For The Greater Good

I’m reminded tonight of the importance of community. Motivation is something I have always struggled with, people who have had a conversation with me for longer than 10 minutes will []
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Making Connections

During English Paper 1 in my Leaving Cert I chose the essay title ‘Making Connections’. I wrote about being adopted and the massive ‘connection’ I would be creating if I []
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Happy Birthday Autumn Soul

Last weekend Autumn Soul, a Christian youth event, celebrated it’s 20th year. The event takes place in Bangor, Co. Antrim. It’s organised by the Irish Methodist youth department and is []
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Encouragement

I want to start this off with just two simple questions: When was the last time you encouraged someone? When was last time you were encouraged and how did that []
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I Am Not My Own

“In christ alone my hope is found…Then sings my soul my saviour God to thee…I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene…” We often sing these hymns. These []
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24 Hours of Prayer

Too Busy Not To Pray is a book by Bill Hybels I read years ago. I don’t remember much of the book’s contents but the title struck me. We can []
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The Universal Christ

I spent the weekend of the Ignite picnic on a two-day silent retreat in the beautiful setting of Stella Maris on Howth Head looking over at Wicklow. The view, putting []
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