History of the Huddersfield area. Saint Paulinus and Northumbria A lot happened in this area at the start of the seventh century. Saint Paulinus landed in southern England in 608AD, the Kingdom of Northumbria, a recent amalgamation of the kingdoms of Bernicia (Northwest England above the river Tees and the Lothian area of Scotland) and …
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God is with us
My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 24 December 2012 Blogging through Advent 19 God is with us Holy Trinity Huddersfield, 23 December 2012 Today we had …
The Torch is coming
The Torch is coming My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 23 June 2012 Tomorrow the Olympic Torch relay comes to Huddersfield. Here is the torch route. (Old link …
A Farewell
Toby's last service Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, 3 June 2018 Sometimes a blog is hard to write. This is one of them. It should have been easy. All I needed to do was say that this was Toby's final service with us, say what the service as about and wish him well in his new …
Luddites
Luddites My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 17 June 2017 In our back garden are five posts . These short posts are older than our hose, …
The Holy Spirit – Part 1
The Holy Spirit Part 1 - Power In some of the Psalms in my Bible there is a word SELAH, it denotes that here is a space to think on the words, to meditate on them. In this blog I am asking the readers to go through what is being said slowly, and to pause …
Names of God – Part 7
Names of God - Part 7 El Shadai All sufficient mighty one. El Shaddai, the stress on pronoucing the name should be on the last sylable, dai. There are three parts to the name here. El, the Hebrew word for God that is derived from mighty, and Shaddai, which is derived from two Hebrew words,words, …
Chilli, Full English and Jaffa Cakes
Chilli, Full English and Jaffa Cakes Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Friday 11th May to Sunday 13th May 2018 Three visits to our church building, each with its own food connection. Chilli Chilli was served on Friday evening, the musicians and technicians of the church, from both the traditional and the contemporary service, got together to …
Raised for a reason
What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to you? As evangelicals we are very keen on the crucifixion. Sometimes to the exclusion of everything else. The cross has said it all, we sing, but if so, what was the purpose of Jesus rising again if there was nothing left to accomplish? On this last day …
Why church is difficult for persons on the high end of the autism spectrum
Back in March I wrote that Church is unwelcoming to Aspies. Those were the thought of an adult on the Autism Spectrum in the UK. Here is a blog from another perspective, that of a psychiatrist and psychologist who works with autistic children in the USASource: Why church is difficult for persons on the high …
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Making an ass of myself 