by contemporarychristianity_admin | Sep 30, 2024 | P.S.
A handful of years ago, I attended a Saturday morning event run by none other than Contemporary Christianity. In the course of one talk, the speaker quoted a fantastic song lyric that instantly resonated with me and embedded in my memory. He quoted just the first...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Sep 23, 2024 | P.S.
Recently, after a morning service, I was chatting over coffee to a friend in church. He was telling me that he had just finished reading Dennis Bradley’s 2024 memoir ‘Peace Comes Dropping Slow.’ Described by the Derry Journal as ‘required reading for anyone interested...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Sep 13, 2024 | P.S.
For the purposes of this PS blog, I will define ‘race’ as referring to the physical characteristics – skin colour, facial features – of an individual or group; justice is determining who gets what (distributive) and fair treatment in the process (procedural). The...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Aug 6, 2024 | P.S.
Last week I had the most surreal experience of my life. A musical, based on the memoir of my student days in the 1980s, has been playing at the Lyric Theatre. It is the third of my memoirs to be transformed into a musical, but this time the show includes me meeting my...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jul 9, 2024 | P.S.
Romans 12:12 “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.” As I mentioned in my last blog, in retirement I have been writing the history of my previous congregation, First Presbyterian Church, Armagh. After twenty-eight years of caring for...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jun 26, 2024 | P.S.
With Election Day imminent, you and I will have to assess the promises that have been made, the manifestos published and the interviews given. The common thread has been of a much better future being dangled in front of us from a variety of perspectives. I am NOT a...
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