Between the railway stations of Leeds and Manchester there is a problem. Lager. What started off as a nice idea, take the train to the pub, has become a nightmare in the villages on the route. The culprit, the Real Ale Trail. Trains The stations of Dewsbury and Stalybridge have a pub that can be …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
God exists by two falls to a submission
Debating the existence of God God exists by two falls to a submission, or so the Monty Python boys told us all those years ago. An idea that sounds silly, as does a lot of Python, but is no sillier than determining the existence of God by debate. Which is why the conversation on the …
Abuse
Sex abuse and particularly the sexual abuse of children has been in the news this week. Tuesday, the news was that Michael Le Vell has been found not guilty on charges of child abuse. More on this later. Wednesday, news from India that a gang of 4 were convicted, and faced being sentenced to death, …
This is for YOU.
This is worth passing on. I've nothing to add, other than to ask you to read someone's thoughts on World suicide prevention day.
Donkey in the churchyard
I don't think they knew I was there. I'm talking about the churchyard clear up day Lots of people, including the community police, community payback, some scouts and lots of people from the church were clearing the churchyard from lots of overgrown trees, mostly rhododendrons. There was a lot of wood cleared the filled a …
No! It’s a room
Grand Designs is back The Channel 4 programme, presented by Kevin McCloud, is back f0r a new series. Wednesday evenings will never be the... Sorry, Wednesday evenings will be exactly the same as they were last series. McLoud, as ever, never runs out of words to describe new building, sorry that's "new builds" in McCloud …
Syria – Between Iraq and a hard place.
Something must be done. "Something must be done about Syria," is the repeated cry from politicians of various political persuasions. what divides them is what can be done, what it is ethical to do and what to do. On a national level there are big differences. Of the five permanent members of the United Nations …
Proverbs
Lets start with the Bible before moving on. It is good to start with something whose wisdom has stood the test of time, that has lastsd centuries, millennia.Then we can move on and apply these truths to the modern day.The book of Proverbs Chapter 30 verses 21 to 23 goes like this:Under three things the earth trembles, under …
Mud, mud, glorious mud
Pateley Bridge, is a small town in Nidderdale, and here's the bridge. Or at least I think there's a bridge in there somewhere, but the number of trees around the river makes the bridge difficult to spot, unless you are standing on the bridge. The reason for the trip out is the bank holiday, a …
Back to Basics
No, not the Back to Basics of the British Conservative party which gloriously backfired on them in the 1990s, I,m thinking about a return to Christian basics. At Holy Trinity Huddersfield, Mike, our Vicar, has started a series of sermons on John's first letter. It is believed that the letter was a response to the …
