Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 8th November 2020 There was an act of remembrance during this service. If you cannot make it to an act of remembrance, British Legion are recommending against doing this, you can start this YouTube service, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zHmIy98ltU, on Wednesday 11th November at 10 am and the act of remembrance will occur at …
Category: God blogs
What are the politics of the church?
The Church of England is getting political. First there was a letter from the five archbishops* of Britain saying that the 'Internal Market Bill will set a “disastrous precedent” by equipping ministers to break the law.' They urged the British Government not to break international law. Former Brexit minister, David Jones, said their comments went …
Forgiveness
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 1st November 2020 "I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Detail from the east window of Holy Trinity, Huddersfield November, and the last day in October, is an odd time in Britain. We seem to do the dark side of things without the light. The darkness of Halloween without the …
How long O Lord, how long?
Waiting for God’s kingdom How long will it be before we can sing again?How long before we can share the peace?How long before we can share communion in both kinds? These are questions I have seen this week on social media. People are wanting things to get back to normal. They are asking for the …
Black history month and Harvest
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 25th October, 2020 Detail from the Ruth Window at Holy Trinity Huddersfield, showing gleaning in the fields This last week was a very strange one for us. We were told on Tuesday that our Granddaughter had been sent home from school, coughing, we are in a bubble with her, our daughter …
Why the church?
I have recently come across a piece of paper, one of those out church uses in the house groups, as we called them back then, or Lent courses used these a lot. It is typewritten and Gestetner duplicated, apart from being electric driven our church was using Victorian technology right into the 1990s. A Victorian …
Prayer is like sunbathing
Holy Trinity Church HuddersfieldSunday 18th October 2020 Copyright problems this week The picture above is one I took of the window next to the organ on the north side of Holy Trinity, the only full length window in the building. This week this blog had a big problem with a picture I had used back …
God repents
Does God change his mind? I want to start with two stories. 1. Hezekiah The first, found in the bible in 2 Kings 20, 2 Chronicles 32 and Isaiah 38, tells of King Hezekiah falling ill, and the prophet Isiah bringing news to get his house in order because he will die. So Hezekiah prays …
Living in the Kingdom of God
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 11 October 2020 A week back, and probably there will be no days away from home for some time, The most notable thing for me is that I had a crying four year old to look after. She did not want Granddad to pick her up from school, and cried …
Keep it simple
Short prayers are best they come without imposing conditions on God. Photo by Luis Quintero on Pexels.com I used to be in awe of people who could stand up in a prayer meeting and pray long eloquent prayers. Petitions to god flowed from their lips like liquid. These people obviously had a better relationship with …
