Bishop David introduces ‘Speak Jesus’, an initiative to connect and reconnect every home in the Diocese of Down and Dromore with a local parish church so that we can speak Jesus into every life. In 2025 we want to declare hope and peace in God’s presence over every community in the diocese.
Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe that we stand at the cusp of another new year. As a new year dawns we are conscious of the benefits of looking back with thanksgiving, taking stock of where we are and looking to the future withanticipation. As this magazine goes to print, we are preparing to say […]
Some Festive Recommendations As this will be the last blog until 2025 I thought I might share some festive recommendations in the book and podcast departments. The list below are some books and podcasts I have found interesting and helpful over the past 12 months. They cover a variety of genres, as it’s good to […]
Bots and Apps and Technological Progress One of the startling things for old guys like me is how rapidly technology seems to advance and progress. I remember handwriting all my assignments in university, and I don’t think I typed up anything until my final dissertation. As I didn’t have a typewriter, I think I took […]
To celebrate 100 years of St. Finnian’s we would like to collect your stories of the people, events and changes in the parish to publish in future church magazines. Do you have: –• Photographs from over the years• Old church magazines• Any material for display purposes• Information about church organisations• Anything else that may be […]
Making Connections I recently spent an hour and a half on a messenger chat with an engineer from BT who was trying to fix our BT vision box. All the TV channels had disappeared and we could no longer watch live TV. He kept getting me to try various leads and resets to see if […]
Mind Matters One of our son’s passions in life is climbing and, so, I found myself accompanying him recently to a big competition in Leeds. It pitted the best climbers from various regions of the UK and Ireland over two days, and the standards were high. It’s not an easy thing as a parent to […]