Light Fantastic

Light Fantastic

I remember a spectacular moment in Paris on our honeymoon: the night on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées when the Christmas lights were switched on. I remember it, because, standing right there, on the Avenue, we missed the moment. We had our backs to the boulevard,...
The Three T’s

The Three T’s

I see this book as part memoir and part final testament complementing the pastoral and more public ministry to which I have been privileged to contribute in a modest way for well over half a century. A period that has seen the horrors of what we euphemistically call...
A friend’s eye is a good mirror

A friend’s eye is a good mirror

“A friend’s eye is a good mirror” Shared insights and honest reflections for the Church in Ireland Mirrors are almost as old as civilisation itself. The oldest date back as far as 8,000 years, to ancient Turkey. But whether it is the polished metal of the ancients or...
Who am I?

Who am I?

Recently I delivered dialogue and mediation training to a group of 24 young women from Belgrade and Pristina who had never met before. One of the semi-fun exercises used as an icebreaker is based on social identities – the social ‘categories’ to which we all belong,...
Why should we care for creation?

Why should we care for creation?

We often address God as Creator in our prayers, and He is often described as Creator in our worship songs, but do we take Him seriously as Creator? Alongside this, do we take seriously the mandate He gave to humankind to rule creation when He created us? Two...