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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Stirring it up
The Bishop of Leeds, Rt Rev Nicholas Baines has been stirring things up. His letter to the Prime minister has been reported on the front page of today's Observer. This is what the Observer said - Observer story. Before you make your minds up about this it would be best to read the full text …
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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. …
