Matthew's passion: A Borrowed Grave 40 Blogs of Lent: 38 Matthew 27:57-61 It is an odd way to celebrate a victory, by being buried. A group of women had been among those who had witnessed God incarnate, God in human form, win the final victory over evil, over sin and even over death. The chains …
Tag: music
A long day at church
A (long) day in the life of a church musician Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 27 September 2019 I love my church. A long day that started straight after the News from my radio alarm. Up, shaved dressed and breakfasted on a bowl of rice crispies in order to get to church at 9am in …
Christmas at Santa’s Cathedral, and a youth takeover
Howay in a manger and St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Saturday 22 December and Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 23 September 2018 A busy weekend in the life of a Christian musician started on Friday evening with a rehearsal for Holy Trinity's Morning service on Sunday. Saturday, and the journey 120 miles north to Newcastle for …
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Riff on (and on and on…)
The need for riffs in music. I haven't written a music blog for ages, so here goes ... Riffs are not just for Classic Rock and Metal, no matter how important they are for those styles. Where would Metallica's Enter Sandman be without that glorious riff? But it's not just guitar, where would Coldplay's Clocks, …
FaCiNG SouTH
SNoWeD iN iN SPRiNG. My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 25 March 2013 Forty blogs of Lent Day 35 Holy Trinity Huddersfield, 24th March, 2013 A …
God is with us
My old blog balaam.wibsite.com can no longer be accessed. Using the Wayback Machine I am trying to save whatever can be saved, There are no images available for these old blogs. This blog is from 24 December 2012 Blogging through Advent 19 God is with us Holy Trinity Huddersfield, 23 December 2012 Today we had …
New toy
This is it. It is a new cymbal, for the technically minded it is a Sabian Pro Studio 17" crash. Neighbours beware.
Christmas songs
It is OK, I am not talking about those pop songs which have been playing on repeat in supermarkets and boutiques since October. Shop workers, you have my sympathy. Nor am I going to pull the lyrics apart because they do not represent Palestine as it was then. I want to look at what is …
Singing
... or how to grow a congregation. Like it or not, music is important in the life of a local church. It is one of the things that helps congregations to grow, and also one of the things that divides. Getting the negative bit out of the way, forcing a congregation into a style of music …
Masterpiece
We are 'playing chopsticks' And God is inter-weaving a musical masterpiece around that
Making an ass of myself 