by admin | May 10, 2016 | P.S.
The poor way we handle conflict within the Church is hurting us and damaging our witness.When we fail to treat each other with love, we are more like a horrible warning than a beautiful example.In my pastoral and mediation roles I see a lot of conflict in churches and...
by admin | May 3, 2016 | P.S.
The following reflections are inspired by Steve Stockman’s “An Open Letter to Northern Ireland’s Political Leaders” (PS September 2015) and Esmond Birnie’s response. The central issue raised by Stockman and Birnie, is whether there is a distinctively Christian input...
by admin | Apr 4, 2016 | P.S.
God is different from us. His thoughts, His ways, His perspectives are different from ours. In fact, He is so different that He cannot be known by us unless He chooses to be known. Everything we know about God is because God has chosen to reveal it to us. What He...
by admin | Mar 5, 2016 | P.S.
Colouring in – I had resisted for several years. My gift is writing, not colouring in. It’s childish. Pointless. But I decided it wasn’t any less pointless than social media or surfing the internet. So I gave in, purchased twenty-four triangular colouring pencils and...
by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | P.S.
Cultural attitudes towards women amongst some refugee groups in other countries have been in the news in recent weeks. But such negative cultural attitudes to women are to be found much closer to home. Last October Contemporary Christianity partnered with BMS for a...
by admin | Jan 5, 2016 | P.S.
This article was broadcast as a Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster on Friday 1st January 2016 and is adapted and used with permission. While we slept last night and without any assistance from us the earth rotated and a new day is about to dawn and who knows...
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