Rightly Considered

On my recent travels in Italy, there was a lot of visiting churches and seeing artwork. If you like church architecture or art, Italy is...

From 19-23 February, I had the privilege of representing the Church of Ireland at the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation...

It happens every now and then. Valentine's Day falls on Ash Wednesday, an occurrence that is sure to draw out ironic humour. Like the...

A couple days away, with other clergy colleagues, permission to step out of the normal routine, refresh and clear the head, with the very...

Having spent the last 2 1/2 months either planning for a move or accomplishing a move, writing blog posts went on the back burner......

I had the privilege of preaching today at the confirmation service held in the cathedral this afternoon. A confirmation, on Pentecost...

I'll readily admit, the Book of Revelation is not the easiest for a bit of light reading. Dragons, battles, destruction, it's fairly...

In this post-Easter week of a few days off, I took the opportunity to get away to my happy place: the Benedictine Abbey in Rostrevor....

It happens to me, it seems, quite regularly. I imagine a lot of you can relate. Life is humming along, you're feeling, dare I describe...

So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is...

There's a parable in the gospel according to Luke about a woman who has lost a coin, and she lights a lamp and sweeps her house in an...

Earlier this week I was surprised to notice my aloe vera plant preparing to flower, an event hitherto unknown for this aloe vera plant!...

For me, it's either seaside, or river running through a forrest, that's the scenery I need for real sense of 'detox'. Recent excursion...

I assumed it was normal drunken banter on the train. But I was wrong. Rather, I was eavesdropping on a profound act of kindness. One man,...

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not...

It's become a little annual ritual for me about this time of year, going up into the Wicklow Mountains and gathering rushes for making St...