A good country is not necessarily a rich country. Nor is it a happy country. There is a lot of information on these two. But recently a new index has come out, one which measures how good a country is seen to be, from the point of view of other countries. The index is published …
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Bananas, gorillas and other cycling stories
I haven't posted in a while, life happened, or more directly watching sport happened. On Sunday 6th July the slopes of Holme Moss was something to see. Thousands were on the slopes of the hill, and it was an entertainment in itself watching others arrive. A woman dressed as a banana was jogging up the …
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Elton’s at it again
That famous theologian Elton John has done it again. In a classic case of creating God in your own image Elton John said that Jesus would let gay clergy get married. This is not the first theological pronouncement from the singer. In 2010 he said that Jesus was a gay man. Well thought out Mr …
Going cycle crazy.
It looks like the world is going cycle crazy. Or at least my little corner of it. Leeds, where I work is where in a week's time Le Grand Depart of the Tour de France will take place. Huddersfield, where I live, has the route the tour will take through the town decked in bunting …
What a name
Spain has a new king. But more importantly Spain has a new Queen. Queen Letizia. What a fantastic name. If both Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Andersen and the Disney publicity department could get together they would find it hard to come up with a more romantic sounding name foe a queen. Reality has become better than fairy …
3in1
The preachers' nightmare, Trinity Sunday. How do we explain that God is three persons and one God? It does not make sense. Simply the doctrine says: The Father is fully God, but the Father is not the Son nor the Holy Spirit. Jesus, the Son, is fully God, but the Son is not the Father …
Happy Trains – a satire
Once upon a time, and a very happy time it was too, there was a happy country called Ingerland. All the people of Ingerland were happy, because the happy Ingerlander government kept them happy. They even gave their government departments silly names, such as Commons Select Committee, which kept the people amused wondering how something …
Something dramatic happened
Something indescribably dramatic happened on the day of Pentecost. What it was I don't know. Here's how the Bible tries, and fails, to describe it. On the day of Pentecost all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. Suddenly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind! It filled the house …
D Day
Seventy years on Seventy years ago today over 5000 soldiers lost their lives to start a new front against the Germans and helped bring a faster end to the Second World War. What can be said about the bravery of the men that stormed the Normandy beaches could do justice to their self-sacrifice. Nothing I …
Around Town
Sunday. Huddersfield Town Centre for a walk arranged by the Historical Society. The theme of the day might as well have been scaffolding. The George Hotel was covered in scaffolding. The railway station was covered in scaffolding. The Parish Church was covered in scaffolding. Some buildings were not covered in scaffolding, like the Town …
Making an ass of myself 