15/12/2025
From little things... big things grow.
I’m sure you’ve noticed: Christmas began small. A young mother, a confused father, a baby born far from home — laid in a manger in a nowhere town, on the far edge of the Roman Empire. There were no palaces, no armies, no headlines. Just a child, some shepherds, and a whispered promise from God.
‘Mild he lays his glory by…’
But from this tiny beginning, a Kingdom began to grow — not of might, but of mercy; not of power, but of peace. Like a seed hidden in the soil, the life of Jesus would one day fill the earth. As the carol says: He is risen with healing.
‘Light and life to all he brings; risen with healing in his wings.’
Perhaps that’s why Christmas still matters. In a world that prizes the big, the loud, and the spectacular, God still works through the small, the quiet, and the humble. From little things… his great story grows.
Join us at St Philip’s or the Garrison Church this Christmas.
Rev. Justin Moffatt. Rector, Church Hill Anglican
