Some Lessons from the Irish Bouldering Championships 2026 Last weekend, BoulderWorld, Belfast, hosted the Irish Bouldering Championships 2026 in partnership with Mountaineering Ireland. It was an amazing event and I took away some lessons which I felt would be of great value to the church. Some of these things are, perhaps, already in place in […]

Getting Caught Up in Beautiful Moments One of the things I love to do on Mondays when I’m off is collect the children from school. I quite often drop them in, but don’t often get the chance to collect them and to hear from them, or their teachers or classroom assistants, how the day has […]

Going for Growth Some years ago, Bishop Ken Clarke, the retired Bishop of Kilmore, wrote a cracking little book called “Going for Growth.” It looked at the idea of coming to faith, learning what it looks like to follow Jesus in our daily life, and then how to pass the faith on to family, friends […]

One Big Thank You Some months ago, we got a lovely phone call from Carol Anne, one of the committee of Fundays, an activity we attend with our daughter Lucy once a month. Fundays was established about 12 years ago now,  to support children with complex needs, and their siblings. It’s an incredible event with […]