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 …
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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 …
Changing the leper’s spots?
The Cross is freedom Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield - Sunday 28 April 2019 A difficult service for me. My mood before, during and after the service was not good. I had a minor autistic meltdown the evening before the service, was feeling fragile during the service and had a larger meltdown later that day. For …
Names of God: God is with us
Emmanuel or Immanuel Names of God - Part God is with us I am writing this in th Easter period because there is so much more to God being with us than the Christmas story. Jesus came, God in human form as prophesied by Isaiah, showed us how to live, taught us that love is …
Matthew’s Passion: Go
Matthew's Passion: Go Easter: 3 Matthew 28:16-20 One of my least favourite verses of any hymn is the verse usually sung last in Amazing Grace, it does not sit well with the rest of the hymn. That verse goes... When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining like the sun, We've no less days …
Matthew’s Passion: Conspiracy
Matthew's Passion: Conspiracy Easter: 2 Matthew 28:11-15 Jesus is risen, but in this version of the story has yet to meet his disciples. The story goes back to the guards on the tomb, who wer put there to prevent grave robbers, and instead become involved in the conspiracy. The guards' story does not hold up. …
Everything is different
Everything is different Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 21 April 2019 Hallelujah, Christ is risen. It is said that there is no such thing as a free lunch. That may well be, but there is free breakfast. We had one in church today before the morning service. A beautiful sunny morning where we were able …
Matthew’s Passion: Women’s work
Matthew's Passion: Women's work Easter: 1 Matthew 28:1-10 There is a meme going around Facebook and Twitter. It says, "In the interests of Biblical accuracy, all the preaching about the resurrection on Easter Sunday will be done by women." It has a point. All the disciples have fled and a few women watched from a …
