Jesus is greater Than anything religious you can imagine 40 blogs of lent day 2
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40 more blogs for Lent
Most years since I've been blogging I have attempted not to give something up for Lent, but to take something up. This year I'm doing it again. 40 blogs of Lent. It will be a rough ride, because I have no idea where it is going, or what I am going to write, other than …
Temples of Mammon
Two weeks ago I was treated to a visit to London. We stayed at Canary Wharf, in the East End. From the room we could see the flashing light at the top of the obelisk shaped One Canada Square towering above us. All this built for the financial sector. For much of it's history the skyline …
A Woman’s place is in the house…
A woman's place is in the house ... ... of Bishops. Today Libby Lane became the first woman to be consecrated a bishop in the 500 year history of the Church of England. As a CofE pew-filler, I welcome you.
Take my imagination
Take my life. No. I haven't got a suicidal tendency, I am talking about the Hymn. As it is well out of copyright, I can publish it in full here: Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee. *Take my moments and my days, Let them flow in endless praise. Take my …
Dumbing Down
Sound bites are all about dumbing down. They have to be, no intellectual worth his or her salt would be unintelligent enough or monosyllabic enough to use short pithy little sayings. It's not right innit? But when we read the Bible what do we get? There is a lot of law in the Bible. The …
New Years’ Revolutions.
A new year, and as usual many make resolutions. Most resolutions go something like this: I will lose weight. I will exercise more. I will take a course to improve my mind (If Christian) I will pray more (Also if Christian) I will read the Bible more. These resolutions have one thing in common: It …
Space is big
Space is big. Very big. In fact the latest scientific understanding, if I understand it correctly, is that the universe is infinity large — and expanding. On top of that there may be an infinite number of parallel universes which gives the size of the multiverse as being an infinity of infinities. As I said, space …
Masterpiece
We are 'playing chopsticks' And God is inter-weaving a musical masterpiece around that
One of the good guys.
James Varley Dearden 1922 -2014 Yesterday it was a privilege to attend the memorial service for Jim. vicar of Holt Trinity, Huddersfield from before I joined that congregation to 1987. Jim brought a failing church back from one with serious problems and in danger of being closed to one which was thriving. Jim's approach to …
Making an ass of myself 