Some Good News for a Depressed Ireland – Lance is coming
There is some good news for the country – cancer survivor, alleged drug cheat and cycling legend Lance Armstrong has…
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Ireland and the Killing of the Tiger
Judging from conversations and the news reports, the impact of the economic squeeze is much more pronounced back home in…
Travel Time to Major Cities
Isn’t this a beautiful map? Travel time to major cities (in hours and days) and shipping lane density It’s a…
Three Key Texts for Social Activism
I was asked this week to speak to a group of students in the Presbyterian Chaplaincy at Queen’s on EBM‘s…
A Sermon Text for Homelessness Sunday (part 2)
Below is part 2 of a text I used on Sunday 1 February in Trinity Presbyterian in Bangor as part…
A Sermon Text for Homelessness Sunday (part 1)
Below is part 1 of a text I used on Sunday 1 February in Trinity Presbyterian in Bangor as part…
Ireland's Crisis
Listening in to Drive Time on RTE Radio 1 yesterday, I heard Fergus Finlay of Bernardo’s offer a reflection on…
A Final Thing on Funerals (for now)
This week has been bookended by funerals. On Monday it was a funeral mass for my aunt Margaret where the…
Irish Funeral Traditions
It’s been a while since I’ve been to an Irish funeral and it was refreshing to see that even in…
My Aunt Margaret
Struck again by how profound the pastoral office is. I took friday off to do little and catch up on…