40 blogs of Lent - Day 31 Is this supposed to be the good stuff? Messages to the churches - Day 24 Philadelphia - Day 3 A poem The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on …
Month: Mar 2018
A suffering church
40 blogs of Lent - Day 30 Open door Messages to the churches - Day 24 Philadelphia - Day 2 I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and …
We had a chorus of frogs in church
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 29 A chorus of frogs Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield - Sunday 18 March 2018 We had a chorus of frogs in church this morning. Not singing frogs, but each seat had a piece of paper on it containing a frog silhouette. The sermon was to be about the second …
Only Jesus
40 blogs of Lent - Day 28 Only Jesus Messages to the churches - Day 23 Philadelphia - Day 1 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. Philadelphia …
Only come
40 blogs of Lent – Day 27 Only come Messages to the churches – Day 22 Laodicea – Day 3 A poem about Jesus - and a mash up of '60s and '70s pop lyrics The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I 'also conquered and sat down …
The self-reliant church
40 blogs of Lent – Day 26 The self-reliant church Messages to the churches – Day 21 Laodicea – Day 2 I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my …
Past, present and future
40 blogs of Lent – Day 25 Past, present and future Messages to the churches – Day 20 Laodicea – Day 1 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. Laodicea is the seventh of the churces mentioned in Revelation. The …
White clothes
40 blogs of Lent - Day 24 White clothes Messages to the churches - Day 19 Sardis - Day 3 A poem. (Or you can sing it to the tune of "Once in Royal David's City.) The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the …
Healing
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 23 Healing Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield - Sunday 11 March 2018 Another sermon on the Exodus, and I have worked out where we are going, we are headed towards the Passover to coincide with us remembering Christ's passion which happened at the memorial of that event. This either shows …
The incomplete church
40 blogs of Lent - Day 22 The incomplete church Messages to the churches - Day 18 Sardis - Day 2 ‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight …
Making an ass of myself 