And Jesus Will be Born (by Adrian Plass)

I thought I had all the published books by Adrian Plass, who is my favourite living British Christian writer. So I was a bit surprised when I spotted his book ‘And Jesus will be born’, subtitled ‘a collection of Christmas poems, stories and reflections’, in a box of books which a relative was giving away. So, naturally, I acquired it and decided to read it, a few pages at a time, during some of December.

It turns out that it’s not a new book as such; most of the items in the collection have...