God equips us Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 24th May 2020 I shouldn't be here. That's the third time I have started a blog about the Sunday service with those four words. The first was on April 26th, the trip to Belfast to celebrate our wedding anniversary had to be cancelled. Then on May 3rd …
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Relationship with the Holy Spirit — Revelationship
The Spirit of revelation That moment when you thought I'd coined a new word only to find it is not only already a word but also already a book title as well. Revelationship is defined by urbandictionary.com as: A relationship in which each involved party acquires increasing knowledge through every interaction with one another. The book I have not …
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Going up
The meaning of the ascension It all changed here The ascension could be the forgotten feast of the Christian church, hidden as it is on a Thursday between the holidays of Easter and Pentecost. It also gets lost in theology. Evangelicals centre their beliefs on the cross, others on the incarnation and resurrection, Pentecostals and …
Trusting in God
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 …
God hates the same people that I hate
How can a book of love become a book of hate? How did the Bible, a book of love get turned into an excuse for hatred? How did the book of Leviticus, a book of joy about how God wishes to to heal our grief and bring reconciliation between each other and between people …
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 …
Relationship with the Spirit — like drinking water
I'm waiting for that feeling to come* Having a relationship with the Holy Spirit is like drinking water. I have heard this said, and so here's a train of thought experiment. As I write this I have no idea where it is going, but last night and this morning I have prayed that the Holy …
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I would rather be somewhere else
Restored and commissioned Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 3/5/20 I would not have been at church today. Like last year, the plan was to take a week off because the Tour de Yorkshire men's cycle race final stage was to be run between Halifax and Leeds, and I had planned to be there. One Sunday …
Baptised and filled with the Spirit: Part 2 Filled
As they said in the 1960s, "Keep on keeping on." In the world but not of it It takes time to acclimatise to a foreign country. Not only time, but it is difficult too. There are immigrant communities in the UK and British ex-pat communities in other countries, ghettos where people try to continue living …
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How do people come to Jesus?
How do people come to Jesus? If people are to come to Jesus we need to see the reason that they come. If I wish to bring people just how should I do it? What do I say? The question arose from a sermon at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield where Vicar Mike was preaching on the …
Making an ass of myself 