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Many doubt the mighty, Suspecting those above And all authority, Not knowing perfect love. Hearts reject submission For fear of dire...

Headlines including the phrase “three-parent-baby” have appeared in the UK press this week after a report in the Guardian newspaper. [i] ...

Can a leader hold (or express) personal convictions counter to the position of the body he or she leads and still be trusted to lead?...

On the homeward leg of the school run I usually listen to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. This week (on Tuesday 13th June 2023),...

Have you ever been falsely accused? I suppose if you’re old enough to read this post, you almost certainly have been. Maybe only in small...

One of the big news stories in Northern Ireland this week was that the Census 2021 figures reveal that, for the first time since the...

I met a friend for coffee this morning. During the conversation, he told me about an experience this week when a family member brought...

With many others in Northern Ireland, I was dismayed, although not surprised, this week by comments from Michelle O’Neill, deputy...

This week I have been privileged to be in Romania (specifically in Transylvania) to help serve a gathering of Christian leaders from...

So reads a BBC News headline published this week, quoting Audrey Diwan, the director of Happening (L'événement in the original French). ...

As I drove home yesterday (Saturday) from one of those ‘taxi service of Dad’ runs we parents of teenaged children regularly offer, Any...

I don’t often blog about politics in Northern Ireland. It’s a sure way to lose friends locally and confuse readers more widely. I...

This morning in Finaghy Baptist, our pastor Gary was preaching from Matthew 5 verses 13 to 17, in which Jesus tells us as His followers...

As the United Kingdom was preparing to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, I found myself caught in confusion. This...

In recent weeks the news has been full of gloomy predictions about what lies in store for the people of the UK over coming months. The...

What does Eurovision tell us about Europe's longings and beliefs?

It was announced this week that Tate and Lyle are changing the branding of their golden syrup on much of their packaging. The story was...

Just three years and four months ago (on 7th February 2020), a tearful Phillip Schofield ‘came out’ as homosexual on ‘This Morning’ – the...

* WARNING – CONTAINS SPOILERS * Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Academy Awards. It...

“Cancel culture” is one of the buzzwords of the last few years. In my experience, it has generally been used by people concerned about...