Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

During my years in the Church, and through many conversations with both clergy and lay people, one of the things I’ve found that many people really struggle with about the Christian faith is the idea of judgement. I’ve heard so many people, both clergy and lay people, say that they simply can’t get their headsContinue reading “Sermon for Christ the King 26th November 2023”

There’s no doubt whatsoever that one of the most urgent problems facing parish churches at this time, is the lack of willing volunteers. And the most pressing problem of all in this respect is the lack of people who are willing to take on any kind of responsibility for the church they attend. And byContinue reading “Sermon for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (2nd before Advent) 19th November 2023”

Without doubt, the greatest upheaval, though some would say the greatest tragedy, to happen in the Church in the last 1000 years, is the Reformation, the schism which separated the Catholic Church into what’s now become the Roman Catholic and what are commonly, though in many cases quite erroneously called, Protestant Churches. Though there hadContinue reading “Sermon for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (3rd before Advent) Remembrance Sunday 12th November 2023”