We plough the fields, and scatter the good seed on the land. Or do we? Do we even know where our food comes from? Apart from Sainsbury's, or Aldi? As for scattering, we have been using seed drills for over 300 years. That's before that song was even written. Even in rural areas harvest has …
Category: God blogs
God exists by two falls to a submission
Debating the existence of God God exists by two falls to a submission, or so the Monty Python boys told us all those years ago. An idea that sounds silly, as does a lot of Python, but is no sillier than determining the existence of God by debate. Which is why the conversation on the …
No! It’s a room
Grand Designs is back The Channel 4 programme, presented by Kevin McCloud, is back f0r a new series. Wednesday evenings will never be the... Sorry, Wednesday evenings will be exactly the same as they were last series. McLoud, as ever, never runs out of words to describe new building, sorry that's "new builds" in McCloud …
Proverbs
Lets start with the Bible before moving on. It is good to start with something whose wisdom has stood the test of time, that has lastsd centuries, millennia.Then we can move on and apply these truths to the modern day.The book of Proverbs Chapter 30 verses 21 to 23 goes like this:Under three things the earth trembles, under …
Back to Basics
No, not the Back to Basics of the British Conservative party which gloriously backfired on them in the 1990s, I,m thinking about a return to Christian basics. At Holy Trinity Huddersfield, Mike, our Vicar, has started a series of sermons on John's first letter. It is believed that the letter was a response to the …
Different horses – different courses
Or different churches for different people. There are a number of traditional models in doing church, and anything new and innovative soon becomes yet another tradition, especially in those churches which claim they are not traditional. Take the self styled Bible Believing churches. It's not as if other churches do not believe the Bible, a …
Welcome to Huddersfield
Last Monday Mike Wilkins was installed at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield as our new Vicar. A formal welcome to the area. On Tuesday there was more informal welcome, a barbecue by members of a couple of house group members. What happened between these two things is interesting. Here's a news angle on it: New Vicar apprehends …
Church makes me sick
Things are not always what they seem. I titled this blog "Church makes me sick," but that is not technically accurate. What I meant was Church makes me ill... no that's still not right - try again... Third time lucky: I became ill because of Church. There, got it right that time. Now for the …
Pray for Huddersfield
Just five days to go. On the 15th July this year Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield will have a new Vicar. Rev Michael Wilkins will be installed as Vicar by the Bishop of Wakefield. In the meantime there is still a lot of organising to do. Pleas rejoice with us and pray for us over these …
Stuck in the middle
Stuck in the Middle with you. Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you, And I'm wondering what it is I should do, So sang Gerry Rafferty on Stealers Wheel's 1972 hit. I've been feeing like that a lot recently. My relationship with God, and more particularly with the church, is going through a tough …
Making an ass of myself 