Grumbling, cowboys and burdens (and football) Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 15th April 2018 Our Vicar, Mike, is a fan of football, and more specifically supports Watford. Yesterday Watford FC were up here, and Mike and a number of the congregation had a box at the game. Huddersfield beat Watford 1 - 0. I knew …
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God can’t use me
God can't use me An excuse I am used to hearing. If comes from those who think you have to be especially holy or spiritual. God uses big S saints, the special ones. Well that is wrong. Absolutely totally wrong. Because if God waited to use the holy, spiritual special ones he'd be waiting a …
The Names of God – Part 2
The Names of God - Part 2 Elah or Elahi Elah is the name for God in Aramaic and is used in a similar way to the Hebrew El, it is found only in the books of Daniel and Ezra. The addition of the letter i at the end of the word signifies 'my' so …
When They Break the Rules
This is so much like I was, and not like I was at that age. I always found eye contact the hardest thing, over the left shoulder was always more interesting. If you want to talk with me, alongside me is always better than opposite me. Now on with the reblog.
Dad 90
Happy Birthday Dad 90 today OK, so I know Dad does not have the internet, but this is my tribute to a great man. Former soldier, a driver mechanic in REME, demobbed after the campaign in Palestine. Dad was one of the last to leave, towing a number of vehicles to the port. After …
Kakocracy
Kakocracy My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 1 May 2012 Britain is back in recession. This was yesterday’s headline. In the first quarter of 2012 Britain …
Pray (again) for the persecuted church
Three brief things Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 8th April 2018 One: Helping autistic people A very minor niggle, but it is Autism Awareness Month, so I'm putting something in here. To those involved in leading a church service: Do not be afraid to wait until the people reading the lessons or leading intercessions have …
The names of God – Part 1
The names of God - Part 1 El During the lent blogs I looked at the titles of Jesus used in the letters to the churches part of the book of revelation. I thought it would be good to look at how God is named in the rest of the Bible, both Old Testament and …
A Mother’s Cry: Can my Disabled Child Ever Become a Christian? | faithmummy
This blog by Miriam Gwynne really touched my heart; I’m sure it will touch yours too so I’m reblogging it. See more of Miriam’s wonderful writing at http://www.faithmummy.wordpress.com It’s Easter Sunday, the very centre of my beliefs as a Christian, that my Lord and Saviour not only died for me on a cross to carry my …
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Cross and dominant
Cross and dominant My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 29 April 2012 I am cross dominant. No, that does not mean that I am a cross …
Making an ass of myself 