This evening in the Lent Group at Holy Trinity Huddersfield we looked at a passage which contained what is sometimes referred to as the most abused verse in the Bible: Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
An oasis of posh
In the centre of Leeds, right by the railway station is the Queens Hotel. In the Queens Hotel is the Queens bar. In the Queens Bar are chandeliers. And they serve cream tea. It is a little oasis of calm in among the bustle. Leeds on a Saturday afternoon is full of people shopping, that's …
8 years of pain
8 years ago last Friday was the day of the accident. The accident that left me with arthritis and constant pain. I say that the accident left me with arthritis, the official version is that there was no way of saying that the foot would not develop arthritis in the six years from the accident, …
Leeding the way
Yes, not a typo. It's all about Leeds, the former capital of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet. I took the short train ride to there on Thursday. The humans dined at Lock Fyne and ate fish. Fish, why? What's wrong with hay and some carrots? The human has blogged about it. The restaurant is in …
What’s so penitential about fish?
Thursday night, my wife, Linda, and I ate at the Loch Fyne fish restaurant in Leeds. I had potted mackerel followed by hake with tomato salsa. Linda had tempura soft shell crab followed by grilled bream. Well it is a fish restaurant. The food was as good as anything I've eaten. Which got me thinking …
Reconciliation
I didn't get to the Ash Wednesday service last week, delayed trains and all. but a chance remark in the sermon that day is being felt by some who were there. Wht was said is this: Lent is about reconciliation. Reconciling ourselves to ourselves. Reconciling ourselves to others Reconciling ourselves to God. With all the …
Ephesians in one verse
I recently blogged on Who Wrote Ephesians. Writing about a book of the Bible without saying anything about what the Bible or the book of the bible I was talking about. So I set myself a different task, to see if I could summarise the letter to the Ephesians in one verse from that book. …
A grand day out.
Sunday 9th March First a morning at church, then a walk into the town centre. As it was the second Sunday of the month Huddersfield has its up-market market, which is a lot less posh than it sounds, but there is always a good selection of pork pies and related things. the sausage barbecue was …
Who wrote Ephesians?
Who wrote the letter of Paul to the Ephesians looks like one of those easy questions: Who wrote Beethoven's ninth symphony. In which city is York Minster. In which county are the Yorkshire Dales? Easy, isn't it? Except that it isn't that easy. A commentary on the letter to the Ephesians says that Paul did …
The political gospel
Yesterday I mentioned that the Gospel was political. Jesus did not hold back on speaking on political issues. I don't think the conservatives of he time would have liked what he said about helping the poor - what he said about money would not please them much either. (that is conservatives with a small c …
