Space is big. Very big. In fact the latest scientific understanding, if I understand it correctly, is that the universe is infinity large — and expanding. On top of that there may be an infinite number of parallel universes which gives the size of the multiverse as being an infinity of infinities. As I said, space …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
The Role that Prayer Plays in Spiritual Growth
We are about to enter Advent, a time of preparation for Christmas. What better way to prepare than to pray. Anyone care join me in doing this> Here's the plan I'll be following...
Masterpiece
We are 'playing chopsticks' And God is inter-weaving a musical masterpiece around that
Let’s talk about sex
There's a funny thing about sex. No I'n not saying the old joke that a woman naked except for her stockings is erotic, but a man naked except for his socks is ridiculous. But I an talking about what is erotic. It isn;t as simple as a lack of clothes, On holiday this tear there …
Remembrance again.
There is a reason to remember. It informs us of who we are. Not just who we were but who we are. Things that have happened in out past and how we reacted to them make a difference to who we are in the present. Which is why it is important to remember. Remembering is …
Re:member.
Remembrance Sunday, 9th November 2014 Sunday was a trip to a different Church, Christ the King, Battyeford, The day was Remembrance Sunday, and my father was laying the wreath. Here he is after the service. But what do we remember? Is it the glorious dead? I can see nothing glorious in war, most of the …
One of the good guys.
James Varley Dearden 1922 -2014 Yesterday it was a privilege to attend the memorial service for Jim. vicar of Holt Trinity, Huddersfield from before I joined that congregation to 1987. Jim brought a failing church back from one with serious problems and in danger of being closed to one which was thriving. Jim's approach to …
Scotland the brave?
Happy Together? I have kept away from commenting on Scottish Independence until after the vote because I feel that it is something for the Scots alone to decide. Scotland has decided not to split from the rest of the UK. And in some ways I'm glad. Like most English people I know we actually do …
Dumb crime of the day
News is just in of a couple of master criminals. Two men who robbed a Co-op store could have got way with it if they hadn't overlooked a couple of minor details. So in an attempt to help criminals get away with robbing a store do not make the mistakes Gavin Reilly and Michael Scanlon …
School’s out
All over the country children are about to go back to school. But not at my old school. School is not only out for summer, school is out for ever. No one will come back at all. The old village school where I went until almost 10 years old is no more, gone, demolished, razed …
