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I like carvings and sculptures, but I prefer they were not in church, nor of supernatural figures. The carving of the Lord Jesus found on the pulpit of Brindle Parish Church I therefore admire with mixed emotions. I did ponder its place on the pulpit. As the preacher preaches, so this wooden sculpture looks on, beholding the very congregation as they hear the real Jesus’ words of life.

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My final Christmastide reflection on that beautiful carol, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, focusses upon its refrain’s final line:

…Emmanuel, shall come to Thee, O Israel.

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