Stained class The windows of Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield is in its bicentennial year, having opened in 1819. I thought that now was a good time to publish a blog about one of the most striking features of the church, our wonderful stained glass. Most striking is the East Window, being …
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Names of God -Part 60: The First and the Last
Rishown 'Acharone Names of God -Part 60 The First and the Last Better known from the Alpha and Omega passages at the beginning and end of the book of Revelation, the First and the Last as describing God has a history going back to the Old Teastament. Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel …
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Four goodbyes and a hello
Four goodbyes and a hello Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 19 May 2019 I went to both morning services this morning. You know how it is when you are involved in a service, you spend time thinking about what you are doing next, and not on the service itself. Just me? Never mind. I was …
Names of God – Part 59: The King of Glory
Melek Kabod Names of God - Part 59 The King of Glory This is a blog about donkeys and a man riding through a city gate on one of these strong and stubborn but humble creatures. It is also a blog about a song. That song is old, about 3,000 years old written by a …
Reform: a grassroots movement?
Is Christian reform a grassroots movement? I would answer this question in two ways. Yes. No. But first let me say what I am talking about. Christianity has become such a religion of jargon that it is easy to say one thing and be understood as saying another. I am not talking of the tradition …
Names of God – part 58: The fountain of living water
Maqowr Chay Mayim Names of God part 58 The fountain of Living Water I have heard living water over spiritualised, especially in sermons about Jesus talking to the woman at the well in Samaria. The talk was on a spiritual topic, but Jesus was keeping it real and linking to real life issues. The woman …
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For the Greta good
For the Greta good Greta Thunberg and climate change As an autistic person, I am always pleased when I see other people with autism who are successful. David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist with Talking Heads, and TV wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose documentary Asperger's and me was shown on BBC in 2017 are two …
Keep the church weird
Keep the church weird As a tribute to Christian writer Rachel Held Evans, who died yesterday aged 37, I simply leave this: Praying for her family, may her leagacy live on. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kZQWfRU4tPw
Names of God – part 57: Possessor of heaven and earth
Kanna shamayim erets Names of God - part 57 Possessor of heaven and earth Although my Bible, the ESV, has the Hebrew of Genesis 14:19 as being "possessor of heaven and earth" I do not think that is clear enough from the context here. The context of heaven, or heavens as shamayim is plural, is …
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C S Lewis and the problem of Susan
C S Lewis and the problem of Susan Susan Pevensie, one of the four fictional children who enter Narnia in C S Lewis's children's book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a problem to the adult readers of the final book in the series The Last Battle. Unlike all the other protagonists of …
Making an ass of myself 