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Les Howard
@leshoward.bsky.social
Husband to 1; Dad to 2; Grandad to 5.
Occupant of modest house in Cambridgeshire, UK
Learning to be a follower of Jesus Christ in this messy & broken world.
author of http://blog.biblenotes.org.uk/
founder of www.vatadvice.org
Jesus’ comments about ‘the salt of the earth’ & ‘the light of the world’ concern character & integrity, rather than merely the keeping of rules.
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The trend at the #BBC has long been to promote right wing politics, with little serious challenge. (HIGNFY being an obvious exception.)
Regretful but inevitable move away from the centre.
The thing about the moment we are in is we have been here before. During the Brexit Referendum campaign, the Johnson years, and now with Farage's ascent. Our established press has played a role in why we have got to this point in British politics. What's happening at the BBC now was an inevitability
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
‘At our baptism ceremonies we now serve a certain dessert, helva, that is only served in Turkey at funerals.’

Powerful image to communicate the unchanging message of Jesus in the local culture.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
‘But what if, instead of building higher walls, we opened our doors and extended our tables?’
David Smyth, EA, NI.
www.eauk.org/news-and-vie...
idea
Representing our members since 1846, the Evangelical Alliance is the oldest and largest evangelical unity movement in the UK.
www.eauk.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
‘The unity, the wholeness, the reality of the Christian faith are presuppositions that (Martin) Luther never for one moment abandoned.’

{Benjamin Drewery}
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Everyday local heroes. Samir Zitouni & Stephen Crean both risked their lives in the #Huntingdon stabbing incident.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cambridgeshire MPs want train attack heroes to get George Cross
Pippa Heylings says Samir Zitouni and Stephen Crean should receive the honour after their bravery.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I have updated my review of this important book.
blog.biblenotes.org.uk/book-review-...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Many of our Christmas traditions have Christian origins. Explore them here: www.cpo.org.uk/the-light-we...
The Light We Long For - Booklet
Prices shown include postage. 23/10: Stocks now available.
www.cpo.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Stories of abundance - illustrating God’s grace.
blog.biblenotes.org.uk/grace-elijah...
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Many of our Christmas traditions have Christian origins. Explore them here: www.cpo.org.uk/the-light-we...
The Light We Long For - Booklet
Prices shown include postage. 23/10: Stocks now available.
www.cpo.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When one person receives a $1 tr pay award at the same time as families struggle to put food on the table, something is seriously wrong.
❗ Families are having to choose between putting the heating on or food on the table. Parents are skipping meals. People are terrified of rising bills.

It's so wrong. We desperately need a social security system that protects us when we need it most.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A big shout out to my friends at The VAT team.
VAT is complex; do keep The VAT Team's contact details to hand.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I was disturbed but not surprised to watch this report of extreme right-wing views dominating X.
Another good reason to enjoy @bsky.app !
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This Friday morning, do read this!
Meanings of the word for November in various languages

▪️ Leaf fall (Czech)
▪️ Freezing moon (Ojibwe)
▪️ Dark period month (Inari Sami)
▪️ Wind slender (Navajo)
▪️ Month of goats (ChiShona)
▪️ Month of slaughter (Welsh)
▪️ Time of drumming (Yup'ik)
▪️ Arrival of the scorpion (Thai)
▪️ Death month (Finnish)
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“For Christ did not enter a manmade sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, not to appear for us in God’s presence.”
#GemsFromHebrews
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘God enjoys bringing light out of darkness and making things out of nothing. Thus He created all things and thus He justifies sinners.’
Martin Luther, quoted in A History of Christian Doctrine
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
At #Huntingdon train station. A grey November morning.
But quiet & safe today.
Thanks to our railway staff who help keep us safe.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Observing recent US elections from the UK, impressed at #ZohranMamdani & his ilk, in contrast to so much hate & anger from #Republicans
#HopeNotHate
TLDR: Zohran Mamdani transition team is all women, multi-ethnic, and multi generational with Lina Kahn in the mix. The man gets it.
Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
‘No attack on outsiders is voiced, and there is no requirement for God to look on the suffering of His people or for God to fight for them.’
(Kenneth Bailey on The Lord’s Prayer)
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
No one Christian can be everywhere at once … obviously.
But we can join in praying for Christian brothers & sisters across the world: www.relationalmission.org/globalprayer
Global Prayer Initiative — Relational Mission
www.relationalmission.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
‘Jesus’s first audience heard more. They heard a story of love across racial, religious, and political differences, in which the moral hero was their sworn enemy.’

Rebecca McLaughlin on the Good Samaritan
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Choices & Priorities – recent blog:
blog.biblenotes.org.uk/choices-and-...
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
‘Men like to have something to do about their salvation; they don’t like to give up the idea that they can’t do anything; that God must do it all.’
D.L.Moody
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
‘We should expect Christians to speak different languages, sing different songs, eat different foods, wear different clothes, and bring different insights to God’s universal timeless word.’
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November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Handing on the business baton. I’m delighted that my good friend Rebecca Porter now leads the vatadvice team: vatadvice.org/about-us/
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November 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM