Restored and commissioned Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 3/5/20 I would not have been at church today. Like last year, the plan was to take a week off because the Tour de Yorkshire men's cycle race final stage was to be run between Halifax and Leeds, and I had planned to be there. One Sunday …
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Baptised and filled with the Spirit: Part 2 Filled
As they said in the 1960s, "Keep on keeping on." In the world but not of it It takes time to acclimatise to a foreign country. Not only time, but it is difficult too. There are immigrant communities in the UK and British ex-pat communities in other countries, ghettos where people try to continue living …
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Jesus calling me by name.
The voice of Jesus Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 26th April 2020 This was not the Sunday we had planned. Instead of an extended weekend in Belfast around our wedding anniversary, we have isolation in Huddersfield. Instead of this being a report of a church we have never attended before, it is a report of …
We learn by asking questions,
Thomas? I doubt it. Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 19th April 2020 Yet another week in lockdown. Yet another virtual service on YouTube. Yet more picture of the building we did not attend. Yet again a false start as streaming of the service did not happen after the first linked video if we went watched …
Easter is not for Christians
Easter Sunday. Hallelujah! Christ is risen Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's new love song for his creation and mankind's love song for creation Happy Easter The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of learned people using the academic …
Lamentation is a gift from God
The gift of lament Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's seventh love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 40 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of learned people using the academic language for academic people, …
Mankind is created and a man dies
How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a locked-down land? Holy Week and Creation: a comparison God's sixth love song for his creation 40 Blogs of Lent: Day 39 The first chapter of the Book of Genesis is theology, but not theology as we know it. It is not the theology of …
