Dona Spencer Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/dona-spencer/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 06:48:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://journeyonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Journey-Logo-With-UCA-logo_Site-identity_Artboard-2_Artboard-2-copy-32x32.png Dona Spencer Archives - JourneyOnline https://journeyonline.com.au/tag/dona-spencer/ 32 32 Imagining Christmas afresh https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/imagining-christmas-afresh/ https://journeyonline.com.au/opinion/imagining-christmas-afresh/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:00:49 +0000 http://journeyonline.com.au/?p=20900 What happens when we consciously imagine ourselves as part of the Christmas story? It helps us recognise Christ as he dwells among us today, writes Rev Dona Spencer. Whilst Christmas is a time when we remind ourselves that Jesus came as a baby, the challenge for me as a minister and as an artist is ...

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