On the last day of the Holy Trinity Church weekend we were given a catch phrase, you know one of those short and supposed to be memorable. Like all other so called memorable phrases before I have forgotten it. So here is the long, boring, catch phrase free version. The church is suffering from amnesia. …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Things that make you go Hmm
This blog is about me. And about how I have felt about God in the 9 years since the accident. And about the church weekend. Three subjects that are somehow connected - this blog could be a mess. I have always believed in prayer. The prayer meeting has been my home since I became a …
Charleston and forgiveness
I weep for the people of Charleston, South Carolina, and I weep with the people of Charleston, South Carolina. The news this last week was shocking. On Wednesday a young white man attended the Bible study at iconic black church, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, after being there for an hour he pulled out a gun …
Two greats
More from the Holy Trinity Huddersfield church weekend (and a picture from the Rydall Hall grounds, I liked the moss on this stone). The overall theme was that the church is suffering from amnesia. The church has forgotten what it is that it is supposed to be doing. We looked at two greats Jesus told …
What has God done for you?
What has God done for you in the last five years? This was a question asked at Holy Trinity church Huddersfield's church weekend in Cumbria, at Rydal Hall. Left is the view from our window. It was twinned wo a question about what is your testimony, which I have also put on this blog, in …
Looking Forward to Sunday
I can't explain what happened last Sunday. I really can't. Yes it was Pentecost, but the whole thing was so low key, there were no real belt-'em-out hymns chosen, it was like a 1970s or '80s retro worship service. The service introduction did not help. Were we invited to worship God or something we got …
Ludlow
It really is this quaint.
MasterGear
The BBC has announced the new presenter for Top Gear, following the departure under a cloud of controversy of Jeremy Clarkson. Mr Clarkson's replacement is to be MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace. The parallels are obvious. Both programmes had a revamp with a more shoutier presentation style, MsterChef in 2001 and Top Gear in 2002, an both …
It isn’t all about me.
It isn't all about me. It isn't all about me and Jesus either. I'm tying up loose ends here. In Lent I worked most of the way through the Book of Hebrews, and there's just the last chapter to look at. Here it is. Before you read on remember that the book of Hebrews was …
… and rest
Ahhhhh... After blogging for 40 days in Lent, I deserved a rest. So in a reverse of the story of creation in Genesis, where God needed a rest after a hard slog of creating for 6 days, I have rested from blogging for 6 days. And on the seventh day I blog. But this thinking …
Making an ass of myself 