The concern of Jesus — part 3 40 blogs of Lent — day 14 A few years ago we were visiting a friend in another city. We were asked by a man the directions to a place and none of us could answer. These were streets my wife and I did not know and out …
What goes in and what comes out — Matthew 15:10–14
The concern of Jesus — part 2 40 blogs of Lent — day 13 This passage is personal to me because of how it has been used in the past. I goes something like this. If I am walking with a cup of tea and someone knocks into me what spills out is not tomato …
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Help from an unexpected place — Matthew 15:1–9
The concern of Jesus — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 12 The story so far: Herod is out to kill Jesus, Jesus has tried escaping out of Herod's province of Galilee, and then to a quiet part of Galilee, but wherever he goes he gets recognised. Then he get's crowds. Hiding is …
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Taking up the cross
Service of the airwavesBBC Radio LeedsandHoly Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 28th February 2021 The east window at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, lower panel. A bright start to this morning, so bright that I had to wear sunglasses in our east facing kitchen in order to cook the bacon and eggs. This was the between service breakfast …
Back home — Matthew 14:28–33
The withdrawal of the King — part 8 40 blogs of Lent — day 10 It had been a long day, but also a short time in the life of Jesus. Shortly before he had been rejected in Nazareth, his birth town where his family still lived, heard that Herod had killed his cousin John …
Peter on the water — Matthew 14:28–33
The withdrawal of the King — part 7 40 blogs of Lent — day 9 The focus of the story now shifts to Peter.We should not be too hard on Peter for doubting, after all he has the faith to get out of of the boat and stand on the water. Peter himself suggested it. …
Walking on water — Matthew 14:22–27
The withdrawal of the King — part 6 40 blogs of Lent — day 8 Water is a feature of the creation story of Genesis, but it does not say it is created, it is just there. Not that I take early myths as scientific fact, but the Genesis accounts starts not from nothing, but …
Feeding 5000 — Matthew 14:16–21
The withdrawal of the King — part 5 40 blogs of Lent — day 7 As far as the miracles of Jesus go this is the big one, the only miracle mentioned in all four Gospel accounts. There has to be something significant about this which goes further than just feeding people. Also there is …
Jesus withdraws — Matthew 14:13–18
The withdrawal of the King — part 4 40 blogs of Lent — day 6 At the end of this passage Jesus withdraws, devastated at being rejected by the people of his own town, closely followed by the loss of a close relative and one of the few people who supported him. 13 Now when Jesus …
Left breathless in awe and wonder
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 21st February 2021 40 blogs of Lent — day 5 The east window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield depicting, "when I was a stranger you welcomed me." Not much has happened in the Pape household this week, the high point is that I was able to speak with my father at the …
