Yesterday I published a blog with the title "You thought I was exactly like you," a quote from psalm 50. Last night terrorists, breaking away from a rally called by President Donald Trump, who spoke at the rally, said he would lead them to the Capitol building, and praised them afterwards, broke into the Capitol …
You thought I was exactly like you: Psalm 50:21
Psalm 50 — Psalms of Asaph In my introduction to 2001, I said that this year one of the themes of this blog this year would be worship. I have also lamented in the last year the lack of lamenting as part of worship. These next 12 psalms, written by Asaph, are not only laments, …
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Where is the king?
Holy Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 3rd January 2021 Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield from Trinity Street. It has been hard to know what day it was this week. New Year's Eve was a Thursday which felt like a Saturday and New Year's Day a Friday that felt like a Sunday. Then there was the real Saturday. On …
I resolve to be more awkward than ever in 2021
There are things you just can't change Many New Year's resolutions are negative, You hate yourself for being overweight so you resolve to lose weight or join a gym. Thanks to Katherine May for this, So instead of focusing on something about myself I feel bad about, and will feel bad if I do not …
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2020, a retrospective (Mostly about Covid-19 and vaccination)
"May you live in interesting times" is a term from the far east, and it is a curse. 2020 feels like that, interesting for all the wrong reasons. But I have a reason to be cheerful, on my left upper arm is a vaccination scar, which probably marks me out as a boomer, sorry about …
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The universe gives praise to God
BBC local radio serviceSunday 27th December 2020 There was no online service at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield this morning, neither was there a streamed service I could find from my father's church, Christ the King, Battyeford, where I used to worship over 40 years ago. At least there was the BBC radio service broadcast at 8am. …
The best Christmas carol for 2020
Merry Christmas There has been discussion on Twitter about the best carol for Christmas 2020. Whilst there have been plenty of punning answers, which I will not distract you with, OK, maybe one ... The first vaccine, oh Fauci did say was to certain poor people in homes where they layIn homes where they stay …
What does Jesus have against goats? – Matthew in Advent day 21
While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night,All seated on the ground,The angel of the Lord came down,And glory shone around. In the pasture lands of the western Mediterranean, flocks are often either sheep or goats. In the east, where land is more scrubby, herds would have been mixed, goats can graze harder ground. Next time …
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Animal husbandry for beginners – Matthew in Advent day 20
Nearly all the meat you eat is male. My great-grandfather was an agricultural worker in North Yorkshire, between Malton and Pickering, near to where the Flamingoland theme park now stands. He moved to West Yorkshire to become a farm owner, running a dairy farm on Hartshead moor. That farm is no longer in the family …
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Is this capitalism? – Matthew in Advent day 19
Last Saturday (it will be linked at the end of this post) I wrote of the traditional interpretation and why I have always felt wary of it, because the traditional reading takes takes the Greek talenta, a large sum of money, translated traditionally as talent but in the NIV as bag of gold, and makes …
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Making an ass of myself 