Biblical Stations of the Cross Opening prayer: God of power and mercy,in love you sent your Sonthat we might be cleansed of sinand live with you forever.Bless us as we gather to reflecton his suffering and deaththat we may learn from his examplethe way we should go. We ask this through that same Christ, our …
Tag: Darkness
Bringing light into dark places
Everything will be brought to light Matthew 10:24–28 The ambassadors of Jesus 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 7 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of …
Jesus comes to dispel the darkness in our lives.
Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 5th January 2020 It is not often I feel a real challenge from God in a church service. Today was one of them. The challenge came whilst the Bible was being read. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness are …
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‘Tis mystery all…
…The immortal dies 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 29 March 2013 Charles Wesley’s words hit on the significance if the crucifixion, God dies. God, the …
Giving up my hold on darkness
There is not always a light at the end of the tunnel There's always a light at the end of the tunnel. That was the well meaning advice I have been given as I experienced dark times following an accident twelve and a half years ago. Being in a dark place wasn't my choosing, I …
Undivided, a review of the book by Vicky Beeching
A book review Undivided by Vicky Beeching. I don't normally do book reviews, and this is not much of a review, more of a response to the thoughts and feelings that reading a book has had on me. I downloaded this book, the title of which comes from Vicky's song, Undivided Heart, on June 14, …
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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 …
Making an ass of myself 