At the centre of the Christian faith is the belief that by coming to earth as one of us, Christ could die for our sins, rise to new life, bring us into fellowship with him, and begin the process of putting right all that is gone wrong. But at the centre of that centre, tucked away where we don't always see it, is the idea that to become one of us, Jesus had to become flesh. To become a human person, he needed to become a human body. In John 1: 14 we read The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

This week I attended the funeral of Joe Mullins. Joe died old and full of years (103 of them). He and his wife Edith (who died in 2009) had six children, and what seems to me like a bajillion grand-children and great grand-children.

A new Beatles track dropped this morning Australia time. Quite a feat for a band that broke up 49 years ago, has two deceased members, and the two remaining members are both Octogenarians.
 
With a little help from filmmaker Peter Jackson and his Machine Audio Learning software, they were able to isolate out the John Lennon vocals from a previously unreleased demo record he made called For Paul. They then layered in guitar recordings from George Harrison from the 90s, and add a fresh baseline, drumming and vocals from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.