Dear Friends, May is always one of my favourite months. You get the sense that Spring has sprung with the brighter evenings, the drone of lawnmowers going and the general vibe of people being out and about doing things. Of course for another section of our population, it signals the season of exams and they […]

Dear Friends, I wonder if you can recall significant encounters or conversations that changed the course of your life? Maybe it was a doctor sharing news abouta diagnosis for yourself or for a family member? Maybe it was a parent or teacher sharing thoughts with you about a possible career path you had never considered […]

Dear Friends, As this magazine goes to print we will have entered the season of Lent. It’s a season in which we recall the suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ as He gave his life for us. It’s a season in which we are invited in the service from our prayer book to observe these […]

Dear Friends, As we enter a new month, one of the features of the month of February is the beginning of the season of Lent. Lent is a season in which Christians try to draw nearer to God sometimes by engaging in different practices. Often people use this 40 day period as a time of […]

Dear Friends, As a new year dawns, it seems as if there are lots of challenges to face. We think of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the huge implications of that in terms of loss of life in both Ukraine and Russia. We think of the trauma experienced as people see homes and businesses […]

Dear Friends,I wonder how brave you are at taking on new challenges? I’m not so good at stepping out of my comfort zone and I notice as I get older it becomes more difficult. The pandemic perhaps heightened those feelings of anxiety when we had to navigate life in all sorts of new ways. For […]

Dear Friends, One of the things that tends to jog our memories are the photographs that we take. In a digital age, many people have hundreds of photos stored on their mobile phones. If we are at an event or meeting up with friends, if there are family landmarks or occasions, out come the phones […]

Dear Friends, It’s hard to convey the sense of sadness and sorrow the Nation and the Commonwealth are feeling as we prepare for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as this month’s magazine goes to print. As we have communicated in some special services recently to give thanks for her remarkable life of […]

Dear Friends, This month marks a very special occasion in the life of the church as we celebrate 90 years of Christian witness throughSt. Finnian’s Parish. It’s a time for celebration, a time for reflection. It’s a time for looking backwards and for looking forwards. There are some in the church who have been here […]

Dear Friends, I had an invitation to speak at another church recently. It was a return visit after Dr. Stephen Rodgers, the pastor of King’s Way Church in Dunmurry came to visit our church and speak throughout Holy Week. The worship style would be quite different in King’s Way but I found it to be […]