Word for the Week

The Season of Preparation and Endings

Week beginning: 17th December, 2023 | By Esther Zimmermann | Switzerland

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.

Matthew 2: 1-2 (NIV)

The build up to Christmas is a time of opposites. There is all the chaos of preparing for Christmas, which for some starts in early November, and at the same time in work and studies it is a time of endings. Work and studies start to wind down for a