by admin | Sep 19, 2016 | P.S.
These thoughts are provoked by the recent trial of Anjem Choudary and the controversy it has sparked. In the recent discussions of the issue in the media on various radio and television programmes, two opposing views emerged. On one view, Choudary, and many like him,...
by admin | Sep 7, 2016 | P.S.
In Michael Bond’s reflection on the passing of the years read by Sir David Attenborough at the Queen’s 90th birthday service he stated – “My father’s motto was – the most precious gift you can bestow on a child is your time.” A recent survey...
by admin | Aug 17, 2016 | P.S.
Although for much of our lives we may prefer to ignore it, there are times when we are reminded, sometimes forcibly, of William Shakespeare’s definition of the seven ages of mankind: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have...
by admin | Jul 28, 2016 | P.S.
This article was broadcast as a Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster on Wednesday 27thJuly 2016 and is adapted and used with permission. On Tuesday in Rouen in France the community gathered to remember an 84-year-old priest murdered earlier that day in an atrocious...
by admin | Jun 25, 2016 | P.S.
I come from the generation where the sound of helicopters whizzing, bombs exploding, and even bullets ripping, provided the soundtrack for our formative Christian years. I remember listening to the RUC band play the death march at a funeral in Dungannon, as the...
by admin | Jun 2, 2016 | P.S.
In or out; stay or leave; in favour of Brexit – or not? The complexities and the unknowns of the forthcoming referendum on EU membership will, unhappily, be boiled down to simple a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ vote on this question: Should the United Kingdom remain a member...
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