by contemporarychristianity_admin | May 13, 2025 | P.S.
Donald Trump is almost unrivalled in his ability to divide opinion. Few people can inspire such allegiance or such animus. In fact, at times animus is too benign a word. For some their confidence in him is unparalleled, almost as great as his confidence in himself,...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | May 6, 2025 | P.S.
On Tuesday of Holy Week, my son Conor was married in a civil ceremony, which by law, is entirely secular. As I listened to the exchange of vows, I understood why my father, following my own civil wedding almost 30 years ago, felt the need to include 1 Corinthians...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 30, 2025 | P.S.
You could have knocked me down with a feather when Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh phoned me unexpectedly towards the end of March 2022. He suggested that I sit down before he continued – and then told me that he had a personal letter from Pope Francis for me! I had...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 16, 2025 | P.S.
I was brought up in a church where the church ‘calendar’ was regarded as really quite unimportant – apart from Christmas and Easter. Lent and Pentecost were rarely mentioned, and even Christmas and Easter focussed on the culmination of the period, with little...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 8, 2025 | P.S.
Among the songs of worship that I will find myself singing this Easter, I am sure these words will be sung at some point: ‘This, the power of the cross: Christ became sin for us, Took the blame, bore the wrath: We stand forgiven at the cross.’ I believe those...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 1, 2025 | P.S.
“Narnia was never right except when a Son of Adam was king… It is not men’s country, but it is a country for a man to be king of.” – Trufflehunter the Badger in C.S. Lewis’ ‘Prince Caspian’. We are sometimes guilty of starting the gospel in...
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