Image by Tutanchamun from Pixabay Parrots can be great talkers. But today, I don’t need many words for my Christmas message. In fact, just a few words and some numbers. Yesterday One baby. One stable. One star. One little town called Bethlehem. Three wise men travelling. Perhaps 20 shepherds gasping in amazement. Maybe two dozen angels rejoicing in the sky. Possibly 100 of Herod’s soldiers searching for the baby. Today 33,000 Christian denominations around the world. Over 37

I’ve noticed how humans like to build some very large structures. Yes, as chicks, -or should I say children, -they’re often given a Lego set, to hone their skills and learn the basic art of construction. So that by the time they fledge into adulthood, they’re capable of putting up things like cathedrals. In fact, there are a great many cathedrals across this land in far flung places such as Liverpool, London, Canterbury and York. And I mustn’t forget Salisbury Cathedral which