...or thorns compose so rich a crown A kine from Isaac Watts hymn When I survey the wonderous cross. A crown of thorns would have been very painful. But this was mot about pain or torture, this was mockery. And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters), and they …
Palm Sunday Sunday 9th April, 2007, Holy Trinity, Huddersfield. As usual when talking about a service these are my impressions after the event. I have taken no notes or anything to fall back on. This was a family service, so there was a talk to the children and a drama rather than a reading. There …
They whipped and they stripped Not a sequel to 50 shades of grey, but my reflections from memory of the Lent course from Holy Trinity Huddersfield, based of the wounds of Christ. The first of which took its title from the song Lord of the dance. Before Jesus was whipped he would have been beaten, …
Don't worry about a thing “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither …
Treasure in Heaven Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart …
St Swithin's Walcot, Bath Sunday 26 March 2017 Not the UK usual blog for a Sunday in Lent as Linda and I were in Bristol and Bath for a long weekend. We visited the church where our Vicar in Huddersfield used to be Curate. The sermon here was about the disciple Thomas, someone who is …
What is Fasting? And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,that your fasting may not be seen by …
Eloquent prayer. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut …
Giving to the Needy “Beware of practising your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the …
Love your enemies “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the …
Making an ass of myself 