The Church of England is getting political. First there was a letter from the five archbishops* of Britain saying that the 'Internal Market Bill will set a “disastrous precedent” by equipping ministers to break the law.' They urged the British Government not to break international law. Former Brexit minister, David Jones, said their comments went …
Author: balaam
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Gelatophobia
Fear of ice cream? Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Pexels.com Gelatophobia is not the fear of gelato, or any other type of ice cream, but the fear of being laughed at. Although not exclusive to autistic people there it is more common in this group. An investigation from 2010 showed that gelatophobia is more likely …
Forgiveness
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 1st November 2020 "I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Detail from the east window of Holy Trinity, Huddersfield November, and the last day in October, is an odd time in Britain. We seem to do the dark side of things without the light. The darkness of Halloween without the …
How long O Lord, how long?
Waiting for God’s kingdom How long will it be before we can sing again?How long before we can share the peace?How long before we can share communion in both kinds? These are questions I have seen this week on social media. People are wanting things to get back to normal. They are asking for the …
A challenge to ABA therapists
1 Show me the numbers I am trying to get to the bottom of this controversy. You claim that the science shows that ABA works? Please show the evidence. Comments on this blog will be accepted, though abuse will be redacted. But I need decent science, which means a decent sample in the research. Autism …
Black history month and Harvest
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 25th October, 2020 Detail from the Ruth Window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield, showing gleaning in the fields This last week was a very strange one for us. We were told on Tuesday that our Granddaughter had been sent home from school, coughing, we are in a bubble with her, our daughter …
Why the church?
I have recently come across a piece of paper, one of those out church uses in the house groups, as we called them back then, or Lent courses used these a lot. It is typewritten and Gestetner duplicated, apart from being electric driven our church was using Victorian technology right into the 1990s. A Victorian …
Riffs
It's a while since I wrote a blog post on music, so here goes A mosh pit. Photo by dr_zoidberg. Creative Commons license. Riffs (some believe the word is an abreviation of rhythmic figure,) are an important part of rock music, used as a counter melody for the vocal line, a repetitive theme for the …
Prayer is like sunbathing
Holy Trinity Church HuddersfieldSunday 18th October 2020 Copyright problems this week The picture above is one I took of the window next to the organ on the north side of Holy Trinity, the only full length window in the building. This week this blog had a big problem with a picture I had used back …
God repents
Does God change his mind? I want to start with two stories. 1. Hezekiah The first, found in the bible in 2 Kings 20, 2 Chronicles 32 and Isaiah 38, tells of King Hezekiah falling ill, and the prophet Isiah bringing news to get his house in order because he will die. So Hezekiah prays …
