Beauty & the Beast and the Gospel

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I have always been one for fairy tales and legends. They have this way of capturing my imagination and touch my heart in a way. Even to this day, I am still fond of them. Over Christmas I sat down with my niece and watched Snow White. She left after about 20 minutes because she […]
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This is Offensive and Nonsense

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Ever gotten some news and it has changed the way you see things? This can range from something quite simple like finding our Liverpool aren’t the greatest team in world football to the really deep stuff like discovering what God’s plan for your life is. These of course are only examples, but I’m sure you […]
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Janey, I’m exhausted!

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The gym. It strikes fear into any person. The thoughts of running and weights and machines and sweat and pain and suffering! It’s an awful experience really, yet I pay for it! It is a real struggle to go to the gym, so recently I decided to mix things up and start attending a boot […]
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No Capes

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Anyone remember the movie The Incredibles? There’s a superhero dad (Bob) in the movie and he is just fed up with the normal job. He sells insurance, it’s a good job, but it’s not the job for him. He starts doodling on a sketch pad, drawing different superhero suits because he wants to go back […]
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Listen to Aslan, Listen to Jesus

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I love C.S. Lewis. He is my favourite author. I own like all his books, from ‘Mere Christianity’ to ‘The Screwtape Letters’. He used creative ways in which he showed what the world was like and where the Christian was to fit in that. That is kinda the sentence I use to sum him and […]
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Young Adults Weekend Thoughts

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Last weekend. we were on our young adult weekend away. We were in bog county- otherwise known as Co. Meath. Although, aren’t most counties other than Dublin ‘bog counties’? I’ll allow for your own interpretation on that! Our very own Wendy and Richard P came down on Saturday to lead the group for the day. […]
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A Master and an Apprentice

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One of my favourite movie series was Star Wars. I mean the six original ones, not these new ones that Disney are bringing out, I have no time for them. Star Wars was great, the whole idea of a master and an apprentice really appealed to me. I started thinking, “oh who would be the […]
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Get to Know You: Brian

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Tell us about yourself. I grew up in Blackrock, been here all my life,went to Carysfort National School for primary school and Oatlands College for secondary. Been to two colleges, first was Bray (BIFE) where I studied Gym and Sports Instruction. I am currently studying in IBI where I study Applied Theology. Its a load […]
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A verse on my mind…all the time!

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Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (Hebrews 13: 15-16)   My first favourite thing about this small text is the fact […]
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