Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

If we walk into a church and we’re unsure of what denomination it belongs to, or any Anglican church and we’re not sure which tradition it belongs to, one way to work that out would be to simply look round and see what kind of crosses are in that church. If we saw crucifixes ratherContinue reading “Sermon for The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 14th September 2025”

In our Gospel readings over the past few Sundays we’ve heard some quite radical things from Jesus, things which turn our usual understanding of him and of the way things should be completely upside down. We could lump these sayings together under a heading of ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ because it’s quite clear that whatContinue reading “Sermon for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7th September 2025”