The 4th book of Psalms I am familiar with this psalm. It is one of the canticles in the service of Morning Prayer in the Church of England, and is called the Venite, exultemus Domino or simply the Venite, which is the beginning of the psalm in Latin. It is used as a call to …
The meaning of the ascension of Jesus
A blog post for ascension day The East Window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield, the top section depicting Jesus ascending into a cloud watched by the eleven apostles. 6 When they were together for the last time they asked, “Master, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is this the time?”7-8 He told them, “You …
Hyperlexia – autistics who speak early
This is not me, dyslexia is in my family, hyperlexia is the opposite. Both of these exist outside of autism, but both are more common among autistic people. Hyperlexia is identified, usually in childhood, in someone with a reading ability which is well advanced for their age and a fascination with numbers or letters. It has …
Cry out against oppression: Psalm 94
The 4th book of Psalms The first rule of public speaking or writing is "Do not insult your audience." To that end we do not say, "You are wrong," but we signal that we will not entertain the other person's opinion by saying, "let us agree to disagree," closing down any debate. This psalm is …
Do not move on
Thoughts on being disabled for 15 years Back in March this year I reached the milestone, or millstone, of having been disabled for 15 years. I mentioned it at the time in a review of the virtual church service I attended on that day. I am torn on whether I should be sharing this, but …
Why are you a Christian if society does not reward it?
"Religion promotes faith over science and logic," say the atheists, "it promotes wars, bloodshed and intolerance." Clearly nonsense, I say, and I challenge them with this: If you are going to say that what you believe is based on reason and ours is not you must first come up with something that us reasonable. The idea that Science …
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The promise of the rainbow: Psalm 93
The 4th book of Psalms Floods are becoming more widespread. It is to be expected as a a sign of global warming on a planet whose surface is 71% water covered: Warmer temperatures means that more vapour evaporates from the oceans and more rain condenses to fall on the land. At the same time, higher …
Vaccine reluctance
I was going to post something else today, but on the day I started writing and researching for that post on autism the name of former Prime Minister Tony Blair was trending on Twitter. The usual crowd were saying the usual thing, axes were being ground, one political commentator wrongly said, "We kicked his a**e …
An all-inclusive community
Dallas Willard writes that: "The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community as its prime sustainer and most glorious inhabitant." I have seen that quote and love it. But it is good to look at it in come sort of context. …
This is a song to sing on Saturday – Psalm 92
The 4th book of Psalms Oh dear, oh dear. I have been down one of those rabbit warrens of the internet seeing if my first impressions of this psalm matched with what other people have said, and it does not match up. The problem with being an Evangelical is that other Evangelicals of a more …
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