A friend’s eye is a good mirror

A friend’s eye is a good mirror

“A friend’s eye is a good mirror” Shared insights and honest reflections for the Church in Ireland Mirrors are almost as old as civilisation itself. The oldest date back as far as 8,000 years, to ancient Turkey. But whether it is the polished metal of the ancients or...
Who am I?

Who am I?

Recently I delivered dialogue and mediation training to a group of 24 young women from Belgrade and Pristina who had never met before. One of the semi-fun exercises used as an icebreaker is based on social identities – the social ‘categories’ to which we all belong,...
Why should we care for creation?

Why should we care for creation?

We often address God as Creator in our prayers, and He is often described as Creator in our worship songs, but do we take Him seriously as Creator? Alongside this, do we take seriously the mandate He gave to humankind to rule creation when He created us? Two...
Shiny and German

Shiny and German

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...