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Vicar of Marsden & Slaithwaite: priest in the world, not of the world. An hilarious permission giver and jongleur de Dieu. Long distance cyclist.
Dec 29, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I overheard a question that poked fun at the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity, and I thought to myself, 'how would I explain the Holy Trinity?' I wondered if it matters whether I can explain it out not. A close friend said, 'to me it doesn't matter, it's an academic argument', I think my friend means that it has no practical purpose, and that it is a distraction which spirals in smaller circles of semantics.
Dec 28, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Day 2 of #RideFestive5 from Cycling UK... a break in the rain sees an opportunity to ride perhaps 5 miles instead of 5km... here we go! Mucky MTB on driveway. A glimpse of the world famous pair of Darkwoods Coffee Roastery and Zapato Brewery through the leafless trees beside a bend in the river. @zapatobrewing @DarkWoodsCoffee Low roofed factories glimpsed through trees. Bicycle leaning
Dec 27, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
I'm doing the #RideFestive5 challenge...
"while it would be great if everyone had time to take part in the Rapha Festive 500, Cycling UK wants to offer a more manageable challenge that doesn’t mean neglecting friends and family and dedicating all your time to a sporting feat" I did the #RaphaFestive500 last year, this year I'm trying something warmer and drier: the #RideFestive5 ... 5 minutes of cycling for the next 5 days.
Jun 11, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Morning Prayer. May the communities of Marsden and Slaithwaite shine like stars in the Kingdom of Heaven. May our mortal lives be transformed by the grace of God. May our businesses thrive, our schools be places of flourishing, and those who care for others be strengthened... May our homes be places of peace and safety. May relationships be loving and those who are vulnerable be cherished. May those who practice deceit and violence turn again and live... May those who harm others turn away from sin... and by their repentance magnify the good news...
Nov 5, 2021 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
As the deer longs for the water brooks,
so longs my soul for you, O God.

My soul is athirst for God, even for the living God;
when shall I come before the presence of God?

My tears have been my bread day and night,
while all day long they say to me, ‘Where is now your God?’ Photograph of page from book, Common Worship, Daily Prayer: ...
Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul,
and why are you so disquieted within me?

O put your trust in God;
for I will yet give him thanks,
who is the help of my countenance, and my God...
Jun 4, 2021 • 32 tweets • 4 min read
#PrayerInPublicSpaces can feel hard on days like today, surrounded by traffic noise, isolated by tarmac from the earth, observing the bubbles of humanity distracted by the cares of the world. Today is what it feels like to be 'in the world' not 'of the world' O Lord, open our lips
and our mouth shall proclaim your praise
Jun 3, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That you, with steadfast love, would keep
Your watch around us while we sleep I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel,
and in the night watches he instructs my heart
May 1, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
O Lord, you have searched me out and known me;
you know my sitting down and my rising up;
you discern my thoughts from afar. You mark out my journeys and my resting place
and are acquainted with all my ways.

For there is not a word on my tongue,
but you, O Lord, know it altogether.
Dec 13, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
In 2019 I replaced 860 car journeys of less than 8km with cycling. I enjoyed it. How much CO2 did I cut back on? 1720kg less than if I'd driven. I'm just one person. I used these figures to estimate my calculation:
Manufacturer and running of a car (on average): 271g CO2 per km
Manufacturer and fuel (cake, pie, beer as fuel - on average): 21g CO2 per km
(estimate-heaven)
ecf.com/news-and-event…
Sep 25, 2019 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
Does Missio Dei (Church language for ‘the mission of God’) require God’s people to use a car?
@churchofengland @DioceseOfYork @cranmerhall This is an emotional and intelligent film about the relationship between society, the car, and the way we turn a blind eye to knowing that 73 people are killed and injured by motorists on British roads every day. Every single day. Day after day after day
Sep 10, 2019 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
A few memorable thoughts from #preaching19:

"I felt like a lion in a den of Daniels"
1/14 The links between worship and the way Christians treat creation can inadvertently harm, or intentionally heal... Let my worship be in harmony with creation

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