Pray for Shine Week of mission at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield to celebrate 200 years as a church #HT200 The mission week at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield is almost upon us. Before the week of mission we are having a week of prayer for the week of mission. We are already halfway through the week …
Tag: science
Do Science to it
Science is wonderful. These are just some of the amazing discoveries of 2015. You can be in two places at once. Yes you can be in two places at once[1], or be in two different states at the same time. Not just at the minute level of sub-atomic particles, which has been part of accepted …
The waters of Mars
NASA announces that water has been found on Mars, and Twitter is filled with jokes, like this one. It is not news. There is ice on Mars, we know that. The sun shines on Mars, we know that too, so all we need to do is put the two together — there must be water. …
Space is big
Space is big. Very big. In fact the latest scientific understanding, if I understand it correctly, is that the universe is infinity large — and expanding. On top of that there may be an infinite number of parallel universes which gives the size of the multiverse as being an infinity of infinities. As I said, space …
Theology changes its mind (part 1)
Theology changes its mind, but so does science. About a month ago I wrote in the blog "What is Theology for" that we should be looking at how we interpret the Bible in the light of what science is telling us. First let me say this. What science says isn't fixed. It changes. Often. Sometimes …
In two minds about doubt
Why I have doubts, an exercise in train of thought. I have a problem with doubting, the problem is that I do it — and I have no reason to do it. I have no reason to doubt because of what I have seen and experienced of God in action. I have seen people prayed …
Extraterrestrial
Sometimes I look up at the sky and wonder, "Is there intelligent life on other planets?" I don't get out cycling nearly enugh as I'd like, and the chance of combining a ride with a chance to see some shooting stars, with the Earth going through the Perseid cloud there's no better time to go …
Making an ass of myself 