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Refugees and Kirklees Council, part 2

On 31/08/202129/08/2021 By balaamIn PoliticsLeave a comment

Last week I wrote an open letter to Kirklees Metropolitan Council about receiving Afghan refugees and referred to the Huddersfield area's long and good history in accepting refugees, linking to the blog post on social media. I got a reply on Twitter. Well it was a link to the latest update from the council. Afghan …

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Other people: Othering people

On 23/09/202012/09/2020 By balaamIn Asperger's Syndrome., Autism, PoliticsLeave a comment

"People from other countries are not like us," starts so many racist statements. That is the bigger part of the problem. Another part is double empathy, we judge them because they do things differently to us. How desperate do you need to be to trust yourself to the open seas in a rubber boat? Seeking …

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Stained Class #HT200

On 29/05/201923/05/2019 By balaamIn church, God, History, Huddersfield, PoliticsLeave a comment

Stained class The windows of Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield is in its bicentennial year, having opened in 1819. I thought that now was a good time to publish a blog about one of the most striking features of the church, our wonderful stained glass. Most striking is the East Window, being …

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Angels and Refugees at Christmas

On 29/12/201822/06/2019 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Dreams of Angels The Nativity by Matthew - part 7 Angels in dreams have a big part to play in Matthew's Nativity story. First to Joseph to tell him that Mary had conceived by God, then to the wise men to tell them not to return to Herod and now three more to Joseph the …

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Eating your way around the world

On 05/07/201827/06/2018 By balaamIn History, Huddersfield, Politics1 Comment

History of Huddersfield Immigration. To eat your way around the world you do not have to spend thousands of pounds going on a world cruise. Most of your eating will be the ship food, as good as it is that will not have the variety of eating in the countries you visit. Instead you can …

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Names of God – Part 11

On 15/06/201824/05/2018 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

Names of God - Part 11 Elohim Macheslanu God is our refuge For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger, Isaiah 7:10 ESV1 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your …

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Muslims come to Christ

On 03/05/201823/04/2018 By balaamIn God blogs2 Comments

Muslims come to Christ And face retribution Over the last year and a half I keep on coming across stories of Muslims turning to Jesus. As I started looking into this, the stories have changed from a trickle to a flood. Dreams and visions The first on its own, a North African man has seen …

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Refugees – part 2

On 09/07/201708/07/2017 By balaamIn God blogsLeave a comment

...as you did it to one of the least of these... An encounter with Jesus went like this: Luke 10:25-37 ESVUK And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do …

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Refugees

On 05/07/201704/07/2017 By balaamIn God blogsLeave a comment

God's heart for refugees. God has revealed in Scripture, through stories of the faithful, through the law and prophets and poets of the Old Testament and the life and teachings of Jesus and the New Testament writers that he favours some people above others. God is biased. His bias is to three groups of people: …

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Violence must stop

On 30/06/201629/06/2016 By balaamIn PoliticsLeave a comment

Since the EU exit referendum there has been increasing violence against immigrants. In some cases the perpetrators idea could be someone who was born here. Their parents and grandparents could be born here, but that does not matter to a racist. All that matters is they don't look talk or smell like we do. The …

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