Free breakfast Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 22 April 2018 Today we only had one of our morning services, the earlier traditional one. The second service, the contemporary music one, made way for the APCM, the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. I attended both. I will not be commenting on the content of the meeting other …
Saying Goodbye
Aunty Phyl Aunty Phyl, who died aged 101 on Christmas Day 2017, Had her ashes scattered on a path near Hartshead Hall Farm, where her grandfather and my great-grandfather had a dairy herd back in the day. The farm is now a shire horse stud. We first had lunch at Whiteley's Garden centre, a place …
The Names of God – Part 3
The Names of God - Part 3 Elohim The first name for God in the Bible is Elohim. "In the beginning, God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth." This is the creator God. The God who made the Universe. But the word is unique in the ancient Semitic languages in that the ending is plural …
Autism on show
Autism on show (and oblong) The Kirklees Autism Show was yesterday. It is good to see the local council taking such a positive stand. I went, I got there at 11am and left at 12 noon. 20 minutes of that time was for coffee and to look through the paperwork. 10 minutes to take time …
A Rotten Councillor
A Rotten Councillor 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 May 2012 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. On Christmas Day 1977, the Sex Pistols played their last …
Grumbling, cowboys and burdens
Grumbling, cowboys and burdens (and football) Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 15th April 2018 Our Vicar, Mike, is a fan of football, and more specifically supports Watford. Yesterday Watford FC were up here, and Mike and a number of the congregation had a box at the game. Huddersfield beat Watford 1 - 0. I knew …
God can’t use me
God can't use me An excuse I am used to hearing. If comes from those who think you have to be especially holy or spiritual. God uses big S saints, the special ones. Well that is wrong. Absolutely totally wrong. Because if God waited to use the holy, spiritual special ones he'd be waiting a …
The Names of God – Part 2
The Names of God - Part 2 Elah or Elahi Elah is the name for God in Aramaic and is used in a similar way to the Hebrew El, it is found only in the books of Daniel and Ezra. The addition of the letter i at the end of the word signifies 'my' so …
When They Break the Rules
This is so much like I was, and not like I was at that age. I always found eye contact the hardest thing, over the left shoulder was always more interesting. If you want to talk with me, alongside me is always better than opposite me. Now on with the reblog.
Dad 90
Happy Birthday Dad 90 today OK, so I know Dad does not have the internet, but this is my tribute to a great man. Former soldier, a driver mechanic in REME, demobbed after the campaign in Palestine. Dad was one of the last to leave, towing a number of vehicles to the port. After …
Making an ass of myself 