This weekend there was a big change in British law, same sex marriages are now legal. Let me get this straight (pun intended) I have no horse in this race. I am married with three grown kids. But I am glad for those in the LGBT community, glad that churches can opt in to this, …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
It works.
In the TV show Rev., back this week. The titular character, Rev. Adam Smallbone (played by Tom Hollander) tries to describe the intricacies of the Anglican hierarchy to the local Imam. "So how does it work?" Asked the Imam. "It doesn't." That was Monday. Wednesday was off to the local church (Holy Trinity Huddersfield) for …
All at sea
Coming soon to a cinema near you. NOAH The Bible story gets a Hollywood makeover with Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins among the cast. What I'm wondering is how will the filming process tart up or dumb down the story? (Dumbing down isn't a problem, Evan Almighty was a good take on the story.) But …
28 churches
That is the number of churches I see on my commute. (Yes I was bored, you have to find something to do on the daily train ride.) And that is just what I see on the train from Huddersfield to Leeds plus the three on the bus ride into town. There could be more, those …
A little light reading.
Over to the dark side. For a bit of fun I like reading blogs by the militant Atheists. It keeps me on my toes when thinking about God. This one made me smile. The whole tone of the piece is so wide of the mark as to be laughable. People who write things like this …
In two minds about doubt
Why I have doubts, an exercise in train of thought. I have a problem with doubting, the problem is that I do it — and I have no reason to do it. I have no reason to doubt because of what I have seen and experienced of God in action. I have seen people prayed …
Jesus is political
Jesus is Lord. We sing that and proclaim that on Sundays and other days. But I sometimes think that we don't realise how political that statement is. Back in the day when the Bible was being written and the early Christians began saying Jesus is Lord, the politicians were telling people to proclaim that Caesar …
Acts of God?
"My job is to protect the church against acts of God." This is how a sermon I heard years ago began. The preacher worked for Ecclesiastical Insurance, Acts of God is insurance jargon for those things we have no control of: earthquake, volcano, hurricane, tsunami, flood. That sort of thing. So how do Christians deal …
Relief from sport
Tonight there's a long long programme on the telly. So I might as well settle down and watch. It's Spots Relief night, that television marathon when the BBC raises lots and lots of money. The human was at it too. They had a sporting challenge at work (I listen to them talking you know). He …
I do not like green eggs and ham
I could never understand Dr Seuss. The cat in the hat never did it for me, neither did Green eggs and ham. I know it is for kids, but I'm talking about when I was a kid. There's nothing wrong with clever word play, but I always wanted a story. A lot of the good …
