by contemporarychristianity_admin | Nov 25, 2025 | P.S.
Faith communities in Northern Ireland have long offered hope, belonging, and moral guidance through times of peace and conflict. Yet even within these sacred spaces, there are uncomfortable truths about mental health, identity, and organisational culture that often...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Oct 5, 2021 | Sounding Board
Before the emergence of Covid 19, another epidemic was spreading quietly and inconspicuously across the world, less contagious but still damaging to health and wellbeing. The epidemic of loneliness targets the connectedness which is at the heart of human flourishing....
by admin | May 29, 2013 | P.S.
This headline about a supported living scheme for people with learning disability and challenging behaviour in a local newspaper recently drew my attention. Apparently a resident’s clothes were ripped causing injury to his/her neck and an inspection found that...
by admin | Mar 30, 2013 | P.S.
The recent scandal about hospital care in the Stafford Hospital has not shown the NHS in a good light and, although not on such a systemic scale, there are recurring media reports about failures of care locally. Last week the Health Secretary (England and Wales) urged...
by admin | Dec 3, 2012 | P.S.
I stood bedside a person paralytic on their sofa covered in blood and bodily fluids. The Emergency Service could not take this person to hospital as they became conscious and refused to go.Social Services could not work with them due to their addiction. I read the...
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