Welcome to Advent Advent started not as the Advent Calendars would have you think on 1st December not on the 4th Sunday before Christmas. At least this year that means two days extra chocolate (or whatever your calendar contains). Advent is a season of preparation. God does nothing without preparation, as the next few blogs …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
I don’t want your freedom
God the Son: The Cross and Death Ever heard one of those sermons that gets you thinking, and after weeks you are still thinking bout it, but it is weeks before the penny drops? No? Just me then. You see over at Holy Trinity Huddersfield we have been having a sermon series, we have plenty …
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Who am I There are times when all the world's asleep The questions run too deep For such a simple man Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd Please tell me who I am The Logical Song by Richard Davies and Roger Hodgson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQfjIw3mivc "Please tell me who …
Broken
Letters from broken men. "Break me Lord." Not a comfortable or easy prayer to say, who wants to be broken? We admire strong people, not broken people, our culture, in film, in business, in politics, is based on people being strong. It goes against society to be weak, to be broken. But Jesus, God in …
Yorkshire is like heaven
Yorkshire is like heaven Did you spot the mistake in the title? There are two Yorkshires. Two very different Yorkshires. First there's rural Yorkshire, much of it hilly. There's the Yorkshire Dales, The Northern part of the Peak District and the Pennine hills connecting the two. There are also the North York Moors, the Howardian …
The naked supplicant
The bare necessities This is not one of those titles like The Naked Chef, which has nothing to do with nudity, this is about actual but naked bareness. I find it easier to pray in the nude. I am not talking about in church, I am not talking about turning up at Holy Trinity Church, …
The world is going crazy
Another blog which was written in the period in which I retired, this one the main draft was a month ago. Political confusion continues. In the US the President, Donald Trump, continues to hold rallies as if he were electioneering despite it being under a year since he was elected. I continue to be unesy …
Proctor, Gamble and Truth
This is one of the blogs that was written in draft form about two months ago, but never got round to publishing due to the exhaustion I was suffering at the time. Sorry P&G In the early 1990s I was told by a Christian friend to boycott Procter and Gamble products as the company gave …
Sin Sunday
Sin Sunday Ibiza September 2017. In our many trips around Sant Antoni Bay we passed this poster: Ibiza is and island of contrasts,Most of the towns and villages are named after Christian Saints, including Sant Antoni, the town where Ocean Beach, which puts on Sin Sunday, is situated. There is even a village called Jesus. …
I’ve only gone and done it
I've done it Giving up working that is. That was at the end of August So now I have the time, why no blogs? It's because I retired early because I was exhausted. Not just tired, but thoroughly exhausted. So I have being reviewing everything, including whether to carry on blogging, and what to blog …
Making an ass of myself 