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PS is an email and web-based blog format issued regularly by Contemporary Christianity. The format provides an online space for writers toexplore issues relating to church, culture and life in Northern Ireland, seeking to understand the times through insights from Scripture, theology, reason and the observations that flow from lived experience.
PS will never claim to have all the answers, but we hope to prompt questions that leave our readers a little closer to the answer at the end of the piece than they were at the beginning.
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Who are our Heroes of the Faith?
John Weaver, in his book Emmaus, encourages us to recognise that we are all in different places on our journey of faith.
Reflecting on the Sins of Yesteryear
Almost all of us have had things done to us in childhood that we would like to forget, but almost all of us did some things that we would prefer not to be remembered.
The Countercultural Message of Advent
The more that I reflected on Advent, the more that its message became personally both countercultural and revolutionary in a positive way.
Beyond Wellness Wednesdays: The Wounds We Do Not Talk About
The spiritual, moral, and relational health of any organisation depends on its willingness to confront uncomfortable truths.
Sticks and Stones
Regardless of the adage, words can and do hurt. They are powerful. Used as weapons to stoke combat or a tonic to soothe the soul, a single utterance can have a profound effect. Language, therefore, must be taken seriously.
Who are we? Earthing our identity in Genesis Chapter 3: Friends and companions, then exiles
We normally read Genesis Ch 3 from our perspective, but what about God’s perspective?
Angels Among Us… (God’s Secret Agents!)
Through the centuries, many people, clerics, artists, poets, and song writers have tried to explain or portray their interpretation of Angels. People nowadays are often fascinated by the subject in both secular and religious society.
Revisiting Reconciliation
Following a conversation last Autumn with some wise supporters, we have been awarded a small grant from the Community Relations Council to do a research piece on how the conversations on reconciliation and good relations might be improved.
Relating Well to the Familiar Stranger
My relationship with the Holy Spirit has long been a cocktail of both allure and wariness.
Stirring the Waters
David Park in a 2016 interview…wonders aloud if “the stirring of the waters” in 21st century Northern Ireland actually will lead to any healing.
The Ability to Think Yourself!
The ability to think is one of the core reasons why I am a Christian.
What might a new move of God look like?
Society and Church on the Island were both deeply divided and deeply traumatised but, without fanfare, God drew people together by a common experience of the Holy Spirit which was utterly transforming.