Dec 17, 2025 | And on the earth peace, QPUpdate
This is a phrase we often use as an encouragement to mutual action or adventure. It certainly was that for the shepherds outside Bethlehem on that first Christmas night. (Luke 2:15-20) They had just had the incredible experience of hearing the angelic announcement of...
Dec 11, 2025 | And on the earth peace, Christmas, News, QPUpdate
You have probably heard the phrase before, ‘peace on earth and goodwill to all’. That phrase comes from the gospel of Luke, but it is not quite what the text itself says. Let’s read it together: 8 Now in that same region there were shepherds living in the fields,...
Dec 4, 2025 | And on the earth peace, News, QPUpdate
What on earth!!! Receiving any sad or happy news can be a shock. In my work as a midwife, it has been my privilege and pain to meet folks who have had events happen in their lives over which they had no control. Just last week a lady was given news she was having not...
Nov 27, 2025 | And on the earth peace, Christmas, QPUpdate
So here we are, again. Christmas swings round faster and faster every year. This Sunday, advent begins and the countdown to Christmas shifts into overdrive. For some of us Christmas is all sleigh bells ringing, chestnuts roasting and all things merry and bright,...
