Why is your Christmas tree up so early this year? How to share faith in lockdown: Andy Bannister

Are you like me and have put your Christmas tree up a few weeks early this year? Whether you are a first of December person or a two weekends before Christmas person there is a good chance that you are like millions around the UK who have put their tree up a couple of weeks earlier than you normally did.

 An article in the Independent on this topic quoted Psychologist, Dr Elena Touroni who said…““Planning enjoyable events and activities is a psychological strategy that can help build our capacity to cope with daily life. So in this sense, it makes sense that people might be doing these things a little earlier this year.”

 In short, the reason is hope. By reminding ourselves of the joy of the Christmas yet to come we can endure the difficulties that Covid-19 has brought.

 As Christians we don’t just have hope – we have living hope (Hebrews 4:12) which  has power and produces changes in life.

 In world that needs hope it is our job to bring it!

On Tuesday night we ran an event on how to share your faith during lockdown. The video above is the section of the event where Andy Bannister shared some tips and tools…