Following Christ in every day life

Years ago I went to a performance of John’s Gospel. It featured a solitary actor who proclaimed the whole of John’s Gospel from memory: an amazing feat of memory. The audience was seated in the nave of a darkened church and the actor stood at the front under a spotlight – he was all that…

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Sunday Worship – All Saints’ Sunday

Sunday Holy Communion at St. Oswald’s starts at 10am and will be led by the Vicar. You are most welcome! There is a small play area at the back of church and an activity for children during the sermon. Afterwards, there is tea and coffee for those who wish to stay and chat. The Vicar’s…

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You lack one thing

Mark 10:17-31 Job 23:1-9, 16-17 ‘You lack one thing’, Jesus tells the young man who has come to ask how he might inherit eternal life. For the young man it was his wealth, his possessions. We might breathe a sigh of relief and think, ‘well I’m OK then’ – I’m not wealthy’. But this young…

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Busy at church today

It’s all busy at church this lunchtime with Mark Woodall, gas engineer, fixing the boiler and Lancashire County Council doing the white lines. Another two steps in getting things back to normal…

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