Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

I’m sure we’ve all met people who like to speak their mind. In my experience of people who speak their mind, one thing you can say about them is that you tend to know where you stand with them but as for what they say, well that’s another story. I’m sure we all know thatContinue reading “Sermon for Easter 4 Year C, Sunday 11th May 2025”

Last Tuesday, we celebrated the feast day of St Mark the Evangelist. In my sermon then, I spoke about how St Mark can be a shining example to us in these difficult times for the Church. I said that because, as we read St Mark’s story in scripture and in the Church’s traditions, we findContinue reading “Sermon for Easter 3, 4th May 2025”

One of the things that people in the Church often complain about is the alterations that are sometimes made to the words of hymns. That does happen a lot nowadays and, as with so many changes that are made to traditional things these days, the reason for the changes is often said to be toContinue reading “Sermon for Easter2, 27th April 2025”