In Heaven The Lord's Prayer — Part 3 "Heaven is a place on Earth," said the Belinda Carlisle song. But that is not what Christianity teaches. (Even though the words could be applied to God, Sister Act style.) Heaven is a mystery, it is something we cannot comprehend. All we know is that it is …
Father
Our Father The Lord's prayer - part 2 Jesus told us to treat God as Father, but not the authoritarian sort of father that some think of when they think about God. I have heard a sermon where it was said that Jesus used the Aramaic word Abba in the prayer, a word like the …
Our
Our Father The Lord's prayer - part 1 The Lord's Prayer is known in some circles as the Our Father, especially by Catholics, Paternoster, their liturgical name for the prayer is 'Our Father' in Latin. The thing to note about the Lord's prayer is that there are two versions of it in the Bible. The …
Why I am a musician
It is down to my mother. Mum never, as far as I know, ever played a musical instrument, or even showed any desire to do so, but she sang and sang. She sang when doing the housework and sang along with the radio. She did stop singing now and again, to watch cricket, or to …
Emotions
It has been a hectic 3 months. On 28th July I became a grandfather for the first time when the beautiful Brooke Laverick came into the world. Sadly it was a week before I could meet her, as I'd had a throat infection, so stayed away. Then on 18th July my mother passed away in …
Father of the groom
On Saturday 15th October my son Matthew married Lois Cameron. A good service, as they met through their church, The Ark, Huddersfield, and the service was at ours, Holy Trinity Huddersfield, there were a lot of people there who knew about how to sing in church, a good noise. And the reception was good too. The …
Mum
Early on September 18th Mum passed away peacefully in her sleep. Friday 30th was the funeral. What can I say about this wonderful woman? Married to a fishmonger, with six children, and worked in factories and as a shop girl and a cleaner, not what you would think would be a great person ... ... …
Evangelicals ‘Я’ us?
Ev*ng*l*c*l? Is it a dirty word? I have been thinking about negative feelings that the term Evangelical has been getting in the press, the Guardian newspaper seems to have a down on us. The term seems to be synonymous with right wing political ideas coming from the USA, but this should not be so. But …
10 reasons God hates you
10 reasons God hates you Number 4 will blow your mind. Yes I'm talking commandments. The commands handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai during the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt. This is not going to be a Buzzfeed type list, despite but a look at the commandments retrospectively from the perspective of …
Church percussion
This was the setup today at church: On the left from top to bottom. Mein HCS 8" splash. This is made of brass, the rest are bronze. Brass cymbals are cheap, but sound cheap. But trashy and cheap is exactly what you want from a splash cymbal, it is only used for accents. Meinl make …
Making an ass of myself 