Psalms of the sons of Korah The excitement that cannot be contained is depicted in English translations of the Bible as, "My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;" or in traditional Anglican churches as, "My heart is astir with gracious words;" and sung to a slow Anglican chant. Come on people this is an exuberant …
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I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Refugees and Kirklees Council
This blog post takes the form of an open letter to Kirklees Metropolitan Council. The lower panels of the World War I memorial window in Holy Trinity Huddersfield, showing the Belgian flag to the right in the middle panel. There is a refugee crisis going on caused by people wishing to leave Afghanistan following the …
In God’s image: Who does God say I am – Part 1
In the post The Pronouns of God I showed that in Hebrew God is not described as male or female, only as God.This post takes the same passage and looks at what God says about us. The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo shows God actively reaching out to a passive, reclining Adam. 26 Then God said, “Let …
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We have done nothing wrong — Psalm 44
Psalms of the sons of Korah Lament is vital Another lamenting psalm. Lament is vital, it helps the people of God to navigate pain and suffering, it is not meant to brag anyone down and make them miserable, but a plea to God to lift them out of their trouble. In this way it is …
Why do I fall asleep over coffee?
This is a story of those spiky skill sets that autistic people have. I have already written about there being both more people with both dyslexia and hyperlexia with autism than is found in the general neuro-typical population. Here is another one. Today I drank a coffee again and fell asleep. I keep doing this …
The pronouns of God
Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, a panel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is a great work of art. It shows God and man reaching towards each other, but whilst the man's wrist is limp and the index finger only slightly raised towards God, God's index finger is pointing out on …
Psalm 43 — The hostage
Psalms of the sons of Korah This psalm is consistent to someone who has been taken hostage. From the point of view of hostages, no matter how hard people are fighting to get free, nothing being done on their behalf can be seen until the point when they are freed. An instructor posing as a …
Looking after yourself
That'sthe Olympic games over until Paris 2024, as well as great sporting achievement another theme has surfaced hereand in other sports, the need to look after your mentalhealth. Naomi OsakaImage from Wikimedia Commons Naomi Osaka was the face of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In June this year she announced that she would not be taking …
You become what you worship
Christianity and fatalism Look at this passage: 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’10 Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes;lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”11 Then …
Psalm 42 — The meaning of life
Psalms of the sons of Korah This is the first psalm in Book 2 of the Psalms, whilst we may think of praising God as something that people who are content do, this book starts not with a shout of praise, but with a lament from a person living with depression. Praising God is for …
