These meditations open windows on the real meaning of Christmas and its relevance to today's Christian.

Instead of simply retelling the fami­liar story, they dig deeper beneath the surface in a way which is stimu­la­ting and often challenging and which finds stillness and significance amidst the modern Christmas.

The shorter meditations are suitable for both private use and public worship and suggestions for a daily reading are given at the beginning of each week of Advent.