by contemporarychristianity_admin | Aug 26, 2025 | P.S.
A number of months ago I found myself in a conversation among a group of church leaders and one of the subjects that arose was that of commitment. Part of the discussion was about differing attitudes to church among the assorted generations in most congregations, and...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Aug 19, 2025 | P.S.
Holiday reading, and the attendant choices that accompany it, is an art I have never quite mastered. My wife does periodically remind me of how on one holiday, early in our married life, I arrived poolside carrying my flip-flops, my sunglasses, and Jonathan Bardon’s...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jul 31, 2025 | P.S.
We are God’s image-bearers, and carers of creation according to Genesis Chapter 1. (See previous post here.) Genesis 2 zooms in to give us a close-up of humanity’s early days, filling out this picture of who we are in more detail. When we read this part of the...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jun 24, 2025 | P.S.
Years ago, I was known by some for sporadic, long, detailed blog posts about miscellaneous issues in the world around us… but a wise spiritual director asked me… who did I think was being changed by these posts? And after a period of reflection, I stopped! In...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jun 17, 2025 | P.S.
A dear friend queried recently whether it was not the case that in the Catholic Church the demands of conscience ,and the directions of the hierarchy, are at times mutually incompatible, by asking if the conscience of a Catholic could be eclipsed or overborne by the...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jun 11, 2025 | P.S., Uncategorized
The Board is issuing this statement in light of the recent violent developments in Ballymena and other places. We are deeply disturbed by all that has happened and trust and pray that we will “turn back from the brink”. We affirm all who may be able to influence a...
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