by contemporarychristianity_admin | May 13, 2024 | P.S.
The recent passing of Johan Galtung* leaves the field of Peace Studies without one of its founding giants. His work was about understanding violence and building positive peace; a society in which all people can flourish. This is in contrast to negative peace, which...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 3, 2024 | P.S.
Recently I picked up a copy of Eamonn Mallie’s newly published memoir ‘Eyewitness to War and Peace.’ Mallie’s compelling narrative of almost fifty years in journalism poises the tantalising question: What did Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Mother Theresa and Ian...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Mar 1, 2024 | P.S.
The gospel injunction to “love our enemies” and “pray for those who persecute us” sits uneasily with modern sensibilities. In politics, such a modus operandi is perceived as weakness and may signal doom at the next election. Even in the Church, the words of our Lord...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Dec 7, 2023 | Events
WATCH NOW… FOODBANKS… STANDING IN THE GAP OR IN THE WAY? Catch up or watch again as Lynda Gould discusses how churches are leading the way in food bank provision, but is this overshadowing a need to protest? Filmed at the Ulster University on Thursday 2nd...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Nov 14, 2023 | P.S.
I am right handed. I use my right hand to write, occasionally to play tennis, golf or cricket, but most especially to drink coffee. Until recently, I assumed I only used my left hand to lean on. Then on 1st May, I had a stroke. Thankfully, I can talk, walk, see and...
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