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I can’t… the only thing I can do!
We are fooling ourselves if we think that Facebook posts, or even press-releases, make a significant difference in many situations, apart from making ourselves feel good.
The Paramountcy of Conscience
But what do we mean by conscience? It is a word that is used liberally, but contrary to modern understanding, is not writing, thinking, speaking, or acting according to one’s own best judgment.
A Statement on Recent Events
We join with others across Northern Ireland in unreservedly condemning the recent racist violence in Ballymena and beyond.
Framework for faith
In order to grow and develop as Christians we must place the word of God front and centre in our everyday life.
Truth in a World of Lies, Spin and Manipulation
I like to think of Jesus as one of the worst salesmen in the world.
Enough is enough!
What is enough – and when do you know you have enough?
It is time to stop looking for a Political Saviour
Whichever side of the Trump debate you sit on, most of us have been looking for a political leader who could rescue us from the morass of economic, social, and political woes that we are sinking in.
Love Never Fails… Now I Know In Part
My mother, aged ninety, managed the journey from Galway to London for my son’s wedding, and during her visit we attended a Good Friday reflective service led by a Lay Reader, a Roman Catholic Easter Vigil Mass, and an Anglican Easter Sunday celebration.
An Unexpected Letter
I had been very struck in the encyclical by the Pope’s lengthy and detailed exploration of the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke’s gospel (Chapter 10.25-37) under the title ‘A stranger on the road’.
What about you keeping a closer eye on the Church Calendar?
I have begun to appreciate in a new way the whole of Jesus’ ministry and indeed the whole revelation of God in the Bible – and by extension the nuances and cycles of the annual church calendar.
The Cross of Christ we need this Easter
It is the single most important event in human history, and the moment I first trusted in the crucified and risen Jesus was the single most important event of my small life.
Who are we? Earthing our identity in Genesis Chapter 1
The first chapter of Genesis makes for fascinating study, even leaving aside the ongoing debate over the origin of biological life.