The Road Less Travelled

The Road Less Travelled

Last summer a good friend and I spent a day in the Mournes. From the Trassey Track to Hare’s Gap, from Slieve Bearnagh to Meelmore we covered a fair bit of ground, on foot and in conversation. The gospel writers often describe contexts of unhurried conversation. In...
Why do we never have ‘enough’?

Why do we never have ‘enough’?

Tidal surges of abundance and scarcity wash over churches with each festive season and recently, harvest celebrations provided a fleeting moment to notice the world of scarcity – a world of people without sufficient income to provide for their families. In the face of...
Light Fantastic

Light Fantastic

I remember a spectacular moment in Paris on our honeymoon: the night on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées when the Christmas lights were switched on. I remember it, because, standing right there, on the Avenue, we missed the moment. We had our backs to the boulevard,...
A Week of High Drama and Great Pain

A Week of High Drama and Great Pain

On Sunday morning (9 April) lots of Christian people will get out of their beds early, and join with others for a happy and enthusiastic Easter morning celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grip of death and hell. (And if you want to be really...