may arise in these meditations through play, both playing with ideas, and by playing with the Arts (music, poetry, painting and clay for those who wish). Some readers will read the sections marked ‘Let us Play’ and will find their hands itching to take up pens and pottery. Others may not be such kinaesthetic learners and need not feel obliged to actually do the activities suggested.

      The activities also suggest watching and participating in child’s play like seesaws and swings. If you have grand-children or nieces and nephews, the ‘Let us Play’ activities will be part of your normal routine, and you will be able to enjoy the activities with a new thoughtfulness. Deepening your friendship with the children in your family will foster your journey to the Christ-child.

      If you aren’t a regular visitor to a playground, it’s preferable not to go alone to where there are children so take some thought about who you will go with.

      But I do encourage you to re-acquaint yourself with the delights of playground activities and reflect on how they can lead you to your deeper self and to the Christ-child within.

      Weeks of Advent

      Advent 1

      Advent 2

      Advent 3

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