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Snow Angels and Feathered Friends
Although it was lovely getting the kids and the house back to “normal” routine after the Christmas holidays, we only had a couple of days to get used to it. Northern Ireland has been experiencing it’s worst winter in years, and snow which normally never lasts on the ground for more than an hour or…

Prayers for Peace
As happened in many churches across Northern Ireland, this morning our minister, Brian, led us in prayers for peace for our land. Our church leaders this week suggested that, as a practical sign of our revulsion towards violence and our determination as one community to speak with one voice on this issue, people wear a…

Lessons Learned – Faith, emergencies and anatomy!
We have just had an amazing weekend at our church – very inspiring, encouraging and challenging – all rolled into one! A team came together from other Methodist churches to share with us – the theme of the weekend being There’s More of God for us. Here are a few lines that have really struck…

On the 7th of December…..there’s no business like snow business!
Sorry for the snowy pun, but the large (for N Ireland) snowfall yesterday has greatly impacted on today. For the first time in my memory, schools have been closed due to the snow and ice. We just don’t cope at all well with any sort of change to our normal weather. Somehow other nations manage…

Lessons Learned – fireworks, cycling, car boot sales and New Horizons!
How has life been treating you this week? With friends and internet friends suffering with their own health or the health of their kids, in a way I feel guilty that our holiday continues unabated. So what have we been up to, and what have I learned? This last week was New Horizon – a…
