In his timely essay, Tom Morton says it’s possible to argue that “the story of Christmas, the advent of The Divine as a human baby, is really about how humanism was born. How the morality, the values in the story of Christ – identical with what we would call humanist values: love for one’s neighbour, forgiveness, sacrifice, peacemaking – are expressed not in the intervention of an all-thunderbolt-blazing Sky God, but in the actions of a human being. Christmas is saying, actually it’s all in your hands.”

You can read all of Tom’s thought-provoking article here.

In the meantime, fancy a bit of singing? How about a few bars of “O Come, All Ye Unfaithful?”

Merry Christmas, everyone – Gød Jüul, Happy Hanukkah and a splendid Solstice to you all.