Stand firm in the faith: Trusting in God Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 17th May 2020 A morning of contrasts service wise. BBC Radio Leeds broadcast one between 8 and 8:30 am which I enjoyed but there was no way to join in with the worship songs that I was unfamiliar with as radio is …
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Pausing the vicar
My hope is in you alone Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 10th May 2020 We are still in semi-lockdown in the UK, church is still virtual, we're getting used to the fact that virtual meetings online are real. There are a couple of things I'll miss about these virtual meetings when church returns. One is …
Jesus calling me by name.
The voice of Jesus Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 26th April 2020 This was not the Sunday we had planned. Instead of an extended weekend in Belfast around our wedding anniversary, we have isolation in Huddersfield. Instead of this being a report of a church we have never attended before, it is a report of …
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 …
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 …
Light enters in
Let there be Light Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's first love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 34 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, …
Attending church in my pyjamas
Stay away! Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 22nd March 2020 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 23 There was to be a service today. I was supposed to be playing percussion in the worship band. But following advice that the archbishops gave last Tuesday, there are to be no more public services for an unforeseeable time …
Are you ambitious enough, or too ambitious?
An opportunity missed? Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 15th March 2020 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 17 I finished last week's blog about the church service with the quote from a worship song, ""I'm no longer a slave to fear, I am a child of God." That has been a theme running through the week. …
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I am who you say I am
Finding your identity in God Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 8th March 2020 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 11 "I am who you say I am," are words from the first song we sang this morning. It set the theme nicely for what was going to be preached later in the service. I am starting …
The wrong preacher?
The cross and wisdom Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 1st March 2020 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 5 It was a sunny but cold morning—and very windy. Storm Jorje had blown through during the night leaving me feeling a little tired, not because of the rattle of the windows, even though my bedroom window had …
Making an ass of myself 