Sunday 7th December 2014 Two ways of looking at the same thing. Wayne Clarke on BBC Radio Leeds was talking about a story in the papers that Schools are less likely to do traditional Christmas plays. They were reporting this as if it was a bad thing. Clarke, a Baptist minister, disagreed. He said that …
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The Role that Prayer Plays in Spiritual Growth
We are about to enter Advent, a time of preparation for Christmas. What better way to prepare than to pray. Anyone care join me in doing this> Here's the plan I'll be following...
Remembrance again.
There is a reason to remember. It informs us of who we are. Not just who we were but who we are. Things that have happened in out past and how we reacted to them make a difference to who we are in the present. Which is why it is important to remember. Remembering is …
Re:member.
Remembrance Sunday, 9th November 2014 Sunday was a trip to a different Church, Christ the King, Battyeford, The day was Remembrance Sunday, and my father was laying the wreath. Here he is after the service. But what do we remember? Is it the glorious dead? I can see nothing glorious in war, most of the …
Stirring it up
The Bishop of Leeds, Rt Rev Nicholas Baines has been stirring things up. His letter to the Prime minister has been reported on the front page of today's Observer. This is what the Observer said - Observer story. Before you make your minds up about this it would be best to read the full text …
7 years on …
I was about to blog something of my own, but this was so positive, so uplifting, and so wonderful Ill give the space to Helen.
Read on…
7 years on …
Today, Sunday, is exactly 7 years on from the blackest day of my life.
7 years on from the day when my whole world was destroyed.
The day when darkness finally blew out the little flicker of light that existed.
The day when nothing was the same again. Ever.
The day when all that I had left (which was not much anyway after being abused as a child/teenager) was stolen from me.
The day when the final nail of the lid of the coffin I felt I was already living in was hammered down deeply.
The day when I was raped.
Today is 7 years on from the day when the last bit of dignity I had left got taken away.
7 years on from the day when I crumpled onto the local high street.
7 years on from strangers running out of a local shop…
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Elton’s at it again
That famous theologian Elton John has done it again. In a classic case of creating God in your own image Elton John said that Jesus would let gay clergy get married. This is not the first theological pronouncement from the singer. In 2010 he said that Jesus was a gay man. Well thought out Mr …
3in1
The preachers' nightmare, Trinity Sunday. How do we explain that God is three persons and one God? It does not make sense. Simply the doctrine says: The Father is fully God, but the Father is not the Son nor the Holy Spirit. Jesus, the Son, is fully God, but the Son is not the Father …
Around Town
Sunday. Huddersfield Town Centre for a walk arranged by the Historical Society. The theme of the day might as well have been scaffolding. The George Hotel was covered in scaffolding. The railway station was covered in scaffolding. The Parish Church was covered in scaffolding. Some buildings were not covered in scaffolding, like the Town …
Criminal Intelligence
Sometimes the police have to gather criminal intelligence so that they can solve rimes. Sometimes it isn't necessary. Some criminals are criminally stupid. Take a story from the paper this week. A man goes into the bank to tell them of a change of address, sees the money in the tills and decides to rob …
Making an ass of myself 