Adam Tucker starts off our Advent and Christmas series "Topsy Turvey Kingdom – Meet the Cast"

2. Merry Christmas
You brood of snakes
Repent if you want to
have a Happy New
Year

3. The Topsy Turvy
Kingdom

4. The Kingdom of Heaven –
what is it?

6. What does Mary
teach us?
 God values the young
 God values women
 God can cope with
questions

8. What does Joseph
teach us?
 God values the “nothing
special” people
 God knows faith is hard

9. The Messiah will save
His people from their
sins

10.  It's not what you look like,
it's who you are on the
inside that counts.
 The heart of the matter:
 Listen
 Obey

12. What do the shepherds
teach us?
 Don't let our theology blind us
to the surprises of God
 It takes faith to recognise the
king

15. What do the Magi
teach us?
 The Kingdom is for
everyone everywhere
 God is bigger

16.  The Kingdom of surprises
 The Kingdom which doesn't make
sense
 The Kingdom where things are
turned on their heads

17. The Topsy Turvy
Kingdom

18.  Be ready to be surprised
 Be ready to listen and to obey
 See with eyes of faith
 Hear God's voice in unexpected places
 Have hearts which are open