Years ago my wife and I started going to a church called CFC in Belfast. We had previously been at City Church where the worship was very prophetic and creative. Our bar was set pretty high. At the new church the music was varied and led mainly by a guy who ran a business and […]
If the words placed on the screen By a young lesbian girl who dares to dream If the photos on your page are the creativity born of rage By the young gay man defiled at thirteen who’s seldom seen At the door of the temple. Would all heaven fall down and shake the very ground […]
Here’s a secret, He’s not mad with you, He’s not disappointed in you. He’s not upset, let down nor disillusioned with you. He loves you and believes in you and thinks you’re incredible. His thoughts toward you are positive and kind and generous all the time. He has hope and a future for you. Do […]
What is courage? I sometimes hear myself described as a pioneer and a trailblazer and the most shocking to me personally, an influential church leader. Truthfully I don’t perceive myself in any of these ways. I grew up in the Braniel estate in the 1970’s. I was raised in a culture that told me catholics […]
I find it very interesting that the couple of posts I’ve put up on social media recently regarding loving LGBTQ people better and more inclusively have attracted some of the most upsetting and angry spirited comments from people in the name of holding to truth. The most revealing aspect of these comments is the intolerance […]
I was recently at a worship event. There was a young girl there, not long married who I was chatting to. She was serving and helping out. As we chatted I asked her if her husband lived in Ireland cause I’d not met him. “You mean my wife” she said. I’ve know this beautiful girl […]
Band Show at this famous folk venue in Ballymena. 1 – 29 Bridge Street Ballymena, UK BT43 5EJ (028) 2563 5077
I’m typing this in the lounge of a Boston Massachusetts airport. Pauline and I are off on a five week tour of the US. I’m thinking that if you’re not careful, its easy to get stuck in a rut. All you need to do is not change anything. But as someone once said, a sure […]
