by contemporarychristianity_admin | Oct 27, 2023 | P.S.
It was just like any other dark, miserable January night for the soldiers on patrol. They were deployed on operations to support the police in keeping the peace in Northern Ireland and their patrol consisted of two armoured Land Rovers. Hunkered down in the back, they...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Oct 23, 2023 | P.S.
In 1990 when I was minister of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cork, I was tidying up a back room when I discovered in a cardboard box a Union Flag, all damp and moth eaten. It may be presumed that this was the same flag which was draped over the pulpit every...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 1, 2022 | P.S.
Day after day, night after night cities in Ukraine are being bombed on a huge scale, and are enveloped in distress. And, we are able to watch it in terrible colour on our TV screens, and able to read heart-rending accounts of what is happening to individuals,...
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 | Jul 11, 2015 | P.S.
It’s summer so it must be the season of parades, bands, counter demonstrations, and rubbish left in the streets afterwards. Politicians, community workers and Orangemen continue the age-old but ever-new battle that has become an expression of our co-dependency and is...
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