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December 10, 2013 · 12:43 am

Razza in the local newspaper!!

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Here is Razza’s debut in the local news:

PUPPETS will present the real meaning of Christmas to children at Christmas in the Hills.

Keith Baker, the senior associate at St Pauls Anglican Church Castle Hill, and his puppet Razza will deliver a special message about Jesus and Christmas.

Mr Baker and his wife Rebecca have found spiritual teachings through puppet shows to be an effective way of helping children learn about Christmas and other traditions.

“We started doing puppet shows at Sunday school,” Mr Baker said.

“We did outdoor shows for the children and have been doing shows for 25 years.”

Read the rest of the article from the Hills News here.

Christmas in the Hills is on Wednesday, 18th December, at Bella Vista Farm, from 3pm. Tickets are $5 each or family for $15, and all proceeds go to supporting Woodbury School, Tallowood School and Lifestart – buy them here.

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December 20, 2010 · 11:34 pm

Christmas and the heart…

“If Christmas time cannot ignite within us again something like a love for holy theology, so that we—captured and compelled by the wonder of the manger of the Son of God—must reverently reflect on the mysteries of God, then it must be that the glow of the divine mysteries has also been extinguished in our heart and has died out.”
Bonhoeffer

h/t Justin Moffatt

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December 12, 2007 · 9:35 am

the cast of christmas reassembles for easter

Take the wise men to the Emperor’s palace.
Wash their hands in water.
Get them to say something about truth.
Does anyone know any good Jewish jokes?
The one about a carpenterwho thought he was a King?
The one about the Saviour who couldn’t save himself?
The shepherds should stand with the chorus.
They have a big production number -‘Barabbas, We Love You Baby’.
Mary? She can move to the front.
We have a special section reserved for family and close friends.
Tell her that we had to cut the manger up.
We needed the wood for something else.
The star I’m afraid I can’t use.
There are no stars in this show.
The sky turns black with sorrow.
The earth shakes with terror.
Hold on to the frankincense.
We’ll need that for the garden scene.
Angels? He could do with some angels.
Avenging angels.
Merciful angels.
He could really do with some angels.
Baby Jesus.
Step this way please.
My! How you’ve grown!

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December 5, 2007 · 10:14 pm

christmas is really for the children

Christmas is really for the children.
Especially for children
who like animals, stables,
stars and babies wrapped
in swaddling clothes.
Then there are wise men,
kings in fine robes,
humble shepherds and a
hint of rich perfume.

Easter is not really
for the children
unless accompanied by
a cream filled egg.
It has whips, blood, nails,
a spear and allegations
of body snatching.
It involves politics, God
and the sins of the world.
It is not good for people
of a nervous disposition.
They would do better to
think on rabbits, chickens
and the first snowdrop
of spring.

Or they’d do better to
wait for a re-run of
Christmas without asking
too many questions about
what Jesus did when he grew up
or whether there’s any connection.

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