The 4th book of Psalms Hallelujah! There are a lot of psalms which tell of God's faithfulness through generations, but this one focuses on two events, God saving the household of Isaac from a famine by taking them into Egypt and then years later saving the descendants of these people from what had become a …
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Covid-19 and the Church of England
Before I say how I think it will go, and what the churches will do we have to look at what we are contending with. The data I am working with is from the British Government's website https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ as of Thursday 15th July 2021 and John Hopkins University of Medicine from Wednesday 16th July which …
Flat Earth? – Psalm 104
The 4th book of Psalms Psalm 104 is a hymn of praise to God the creator for the wonderful world he made. It has not always been seen like that. Science or religion? There are some Christians who say we should not trust science and some scientists that say we should not trust religion. One …
Jesus loves to take what’s ruined and beautify it
I have seen a lot recently about how toxic social media is. The irony is this: They were all posted on social media. I am sure that the intention of Mark Zuckerberg's intention when starting Facebook was not to facilitate hate, and people have been removed from that network for hate crimes as they have …
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The 13 attributes of mercy – Psalm 103
The 4th book of Psalms This psalm and the three following ones are hymns, songs of praise to God, and bring the fourth book of psalms to a conclusion. This psalm has 22 verses, the same as the number of verses in the Jewish alphabet, though not an acrostic, as many of these kind of …
The Methodist Church and same-sex marriage
The Methodist Church in Great Britain looks set to be the largest Christian denomination to allow same-sex marriage in its churches. I heard this on BBC Radio Leeds on Sunday morning, 27th June 2021. In an interview Rev. Sonia Hicks, the president of the Methodist Conference, said that the move had been overwhelmingly approved by …
God will always be alive – Psalm 102
The 4th book of Psalms Last week, when talking about Psalm 101 I spoke about praying through the psalms in order to personalise them. That was all very well when the psalm was upbeat as that one was, but this is something different, a song of a person in distress. We have to make this …
Five stages of repentance
Let's face it, we all make mistakes. Being in the wrong is part of the human experience, so when we do, what next? Other people mess up too. Here are five steps to putting things right and avoiding disaster: 1) Fully own the harm caused It was your fault. Accept that, there are no excuses …
I will walk with integrity – Psalm 101
The 4th book of Psalms "When will you come to me?" asks David in this psalm. But the idea is not a frightening one to David, God is someone whose presence he welcomes. Unlike the double-standards of the work manager who calls spending time talking to people "networking" when it applies to himself and fellow …
Doing theology is a vulnerable process
I shall start with a quote: Doing theology, daring to speak of God, is always a vulnerable process of self-revealing and becoming, trusting in God’s love and justice. (No wonder those with way too much power and big voices are prone to get a little defensive when new voices dare to speak their truth......!)Revd Dr Ayla …
