Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

Today is the first Sunday of Lent and so, as always, our Gospel reading today is the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. And, as people who preach on this story usually do, I’m going to speak today about temptation, about how we can be faced with the same or similar temptations Christ was,Continue reading “Sermon for Lent 1, 9th March 2025”

When I was growing up, virtually every house I went in, whether it was of family or friends, had something in common, and that was their vacuum cleaner, and their washing machine if they had one, were both made by Hoover. I believe that originally, Hoover made electric motors and only entered the domestic applianceContinue reading “Sermon for the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2nd March 2025”