Killaney & Carryduff

Anyone for tea? Cautionary Tales We were invited to Aras an Uchtaran some years ago. That is the name of the Irish Presidents’s formal home […]

An excuse for a man The brave words of a crumby king: ‘He is in your hands,’ King Zedekiah answered. ‘The king can do nothing […]

At this season of joyful excess, these words come as a powerful reminder of the danger of the season of too much joyful excess. Remember […]

Family Versus Church The dilemma The story of the Rechabites, as told by Jeremiah, reveals the strange dichotomy between our attitudes to what “grandda” says […]

Repenting of … repentance? Slavery in the Jewish world When the great William Wilberforce challenged the world of its dependence on slavery, and managed by […]

When is a gift not a gift? To give or to … bribe! With all the talk of the Elf on the Shelf, and the […]

A Tough Dealer? I cut the offer price by … hundreds! The Book of Proverbs is full of observations gained by the wise in the […]

Oh no! You shouldn’t have! But thank you, I was only doing my best! Have you noticed how pride comes in many shapes and sizes; […]

I want, today, to ask you to reflect on a little verse which seems to me, to be a challenge to our two churches built […]

Some days I can plan right down to the minute – almost. A list of tasks to be done is often the easiest way to […]