by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 30, 2025 | P.S.
You could have knocked me down with a feather when Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh phoned me unexpectedly towards the end of March 2022. He suggested that I sit down before he continued – and then told me that he had a personal letter from Pope Francis for me! I had...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Mar 4, 2025 | P.S.
It is interesting to observe how words are used in our society, especially as things become more polarised. Words can become weaponised and used against people. The term, ‘woke’ is a very relevant example, but it is also of significance in terms of how we, like the...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Feb 26, 2025 | P.S.
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...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Dec 13, 2023 | P.S.
We live on the edge of North Belfast. Recently I picked up a copy of Feargal Cochrane’s book ‘Belfast – The Story of a City and its People.’ A final chapter entitled ‘The Future’ begins with the following observation: ‘Belfast, like all cities, is in transition,...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Aug 23, 2022 | P.S.
Formed to flourish? “…The Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there He put the man He had formed” (Genesis 2:8) It is going to be a good harvest of crab apples this year. I know because there was a lot of blossom on the tree in the...
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