A long time ago my eldest daughter said something profound* that stuck in my mind. I say a long time ago, it was sometime in the late '90s and we were in church after the service had finished. She was then in her early teens. What she said was about music: "I prefer new songs …
Category: God blogs
What is theology for?
There is talk in the church about how we should treat homosexuals, again. Or maybe it has never gone away. The traditional stance was that any homosexual activity is always wrong, and for a long time society said the same thing. But society is changing. These days psychologists and sociologists say that homosexual behaviour is …
Believe the impossible
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to …
Atheism (again)
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. — Brennan Manning. This ties in very well with what our church, Holy Trinity Huddersfield, has been doing this Lent. The focus of the …
Why the devil has all the best tunes.
The Holy Spirit was present, and involved in, the creation of the world. So if Christian artists, including musicians, are inspired by the Spirit how come so little of it is innovative? Is it the fault of the musicians and singers or the fault of the audience? I think it is the latter, Christian audiences …
A message to the liberals.
Thanks. Thank you for challenging my faith. Especially with regard to John's Gospel. I'm one of those fairly conservative evangelical sort of guys, with a sort of charismatic twist, and a leaning towards catholic techniques of meditation, such as Lectio Divina. Normally when I hear what liberal Christians say it makes me think, and normally …
It works.
In the TV show Rev., back this week. The titular character, Rev. Adam Smallbone (played by Tom Hollander) tries to describe the intricacies of the Anglican hierarchy to the local Imam. "So how does it work?" Asked the Imam. "It doesn't." That was Monday. Wednesday was off to the local church (Holy Trinity Huddersfield) for …
All at sea
Coming soon to a cinema near you. NOAH The Bible story gets a Hollywood makeover with Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins among the cast. What I'm wondering is how will the filming process tart up or dumb down the story? (Dumbing down isn't a problem, Evan Almighty was a good take on the story.) But …
28 churches
That is the number of churches I see on my commute. (Yes I was bored, you have to find something to do on the daily train ride.) And that is just what I see on the train from Huddersfield to Leeds plus the three on the bus ride into town. There could be more, those …
A little light reading.
Over to the dark side. For a bit of fun I like reading blogs by the militant Atheists. It keeps me on my toes when thinking about God. This one made me smile. The whole tone of the piece is so wide of the mark as to be laughable. People who write things like this …
Making an ass of myself 