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 …
Tag: God
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 …
Pray (again) for the persecuted church
Three brief things Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 8th April 2018 One: Helping autistic people A very minor niggle, but it is Autism Awareness Month, so I'm putting something in here. To those involved in leading a church service: Do not be afraid to wait until the people reading the lessons or leading intercessions have …
The names of God – Part 1
The names of God - Part 1 El During the lent blogs I looked at the titles of Jesus used in the letters to the churches part of the book of revelation. I thought it would be good to look at how God is named in the rest of the Bible, both Old Testament and …
Hallelujah, Christ is risen.
Let's Celebrate Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield Easter Sunday, 1 April 2018 It was nearly spoilt for me before it started. A touch out of nowhere. I turned to see a smiling face in the row behind wanting to wish me happy Easter. But it was alarming, it was way into the service before I could …
Two break ins
Easter Sunday - 1 April 2018 Two break ins A poem This year: Sunday, at daybreak A child breaks into a chocolate egg And what she wants comes out A small packet of chocolate buttons. Years ago: Sunday, at daybreak God breaks in to a sealed tomb And what we need comes out A Saviour, …
What should you be doing in your church?
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 40 Church is for everyone What is church - Day 8 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body”, that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I …
Lord, make me pure, but not yet
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 39 Church is Holy What is church - Day 7 I appeal to you therefore,brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your …
Hide your struggles and slap on a plastic smile
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 38 Church is Community What is church - Day 6 This is Maundy Thursday, when we commemorate Jesus sharing a last Passover meal, a last community meal, with his disciples, so it may seem odd that I am talking about Ananias and Sapphira (and Barnabas) on this day. Now the …
Continue reading Hide your struggles and slap on a plastic smile
Making an ass of myself 