The Ordinary OfficeandHoly Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 18th April 2021 "Joy was always there from the beginning," said Rebecca, "God wants us to have joy."After I had been to a service in Newcastle Cathedral in 2018 I put Rebecca in contact with Disability and Jesus, @Disability J on Twitter. Since then Dave from @DisabilityJ has started …
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Prince Philip 1921 – 2021
BBC local radio Service of the airwavesSunday 11th April 2021 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, taken in 2006 Normally at this time I post about a service I have attended. This Sunday was an exception. Being my father's 93rd birthday I was at his care home taking a conference call from my siblings. So I …
Death is a liar
BBC Radio LeedsandHoly Trinity Church, HuddersfieldEaster Sunday, 4th April 2021 Holy Trinity Huddersfield illuminated. "Death is a liar," said Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury on BBC Radio Leeds and other local radio stations this morning. Death lies by saying it is not the end, and if we believe that lie we can become selfish. But …
God is at the centre of fellowship — Matthew 18:18–20
Humility and honesty— part 2 40 blogs of Lent — day 38 Oops, looking for an image to illustrate the phrase, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven I found images that I imagine 50 shades of Gray would have, even though I have the worst of this filtered: It was revealing. …
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Palm Sunday
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 28th March 2021 In the news this week, Lord Braid, one of Scotland's most senior judges, ruled that the Scottish Government overstepped its powers in closing church buildings in Scotland during the pandemic. "Worship in their faiths cannot properly take place on-line, by means of internet platforms." was part of that …
Busyness
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldandThe Ordinary Office Sunday 21st March 2021 As far as lockdown weeks go this was a good one for getting out of the house. I continued collecting my granddaughter from school, but the highlight was I got to see Dad. By cycling over I also found out how unfit I have become, …
Rivers of living water will flow from within you
Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield Sunday 14th March 2021 40 blogs of Lent — day 23 The door to Holy Trinity Huddersfield, showing spring flowers in the foreground. Mothering Sunday, or commonly Mother's Day, a bittersweet day for me as I remember my mother who passed away in 2016, so a day of sadness and joy. …
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I am not invalid
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 7th March 2021 40 blogs of Lent — day 17 Spring flowers in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Huddersfield A spectacularly uneventful week on my life, well at least up to Friday, although I learnt that the home where Dad lives are starting to allow visitors inside, but that will involve …
Taking up the cross
Service of the airwavesBBC Radio LeedsandHoly Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 28th February 2021 The east window at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, lower panel. A bright start to this morning, so bright that I had to wear sunglasses in our east facing kitchen in order to cook the bacon and eggs. This was the between service breakfast …
Left breathless in awe and wonder
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 21st February 2021 40 blogs of Lent — day 5 The east window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield depicting, "when I was a stranger you welcomed me." Not much has happened in the Pape household this week, the high point is that I was able to speak with my father at the …
Making an ass of myself 