Becoming the hope that you are meant to be Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 21st June 2020 Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, floodlit in 2019 to celebrate 200 years as a church. Vicar Mike stood in an empty church building was the first image of this week's virtual service. By empty I mean really empty. No …
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Psalm 122 — Starting the road with praise
We are going to worship God — Woohoo! Children may be more interested in Jesus than you think. A blog by Deconstructing Church talks about children finding church and Sunday school boring yet in another context are asking questions. My experience is that many people without recent experience of the church believe that church is …
Listening and Anger – Deconstructing Church
I read this yesterday and recommend it to you. -oOo- Those Angry Birds get a bad rap, I suspect you’d be angry too if a Piggy stole your eggs! Be less angry. Calm down. Take a chill pill. Don’t deal with this from a place of anger. People… Source: Listening and Anger – Deconstructing Church
Did a pandemic cause the Reformation?
We are not living in unprecedented times. Back in March this year Pope Francis gave this advice to Catholics. “If you cannot find a priest to confess to, speak directly with God, your father, and tell him the truth. Say, ‘Lord, I did this, this, this. Forgive me,’ and ask for pardon with all your …
Courage, three times over
"Somebody has to preach God in this Hell" Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 14th June 2020 The east window at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, lower panel. Unexpected news this week. We are used to hearing about churches closing, but, thanks to my cousin John posting on Facebook I learned that in Mirfield, where I grew …
Bring out the rawness — Psalm 121
All that I relied on is gone Everybody needs hope, when hope is gone things can look very bleak. In these early days of the coronavirus pandemic when science has not yet come up with a cure or vaccine, it can be hard to hope. Before we can start to hope in something else we …
It is not about me #BlackLivesMatter
I have lined up on the next few weeks blog posts about how my disability affects me in the coronavirus shutdown and another about how stress affects my autism. But for now it is not about me. Today I want to talk about how Black Lives Matter. An apology to black people I am sorry. …
I’m disappointed #BlackLivesMatter
Whatever happened to the God who is against injustice? Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 7th June 2020 I love my church. My inner SJW (Social Justice Warrior) is disappointed. I think there was an opportunity missed this week. So I have waited for two hours between the end of the service to pray and let …
Getting your rant on — Psalm 120
Don't let them gaslight you At the beginning of the year, after reading through the Bible twice in two and a half years, I felt that this year was to be one of prayer and worshipping God. One of the things I decided back then to do, once the major festivals of the year were …
“I can’t breathe” and the Fires of Pentecost | The Millennial Pastor
I saw this and I am reblogging it as this is a good Christian response to what has become a worldwide protest “I can’t breathe” If you have been paying attention to the news at all this week, you will know that this is a quote from George Floyd. George Floyd was killed by a …
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