Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

How many people suffer from travel sickness? Quite a few I would imagine because it is a common complaint. I’m quite fortunate in that respect because it’s something that’s never troubled me but I do know lots of people who do suffer from it and I’ve met some who it affects so badly that they’reContinue reading “Sermon: 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 9) 9th August, 2020”

When we were last in our churches, on 3rd Sunday of Lent this year, I don’t suppose any of us thought that it would be another 20 weeks before we’d be able to come together in church again, to worship the Lord. But, as we know, that is what has happened. But even today, asContinue reading “Sermon: 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 8) 2nd August, 2020”

Last Sunday, I spoke about the Donatist controversy which caused so much damage to the Church in North Africa between the 4th and 8th Centuries and I said that, whilst the Donatist controversy itself had ended well over 1,000 years ago, the attitudes and beliefs that led to it are, unfortunately, very much still withContinue reading “Thought for the Day: 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 7) 26th July, 2020”