Friday 29th July @ 2.30pm.
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Have you ever seen an obese ant? Nor have I. But why not? Attracted as they are to every sugary spill in my kitchen and impossible to deter with every lotion, potion and spray on the market. Where’s the justice in that, God? My blood level sores at the very mention of cake. My waist…
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 3rd July 2022 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 66 v10-14; Psalm 66 v1-9; Galatians 6 v1-16; Luke 10 v1-20. The power of personal testimony In today’s gospel reading Luke recalls that Jesus sent seventy-two of his followers into the towns and villages ahead of him as he made his way…
It’s interesting that this phrase of the Lord’s Prayer sits next to and comes immediately after asking for forgiveness. The Lord’s Prayer, given by Jesus to his disciples (Matthew 6: 9-13), I think, recognises their and our humanity. We receive forgiveness, but as sure as “eggs is eggs”, we will sin again. Temptation is a…
Return from a distant country by Alister McGrathDarton, Longman and Todd, 2021 (My Theology series) 92 pages £8.99 ISBN 978 1 913 657 406 It’s always a joy to read the limpid prose, careful thought and Alister McGrath’s compellingly presented arguments in favour of the Christian faith. As a young man committed to Marxism as…
Every Tuesday from 21st June until 30th August, 10.30am – 1.30pm
It is twenty-two years ago this Autumn that I first started on the journey that would lead me into working as a minister of Religion. The process began with me attending an interview at a Church in Huddersfield, one of the tasks that I had been given to undertake, was to read a book and…
Saturday 2nd July 11am – 2pm
As I write this, the Jubilee celebrations are still fresh in my memory but by the time you read these words, those days may seem long gone!! The idea of ‘jubilee’ originated way back in the times of Moses’ wanderings in the desert. Hebrew time was divided into seven year cycles. After the seventh of…
Dear Friends, I am wading my way through the four and a half hours of the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant first shown live on Sunday 5th June, marking the final of four days of national and commonwealth celebration with an audience of over a billion people worldwide. Days like this make…