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Staring into the flames 27 Aug 2013 | 03:25 am
In childhood years, did everyone stare into the flames in the fireplace and see shapes and figures and imagine tales of long ago or is it a personal eccentricity? My grandmother lived frugally, but o...
Job satisfaction 26 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
Setting out tables and chairs for a parish barbecue in the warmth of an August afternoon, there is a great sense of contentment. Lining up the tables and arranging six chairs in neat lines around each...
Pots 25 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
“Pots” came from a town in the deep south of Ireland; his soft brogue was often difficult to pick up by an ear attuned to the strong consonants of the east coast of Ulster. He lived by himself in a fl...
In the end, only beauty remains 24 Aug 2013 | 02:41 am
The quietness of the room was only broken by the soft hum of the electronic pump that kept inflated the air mattress. A frieze had been made and stuck to the wall above the bed – a large sheet of whit...
Sermon for Sunday, 25th August 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
“And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years” Luke 10:11 I love Africa. I have visited Rwanda in each of the past four years, coming home on each occas...
Caring for Rural Communities in Times of Change: A Church of Ireland Response 23 Aug 2013 | 02:18 pm
Cashel, Ferns and Ossory Committee for Social Affairs invite clergy and people concerned for rural Ireland to a day conference. “Caring for Rural Communities in Times of Change: A Church of Ireland R...
Harvest days 23 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
The Irish Farmers’ Journal calendar picture for August has about it a joy and a melancholy. The dog leaping in delight among the ripened grain evoking August days of youth: an uncle’s spaniel followin...
Feeling cold 22 Aug 2013 | 02:33 am
This was written last winter as an entry into RTE Radio’s 2013 Francis MacManus Short Story Competition- it came nowhere. The red hoodie. He had always liked red. It stood out. Not that he had ever s...
Summer Sermon Series 2013: An A-Z of the Church – Redemption 21 Aug 2013 | 02:42 am
“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace” Ephesians 1:7 Redemption is a word used in widely differing contexts. In financi...
Leaving Connolly 20 Aug 2013 | 03:22 am
The escalator was working today. I remember an evening in September 1981 when it was not. We walked up the steps to Connolly Station and awaited a train to Dun Laoghaire. The trains were old and batt...
