40 blogs of Lent - Day 5 Sunday 18th February 2018, Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield and other places. I am tired, very tired. Sunday was a very busy day. I can remember the days when I would have been able to do a day like that with ease, but now, having retired early through fatigue, …
Tag: God
Remnant
The remnant Remnant sales are common with sellers of fabric and carpets. anything short of a full roll is considered a remnant, When we moved into our present house our living room was carpeted with a room sized remnant. In the Bible God makes it clear that a remnant is all that he requires to …
Filthy
Filthy rags Isaiah was a strange guy by today's standards. Walking around naked for three years is not something you do these days. I wasn't something generally seen then either. But God told him that he had to go around naked and barefoot for that time, as a sign that the Assyrians would lead the …
Broken resolutions
It's that bonus time of year at gyms all over the country as people the length and breadth of Britain resolve to get fit in the new year and buy a year's membership and then visit the place three times. If they knew that gymnasium was derived from the Greek word for a place to exercise …
The naked supplicant
The bare necessities This is not one of those titles like The Naked Chef, which has nothing to do with nudity, this is about actual but naked bareness. I find it easier to pray in the nude. I am not talking about in church, I am not talking about turning up at Holy Trinity Church, …
Ice cream and God
Parenting 'Dad, can I have an ice cream?' 'Not now, wait til you have had lunch.' A conversation familiar to anyone who has been a parent, saying no to your children, letting them down gently. Of course, in the above example a good parent wold have to come up with ice cream after lunch. At …
Refugees
God's heart for refugees. God has revealed in Scripture, through stories of the faithful, through the law and prophets and poets of the Old Testament and the life and teachings of Jesus and the New Testament writers that he favours some people above others. God is biased. His bias is to three groups of people: …
Unity, conformity and abuse
The last issue of IDEA magazine, the magazine of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK, has been about unity. Issues tend to be themed these days. One thing that struck me as \I recently re-read was the difference between unity and conformity. Unity Unity is different people with different gifts and even ideas working together. …
Bad news, the tomb is empty
They thought death had happened to Jesus, but Jesus has happened to death.
Give, Fast, Pray (Haiku)
Give, pray, fast. Begin From your secret place. All for the glory of God.
Making an ass of myself 