Lightbulb Moments There is a part of us that is always looking for spectacular things to happen in our spiritual life. We love those amazing stories of God breaking through and transforming someone’s life in a powerful and remarkable way. The reality for most of us is that our spiritual life is much more mundane […]
A Prayer for those in the Public Eye I heard an interview with three pop stars on the radio on the school run last week. They were now middle aged and had been famous for quite a few decades, and they were sharing stories about their music and careers. They were all going to perform […]
Going Up the Gears As with much of life, Churches tend to go up the gears in September as activities and organisations resume after a summer break. As we drive around the city these days, there is an increase in traffic as schools go back. As exam results are published and processed, many students are […]
Just Another Bank Holiday at St. Finnian’s We spent much of the morning on Bank Holiday Monday tidying up the garden, as we had been away on a week’s annual leave. The grass needed to be cut, the weeds seem to have grown in abundance, and all the debris from the wind needed to be […]
Some Lesson from a Trip Out West – Part 3 This is the final part of a 3 week series about some lessons learned from a family holiday in the West of Ireland about a month ago. In the first week, I was thinking about the power of welcome. Last week, I was thinking about […]
Some Lessons from a Trip Out West – Part Two – Entrepreneurship Some weeks ago, we enjoyed a wonderful family holiday to Connemara in the West of Ireland, and I’ve been reflecting on some powerful lessons from that trip. Last week, I was thinking of the power of welcome, as a result of the welcome […]
Some Lesson from a Trip Out West Our family has recently returned from a two week stay in beautiful Connemara in the West of Ireland. Over the next few weeks, I want to share some lessons we learned from our time there. In this week’s blog, I hope to reflect on the power of welcome. […]
You’ll Never Walk Alone It can be hard, if not impossible, to comprehend some of the tragic news stories that have been dominating the headlines in the past while. Last Thursday, I woke to news of the death of Liverpool footballer, Diogo Jota, and his brother Andre Silva, in a car accident in Spain. He […]
An Unexpected Read Last weekend, I took my son to some climbing training in England. He has been a keen climber for some years now and we were scheduled to do some training in the University of Warwick, near Coventry. Unfortunately, our flights were delayed in both directions, which meant we spend considerably longer in […]
Embracing the Joy Torbank School is one of my favourite places in the world. It’s a school for children with complex and special needs and my daughter goes there. Over the years of Lucy’s education we have met the most amazing people who work there as teachers, classroom assistants, therapists and receptionists. We have met […]