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Children often ask me, you’re a vicar – have you read the whole Bible? Hand on heart – I can’t say that I definitely have although I probably have. I’ve not read it, all the way through, starting from Genesis … Continue reading →

I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the last weeks regretting jokes about media studies students : given that some rudimentary knowledge of video editing might have come in useful in lockdown. I’m grateful to those who have pointed … Continue reading →

“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own…” No one would until one, man … Continue reading →

You’ve had Dry January, Red January, Veganuary? How did that go? Maybe you kept Movember and gave up shaving your top lip? Do you still involuntarily shiver at the name “Ice Bucket Challenge”? There are so many “challenges” going around … Continue reading →

Drugs are being openly taken, bought and sold in Clitheroe and the surrounding villages. Drugs are “rife” to quote one of hundreds of comments responding to my original question on Facebook’s “Clitheroe Gossip”. This is my shot at summarising some … Continue reading →

I have a lot of sympathy with Lee and Lizanne, having to deal with what their children are taught in school and particularly in school assemblies. I was particularly upset by one assembly that my child told me she was … Continue reading →

Bicycle thieves People who don’t pick up their dog poo People who pick up their dog poo and then hang it on a bush

The National Health Service: when I was younger I wondered about the priorities of those who answered NHS tothe question “what is the most important issue for you in voting?” As I have got older I understand more the benefits, … Continue reading →

WWDD? A few years back wristbands and tee-shirts with WWJD? were popular. Those unable to make up their minds on tricky ethical issues were encouraged to ask themselves what would Jesus do? Every day we all face questions that may … Continue reading →

Sermon preached on 8th July 2018 at St Mary Magdalene Clitheroe on the baptism of Eliza Louise Brown. Football is coming home: everyone is saying it, including someone singing it at 7.30 this morning outside the Vicarage. But in this … Continue reading →