Take away the love of sinning Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 13th January 2019 Starting at the end, there is a line in our last song of this week's service that stops me dead every time. Take away the love of sinning, Alpha and Omega be, is a line from the hymn Love divine all …
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Post-Christmas blues and New Year’s resolutions.
We are the people of God on the ground Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 30 December 2018 There were fewer people than usual in the congregation today, it is that odd time between the holidays of Christmas and New Year which people do not know what to call, or often what day it is. Not …
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Christmas at Santa’s Cathedral, and a youth takeover
Howay in a manger and St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Saturday 22 December and Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 23 September 2018 A busy weekend in the life of a Christian musician started on Friday evening with a rehearsal for Holy Trinity's Morning service on Sunday. Saturday, and the journey 120 miles north to Newcastle for …
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Worshipping fully and lighting candles
Two services Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 16 December 2018 We attended two services today. The first at 10:30 am was our usual contemporary worship service and in the evening a service of carols by candlelight, which would be followed by mulled wine and mince pies. Morning service: The church was cold, the heating had …
We’re all doomed: The world’s 5 stories – part 5
We're all doomed The world's 5 stories - part 5 There is a difference in the way God sees things and how the world sees things, five of which I am looking at in the first half of Advent this year. And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within …
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Advent conspiracy 2: Give more
What can I give? Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 9 December 2018 We arrived later than usual, just as the service was starting. The only available seats were along the north side and light through the windows in the south aisle was in my eyes. My eyesight being what it is we went to the …
Us versus them: The world’s 5 stories – part 1
Us versus them The world's 5 stories - part 1 There is a difference in the way God sees things and how the world sees things, five of which I am looking at in the first half of Advent this year. And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within …
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What I’m blogging about in Advent
Advent blogs. In Advent, I will be blogging every day except Sundays. well, that's the plan anyway. I will be starting on a few blogs about the difference between God's values of the world, then, as Christmas gets closer, looking at the Christmas story as given in Matthew's Gospel. My thoughts on what happened in …
Come Lord Jesus: everlasting God come down
Advent Conspiracy Part 1 Spend less money Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 2nd December 2018 Come, Lord Jesus, Come, Lord Jesus, Come, Lord Jesus, Everlasting God come down The last words of the last hymn at the first service were the first thing to come to my attention at church. I had not turned up …
Let’s talk about the money, money, money – James pt 5
Prayer is effective Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 25 November 2016 It was nice to see a djembe being played at the service this morning. Our contemporary worship is getting some interesting instruments played these days. Today the accents played on the guitar were slightly ahead of the beat and percussion accents were laid back …
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Making an ass of myself 