Today I led the intercessions at Holy Trinity Huddersfield. Instead of my usual scatter-gun approach (a little bit of this and a little bit of that) I concentrated on two areas, prayers for the persecuted church, and prayers for peace. This is what I prayed. The focus of a lot of my prayers today will …
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Life after life?
I have just finished re-reading Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, a really good comedic read. Chapter 7 ends with one of my favourite cliffhangers: "Gordon Way's astonishment at being shot dead was nothing to his astonishment at what happened next." What happens after death is a question that fascinates even atheist authors …
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Persecution has been on the news over the last week or so. The 2000 year old Christian community on Mosul, northern Iraq, has gone. In the 1990s there were an estimated 2 million Christians in Iraq. By last year it was down to 200,000. In towns which have been overrun by ISIS there are virtually none. …
Atheism (again)
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. — Brennan Manning. This ties in very well with what our church, Holy Trinity Huddersfield, has been doing this Lent. The focus of the …
It works.
In the TV show Rev., back this week. The titular character, Rev. Adam Smallbone (played by Tom Hollander) tries to describe the intricacies of the Anglican hierarchy to the local Imam. "So how does it work?" Asked the Imam. "It doesn't." That was Monday. Wednesday was off to the local church (Holy Trinity Huddersfield) for …
Prosperity?
This evening in the Lent Group at Holy Trinity Huddersfield we looked at a passage which contained what is sometimes referred to as the most abused verse in the Bible: Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a …
Reconciliation
I didn't get to the Ash Wednesday service last week, delayed trains and all. but a chance remark in the sermon that day is being felt by some who were there. Wht was said is this: Lent is about reconciliation. Reconciling ourselves to ourselves. Reconciling ourselves to others Reconciling ourselves to God. With all the …
Mary the subversive.
Last Sunday the sermon at Holy Trinity Huddersfield was on the subject of the story of Mary and Martha. I enjoyed it. Pam, who was preaching, said that we should not be as hard on Martha as some have been, after all it was Martha who opened her home to Jesus. The need not to be …
More on Snapshots from Twitter
About amonth ago I republished a few tweets by Fresh Expressions from the Edinburgh vision day. But what to do with this data? It is all very well saying, "To carry on as usual in a changing world is to carry on fading away." or, "Just doing what we have always done is a commitment …
It’s Good News Week.
We've made the news. We being Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, and the news being th local paper. Here's the story. Not only that, we made the editorial column, A few words about respecting graves. The story says: The site had for years been a hangout for nuisance drinkers and drug addicts who peppered the site with …
Making an ass of myself 