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They Just Don’t Make Them Like They Used To…
Read more: They Just Don’t Make Them Like They Used To…In the last post, I spoke about one attitude that we have received from a number of people, which responds negatively to the risk that moving overseas brings. I will do a third post on the overwhelmingly majority response which we have received (which is incredibly positive and encouraging), but today I am going to…
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It’s a Dangerous Business Frodo
Read more: It’s a Dangerous Business Frodo“Mum, I know what I want to be when I grow up,” seven year old Dónal excitedly said, as my mother tried to stop me from twisting round while she dried my hair. “I want to be a spy for MI6, just like James Bond!” “Oh Dónal, no, no, that kind of job is very…
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The Lock On The Gate
Read more: The Lock On The GateSpring 1972 brought an integral moment in my life. Not that I was around. Yet one act of antagonism towards some Christians in 1972 would have repercussions that would affect the lives of many, including mine. For several years a small Christian organisation had run summer camps on a farm in Co. Sligo, but with…
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There Are Stars That Sing In Outer Space
Read more: There Are Stars That Sing In Outer SpaceA sister in our church informed me once of the fact that the stars “sing”. We know this apparently from a discipline called “Asteroseismology”. What struck me was how this reflected the “forgotten” Christian life. That is, the life lived not at the front but faithfully to God nonetheless, which he takes pleasure in. Funny…
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Time: The Great Accumulator
Read more: Time: The Great AccumulatorThis is how my house looks. Crates, boxes, suitcases. These ones to stay, those ones to go. Sorting through the old pictures, notebooks, stuff. “Oh, where did you find that?” “Hey, do you remember this?!” What to keep? This could be useful. The minimalists don’t appreciate the power in the potential of an item. “We…
Imitators of Those 