Remember, Rest and Renew Mowbray Community Church, Harrogate, Sunday 22nd September 2019, 10.00am Not the usual church this week. We swapped the delights of Huddersfield for the equal but posher delights of Harrogate to see the first events in the World Road Cycling Championships. We ended up attending Mowbray Community Church, a modern building which …
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Symbols of the Holy Spirit 5: Water
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 5: Water Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink’, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” John 4:10 ESVUK On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus …
Autism and Meltdown. 5 Pillars to be aware of
I have autism. My brain is wired differently to most people. I want to blog about my problems dealing with the world. (Please, other Autistic people, if any of this is myth, legend or just-plain-wrong please let me know. I have no psychological qualifications, I'm just an autistic person sharing his thoughts.) Sensory Occasionally this …
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You’ll never walk alone
Guided by God: Council of Saints Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, 15th September 2019 A dry morning's walk to church, despite the weather app on my smartphone predicting otherwise. I was playing percussion in the later service, I arrived during the sermon of the first service in order to be ready for the second. The sermon …
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 3: Mighty wind
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 3: Mighty wind This blog has been published out of sequence because the landfall of Hurricane Dorian had occurred in the Bahamas previously that week Please pray for the people of the Bahamas and Florida and those in the hurricane’s path. You can donate to the appeal fund through the …
God never speaks words of condemnation
God never speaks words of condemnation Well... ...almost never There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 ESVUK There are many words of condemnation in the Bible. There is even a whole chapter in Matthew's Gospel (Chapter 23) where Jesus has a right go at the Scribes and …
Technological problems, but who noticed?
Compelling Spirit Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 8th September 2019 Guided by God: 2 This was a two bottle service. I was playing percussion in the worship band at the second contemporary service and the church was warm. It was bright and sunny and the heating was on. Two sports bottles of water are required …
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 4: Fire
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 4: Fire This blog has been published out of sequence because the planned blog, about the Holy Spirit as a mighty wind coincided with the landfall of Hurricane Dorian. Please pray for the people of the Bahamas and Florida and those in the hurricane's path. You can donate to the …
Invalidation: 9 ways of belittling people
Judgmental ways of communicating Ordering you to feel differently Get over it Don't be so sensitive Ordering you to "look" differently Don't look so serious Don't look so proud of yourself Denying your perception, Defending You've got it all wrong But of course I respect you Trying to make you feel guilty while invalidating …
Why Tom Clements’ Guardian feature on autism draws criticisms from the autistic community – Spectra Blog
I thought this was worth reading. It's longer than my usual blogs, but then it needs to be. Over to Spectra Blog... The recent UK newspaper article ‘What is autism? How the term became too broad to have meaning any more’, by Tom Clements, has drawn criticisms leans towards Aspie supremacy, e.g. wanting to distance …
Making an ass of myself 