Bad News
Peggy ·
“Bad news travels fast.” (American, British) “Bad news goes about in clogs, good news in stockinged feet.” (Welsh) “The news of a good deed travels far, but the news of […]
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Jesus
Michael ·
This is not a message I want to deliver, but the Bible leaves me no choice. There is no politically correct alternative. God hates figs. There I said. I know […]
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Saul and David
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
‘A Question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved.’ Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince In 1 Samuel 18 we read a story that will […]
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The Power of the Fringes
Fiona ·
Last week the Traveller Community was formally recognized as an ethnic group in Ireland. This was a low-key affair – the Taoiseach simply stood up in the Dáil and announced […]
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Listen to Aslan, Listen to Jesus
Brian ·
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 […]
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Ananias and Sapphira
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
Confession time, some of you might remember parts of this blog from a talk I did in Ignite a few years ago, actually I think you can find the recording […]
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God has a Sense of Humour
Tara ·
Something I’ve learnt over the past 3 or 4 months is that God has a sense of humour. Now,many people might argue in saying ‘’That’s not theologically correct, God is […]
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Throwing Water on the Fire
Peggy ·
The other day, I was doing a favour for a friend and driving her child home from school. With most of my mind occupied with dinner preparations, unsewn Cubs badges, […]
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Be Unified – A Response to the Donald Trump Presidency
Alex ·
On January 20th 2017, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America. Yes, you’re still not dreaming. It will happen. An […]
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Hagar
Michael ·
· Series: Beyond the Pale
Religion has been involved, both subtlety and obviously, in all sorts of conflict and violence throughout human history. There is no avoiding the fact that in the wrong hands religion […]
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