How to leave the church Who is Jesus? part 72 I want to have some fun with this. When working through the debate following Jesus feeding the 5,000 I was drawn to four words on how the people were reacting to Jesus. These are, in the ESV translation, seeking, grumbled, disputed and turning away, (sorry, …
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Departing Who is Jesus? part 71 - John 6:60-71 That's me in the cornerThat's me in the spotlight, losing my religion(Peter Buck / Michael Mills / William Berry / Michael Stipe Copyright Night Garden Music 1991) Hey, that's me there in the corner, my head upon my handsOr maybe I'm the one who's trying to …
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Striving Who is Jesus? part 70 - John 6:49-59 Drop Thy still dews of quietness,till all our strivings cease;take from our souls the strain and stress,and let our ordered lives confessthe beauty of Thy peace. Words from the poem The Brewing of Soma, by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892), the last of the 17 …
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A baptismal song - Ephesians 5:14 Songs in the New Testament, part 6 It's a short one this month, not even a whole verse in the Bible, but it comes at a unique location in Paul's writing. A glowing heroine ascends amidst shadows with radiant beams of light. for anything that becomes visible is light. …
Trent Vineyard - Sunday 7 June 2026 "It's too big for me." Those were the words of my wife while sitting down in this church in a warehouse. Having said that, those were the only negative words said about this church in Nottingham, England. Sorry, there's no photos of mine of the inside, I was …
Grumbling Who is Jesus? part 69 - John 6:35-48 There used to be a lot of starlings settling in Huddersfield town centre. I remember looking at the circling patterns of birds and walking into a lamp post. Pure slapstick. That was 50 years ago, now there are hardly any starlings, definitely not enough for a …
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Jesus is the whole sandwich Who is Jesus? part 68 - John 6:35-40 On Friday 22 May 2025 Huddersfield Giants Rugby League team lost 52 0 at Leeds Rhinos. Some say they were lucky to get nil. With a lot of the talk at the club about moving to and affording a new stadium it …
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Autism is my Kryptonite ... my superpower A lot has been said by autistic advocates about autism being their super power. They say that our intense focus, deep empathy, and visual processing, can be harnessed as brilliant advantages when nurtured in the right environment. Quite right too. I have worked in Quality Control where attention …
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Rejection part 1 Who is Jesus? part 67 - John 6:25-34 I spend some of my time on social media. It has been really helpful to me in keeping in touch with people I have not seen in a while or have moved on. Most of my contacts I have met in real life, even …
Jesus walks on stormy water Who is Jesus? part 66 - John 6:16-21 "Ye cannae change the laws of physics," said an exasperated Scotty, chief engineer of the USS Enterprise to an expectant Captain Kirk in the original series of Star Trek, a TV show that regularly broke the laws of physics by having teleportation …
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Making an ass of myself 