Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

When I was growing up, one of the things I liked to do was build plastic model kits, Airfix models and those kinds of things. I really can’t remember how old I was when I first started doing that, but I do know that I was still at primary school, and I also remember thatContinue reading “Sermon for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 12) 4th September 2022”

Earlier this month the Lambeth Conference, the meeting of the bishops of the Anglican Communion, came to an end. To the relief of most people at least, it ended without the Communion having torn itself apart during the conference by reopening it’s arguments about human sexuality and perhaps especially about same-sex relationships and marriages. However,Continue reading “Sermon for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 11) 28th August 2022”

One of the things we can’t avoid in life is rules; rules, regulations, laws. We have them in everything we do in life and it’s just as well we do because could you imagine what life would be like without rules? I’m sure we’ve all tried to play games at times with someone who ignoresContinue reading “Sermon for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 10) 21st August 2022”