Do not be afraid Christ the King, Battyeford, Sunday 1st July 2018 Not my usual church. This is my Dads church, although it was my church between 1974 to 1978 when I lived with my parents. I have even been on this church's PCC. I spent the day by taking the bus from Huddersfield, which …
Category: God
Mind wandering and dreaming
Spiritual darkness I wonder is there is anything in this: I never remember my dreams, but I have had one that I can't forget, so I got up and wrote it down. Here. This is it. But first some background: During the sermon on Sunday 24 June my mind wandered, it often does. It must …
Names of God – Part 13
Names of God - Part 13 YHWH This is the big one, the actual name of God, revealed to Moses. It s represented by the four letters YHWH, the vowels are missing in the Hebrew, no one really knows how it is pronounced. In English it is usually spelled Yahweh or Jehovah, in many Bibles …
Fish butties
Banquet for 5000 Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 24 June 2018 After last weekends church weekend away things are back to normal. That is not meant as a bad thing, as we do a good normal. The sermon was a monologue by Curate Steve on Jesus feeding 5000 as seen through the eyes of Apostle …
Names of God – Part 12
Names of God - Part 12 Elohim Yistraeli God of Israel This is the last of my blogs on the compound El forms of the names of God, except for those compounded with Yah forms of the names, coming up in the next few blogs. Elohim Yistraeli, The God of Israel. This name is used …
The Blues
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Friday 15 June - Sunday 17 June 2018 What we did on our Church Weekend I've always been into the Blues. So much so that I spell it with a capital B. The Blues is not just a music, not just a feeling: The Blues is more personal than that. One …
A weekend in Derbyshire
Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Friday 15th to Sunday 17th June 2018 It is Fathers' Day, but I am tired out by having been on the Church Family Weekend. Around 100 of us made the trip down to the Midlands, to the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, for a time of learning, worship, fellowship and …
Names of God – Part 11
Names of God - Part 11 Elohim Macheslanu God is our refuge For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger, Isaiah 7:10 ESV1 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your …
Park Life
Church in the park Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, and others Sunday 10 June 2016 There was no 10.45am service today, instead, as part of Hope Huddersfield, we had a service In Greenhead Park at 11. The praise band were mostly drawn from members of our church, with one additional singer. There was a drama from …
Names of God – Part 10
Names of God - Part 10 Elohim Azar God our Helper O God, [Elohim] save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might. Behold, God is my helper; [Elohim Azar] the Lord [Adonai] is the upholder of my life. Psalm 54:1, 4. A cry for help and a prayer of trust. David is in dire …
Making an ass of myself 