The Kings Instructions Advent 2021 There is a pattern emerging. Jesus has something to do but the pressure of the crowds and their expectations of who they thought Jesus is is preventing this from happening. Jesus crossed over the River Jordan to escape before, the crowds followed before and Jesus healed their sick before. A …
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“Oxytocin didn’t help kids with autism.”
Yes, I know it says kids with autism and most autistic people prefer to say autistic kids, but it is a quote. I know it's wrong. This will be old news when this blog is published, one week old in fact. Last Wednesday, 13th October 2021, as reported in Stat, statnews.com. There are things in …
Where do I go from here?
I need to find some time to pause and reflect and prayerfully discern what and where my energies need to go. This blog has become something I never guessed it would be, and it is a little fractured. It is split between posts about autism and posts about Christianity. The image above shows something that …
We have done nothing wrong — Psalm 44
Psalms of the sons of Korah Lament is vital Another lamenting psalm. Lament is vital, it helps the people of God to navigate pain and suffering, it is not meant to brag anyone down and make them miserable, but a plea to God to lift them out of their trouble. In this way it is …
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 …
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 …
Looking forward to a redeemed world – Psalm 96
The 4th book of Psalms Psalm 96 is a song of triumph, not only for God's present victory in bringing the people out of exile but also to God's final victory when the whole Earth is redeemed. The silhouette of small hills across a bay. Above is a red and god sky of a sunset, …
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The need for discernment — Matthew 17:19–23
The glory of Jesus — part 5 40 blogs of Lent — day 32 intro There are 5 times that Jesus uses mustard seeds in his teaching. Three are where he, using hyperbole as emphasis, talked about the smallest of seeds growing into the largest of trees (Matthew 13:31–32 and parallel passages in Mark and Luke). …
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Blind guides — Matthew 15:10–14
The concern of Jesus — part 3 40 blogs of Lent — day 14 A few years ago we were visiting a friend in another city. We were asked by a man the directions to a place and none of us could answer. These were streets my wife and I did not know and out …
Making an ass of myself 