Tri-unity a poem for Trinity Sunday 2018 It's all in the relationship, the too and fro swirling from eternity to eternity together. A fountain of fullness of love: Inviting us in. to join in the dance of creation, restoration and inspiration, our hearts, minds and imagination following the lead of the one who leads not …
Tag: Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit – Part 2
The Holy Spirit Part 2 - Fellowship The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Note: I have read through this, and I am not sure about the logic I have used in bringing it together. I wish I could …
The Holy Spirit – Part 1
The Holy Spirit Part 1 - Power In some of the Psalms in my Bible there is a word SELAH, it denotes that here is a space to think on the words, to meditate on them. In this blog I am asking the readers to go through what is being said slowly, and to pause …
Dynamic or Formal?
Dynamic or Formal? Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 20th May 2018. I learned something new in church today. The feast of Pentecost (Shavout in Hebrew, meaning weeks, the day is a week of weeks, seven weeks, after Passover) is not only the first of the two Jewish harvest festivals, but also the celebration of Moses …
Fire
Fire a poem for pentecost Fire falls, the promised power; its harbinger the sound of a hurricane. God's Holy Spirit has come upon the Church. Flames come to rest and frightened men are filled with confidence. God's Holy Spirit repairing shattered lives . The sound of the wind and the sound of many voices in …
Wait!
Wait! Was Matthias a mistake? These are my Ascensiontide thoughts. Acts chapter 1 is a curious chapter. It starts with Jesus telling the disciples that the Holy Spirit is coming. Twice. The repetition is the important thing here, it isn't really about rising into clouds, although that does teach us that Jesus did not lose …
Names of God – Part 6
Names of God - Part 6 El Olam God's name El Olam, Everlasting God in English, reminds us that God is everlasting from before anything existed through to eternity. God is outside of time. God is from everlasting to everlasting, the "for ever and ever" words that we add to the prayer that Jesus gave …
Raised for a reason
What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to you? As evangelicals we are very keen on the crucifixion. Sometimes to the exclusion of everything else. The cross has said it all, we sing, but if so, what was the purpose of Jesus rising again if there was nothing left to accomplish? On this last day …
Grumbling, resting and someone new
Grumbling, resting and someone new Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield - Sunday 29th April 2018 I'll start with the new boy: We have a new Youth Minister. Wayne Cadman, joined us as last Tuesday and we met him, and his wife Ruth, at this morning's service. I was pleased to meet him as one of the …
Free breakfast
Free breakfast Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 22 April 2018 Today we only had one of our morning services, the earlier traditional one. The second service, the contemporary music one, made way for the APCM, the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. I attended both. I will not be commenting on the content of the meeting other …
Making an ass of myself 