On Monday 30th March I published a blog post on why I would not be celebrating Autism Awareness week. https://stevenhpape.blog/2020/03/30/autism-awareness-autism-acceptance-and-why-i-am-not-participating-in-autism-awareness-week/ This is along the same lines from someone with more knowledge than me... Over to Captain Quirk: It doesn’t seem quite right, does it? That a month designated for raising public knowledge of autism would …
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Where did all the toilet rolls go?
Shortages in supermarkets are not the fault of hoarding Commercial and domestic supply lines Shortages: They are down to people hoarding, aren't they? The answer is yes and no. Yes because people are hoarding, but no because hoarding is not the cause of the shortages, shortages are the cause of shortages. People are seeing poorly …
We learn by asking questions,
Thomas? I doubt it. Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 19th April 2020 Yet another week in lockdown. Yet another virtual service on YouTube. Yet more picture of the building we did not attend. Yet again a false start as streaming of the service did not happen after the first linked video if we went watched …
The Holy Spirit, past present and future
The Holy Spirit in three tenses A lot of teaching in Christianity comes in three tenses: Past, present and future. Take Salvation, we can say that we have been saved (either when we made a commitment to Jesus, when we were baptised or 2,000 years ago at the annunciation/crucifixion/ascension &mdash: choose your theology), we are …
What a strange seven weeks
Lent and the COVID-19 pandemic It's time to catch up after the Lent blogs, and so much has happened it feels like we're in a different world. At the beginning of lent there had been no reported deaths from COVID-19 in the UK and the Cheif Medical Officer was maintaining, despite reported cases in the …
Unbelievable?
Could it be true? Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 12th April 2020 An unusual Easter Sunday. With the country in lockdown and churches closed, there was no joining together in worship this morning. But we do have YouTube, and we have a service ready to broadcast. Two false starts here, te tittle round spinny thing …
Easter is not for Christians
Easter Sunday. Hallelujah! Christ is risen Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's new love song for his creation and mankind's love song for creation Happy Easter The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of learned people using the academic …
Lamentation is a gift from God
The gift of lament Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's seventh love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 40 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of learned people using the academic language for academic people, …
Mankind is created and a man dies
How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a locked-down land? Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's sixth love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 39 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of …
Turning hype into hope
Holy communion is a thanksgiving for creation Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's fifth love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 38 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of learned people using the academic language …
Making an ass of myself 