Creationtide – Humanity

Last week we were thinking about how God created the earth and all living things. We ended the readings just before he made human beings, Adam and Eve, which we have heard about today and he gives them dominion over all living things that moved on the earth.  Quite a big undertaking when you think about it to be given the care of a beautiful garden and everything that lives in it … More Creationtide – Humanity

Why can’t we all just get on and do as Jesus asked?

When I was training to be a priest I trained alongside members of the Methodist church and you think we’re all Christians, this is going to be fine. Despite being from two different denominations we had a lot of classes together, the same biblical study, doctrine, mission and ministry but get down to the everyday of doing things that’s when our differences started to become a bit clearer and there were a few friendly and not so friendly debates … More Why can’t we all just get on and do as Jesus asked?

Give a Little

You’ve probably noticed these graphics on our weekly service sheets recently, but what are they? It’s a QR code. QR codes are clever bits of technology – a bit like bar codes – that link the real world with the online world … More Give a Little

Being a Priest

I have spent a lot of time in the last couple of weeks thinking about what it means to be a priest. For inspiration I turned to the bible and thought about a couple of verses I have heard at 40th and 60th anniversaries of ordination. The first is from Isaiah 6 when the voice of the Lord says ‘who shall I send?’ and there is the immediate response, ‘Here I am, send me!’ … More Being a Priest

Jesus the Good shepherd

Having spent most of my life growing up in Oldham my exposure to sheep has been limited mainly to a nice warm woolly jumper of a tasty piece of lamb with a dollop of mint sauce, beautiful. I do think thought that sheep get rather a bad reputation for being belligerent, stupid, not doing as they are told, getting themselves stuck in things or just behaving in a bit of an odd way however they are also quite cute and loveable, I had a friend who was obsessed with sheep when we were younger which I never quite understood … More Jesus the Good shepherd