How can a book of love become a book of hate? How did the Bible, a book of love get turned into an excuse for hatred? How did the book of Leviticus, a book of joy about how God wishes to to heal our grief and bring reconciliation between each other and between people …
Category: Politics
Where did all the toilet rolls go?
Shortages in supermarkets are not the fault of hoarding Commercial and domestic supply lines Shortages: They are down to people hoarding, aren't they? The answer is yes and no. Yes because people are hoarding, but no because hoarding is not the cause of the shortages, shortages are the cause of shortages. People are seeing poorly …
The General Election, one month on
The General Election, one month on It's now a month since the last General Election here in the UK. I have left off commenting until now because I needed time for the disappointment that had set in following the result. My problem is that I value truth highly. It could be because of autism or …
The point of healing
With a word Matthew 8:14–17 The authority of Jesus And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he …
Stained Class #HT200
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 …
Matthew’s Passion: Jesus and Pilate
Matthew's Passion: Jesus and Pilate 40 Blogs of Lent: 25 Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14 I have heard it said that you should never mix politics and religion. But what we have here is political in the extreme. The plotters which included the high priest have struggled to get the Jewish court, the Sanhedrin, to condemn Jesus, …
What a mess: Brexit
I rarely blog about politics, the last one was on 2nd January this year, but with the exit of the UK from the EU coming in a month I thought I would get something written. The exit day is in the middle of Lent and I will be blogging on other things through that time. …
