Mum 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 3 January 2013 Mum has dementia. Dad has a bad heart and knees, yet he has become a full …
Sit. Vac.
Sitation vacant. I saw this in the online Church Times. Priest in Charge London and Home Counties St Edward’s is a large parish in the Diocese of Southwark, situated on a greenfield site to the south east of Croydon. Much of the housing in the southern part of New Addington is owner occupied, whereas the …
Do not be afraid
Do not be afraid Christ the King, Battyeford, Sunday 1st July 2018 Not my usual church. This is my Dads church, although it was my church between 1974 to 1978 when I lived with my parents. I have even been on this church's PCC. I spent the day by taking the bus from Huddersfield, which …
Mind wandering and dreaming
Spiritual darkness I wonder is there is anything in this: I never remember my dreams, but I have had one that I can't forget, so I got up and wrote it down. Here. This is it. But first some background: During the sermon on Sunday 24 June my mind wandered, it often does. It must …
Names of God – Part 13
Names of God - Part 13 YHWH This is the big one, the actual name of God, revealed to Moses. It s represented by the four letters YHWH, the vowels are missing in the Hebrew, no one really knows how it is pronounced. In English it is usually spelled Yahweh or Jehovah, in many Bibles …
Two families and three civil wars
History of Huddersfield Two families and three civil wars After the Norman invasion of England in 1066 things get easier as far as histories of the country are concerned, but much of this is concerned with the people who owned the land. There is not much written about the common people, and as my interest …
Looking back
Looking back 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 31 December 2012 2012 was an eventful year. Lost my job in May and spent the rest of …
The naked cyclist (4)
Naked in York The gallery at the foot of the blog contains frontal nudity, if you are offended by that do not scroll down. I've done it again, taken my clothes off to promote cycle safety. The nudity is a demonstration of how vulnerable cyclists are on the roads. Tat's me above with the crash …
Fish butties
Banquet for 5000 Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 24 June 2018 After last weekends church weekend away things are back to normal. That is not meant as a bad thing, as we do a good normal. The sermon was a monologue by Curate Steve on Jesus feeding 5000 as seen through the eyes of Apostle …
The Naked Cyclist (3)
WNBR York Saturday 23 June 2018 I am at it again, demonstrating for cycle safety. Two weeks ago it was Manchester, now the World Naked Bike Ride turns to York. I am hoping that it will be a bit warmer, there was a bit of a chill on the last one. In order that the …
Making an ass of myself 