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Paul Coulter
Might and Right (poem)
Many doubt the mighty, Suspecting those above And all authority, Not knowing perfect love. Hearts reject submission For fear of dire...
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Paul Coulter
- Jun 15
- 11 min
What about the wee baby? Britain should not follow Northern Ireland on abortion
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),...
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Paul Coulter
- Jun 1
- 9 min
Honesty and Deceit. Why do we care?
Just three years and four months ago (on 7th February 2020), a tearful Phillip Schofield ‘came out’ as homosexual on ‘This Morning’ – the...
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Paul Coulter
- May 12
- 17 min
Three Parent Babies? Should we be concerned?
Headlines including the phrase “three-parent-baby” have appeared in the UK press this week after a report in the Guardian newspaper. [i]...
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Paul Coulter
- Mar 24
- 10 min
Which Pinocchio is Real?
* WARNING – CONTAINS SPOILERS * Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Academy Awards. It...
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Paul Coulter
- Mar 10
- 3 min
Cancel Culture First Hand
“Cancel culture” is one of the buzzwords of the last few years. In my experience, it has generally been used by people concerned about...
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Paul Coulter
- Mar 3
- 5 min
Do we want honest leaders?
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?...
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Paul Coulter
- Feb 2
- 6 min
Sexualisation of Childhood: Should the Backlash be Stopped?
Regular readers of this blog will know I am often confused about the apparent contradictions between news stories. Here is another one....
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Paul Coulter
- Jan 27
- 5 min
“When she was a man”
UK Headlines over the last couple of days have been dominated by the story of Isla Bryson, a Scottish person identifying as a...
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Paul Coulter
- Jan 13
- 6 min
Superstitions and Luck - a Christian perspective
Today is Friday the 13th, counted by some as the unluckiest day of the year. These superstitious types may be glad to get this day out of...
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Paul Coulter
- Dec 9, 2022
- 8 min
Should Christians strike?
Recent headlines in the UK have been dominated by strike action across multiple sectors. Transport workers, barristers, postal workers,...
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Paul Coulter
- Dec 2, 2022
- 7 min
When is a question abusive?
One of this week’s major news stories in the UK has been the interaction between Lady Susan Hussey – an 83-year-old long-standing member...
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Paul Coulter
- Nov 25, 2022
- 5 min
Redeeming the Rainbow?
I met a friend for coffee this morning. During the conversation, he told me about an experience this week when a family member brought...
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Paul Coulter
- Nov 18, 2022
- 9 min
Five reasons I don’t like football
Please note – this post is deliberately provocative – please read to the end before getting too annoyed with anything I say in it. In a...
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Paul Coulter
- Sep 30, 2022
- 5 min
Planetary Defenders and Good News People!
This week I joined Esther Higham on her Inspirational Breakfast show on Premier Radio for the ‘news review’ segment. As first time...
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Paul Coulter
- Sep 23, 2022
- 6 min
Minority Report: Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland
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...
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Paul Coulter
- Sep 1, 2022
- 11 min
Falsely accused! What to do?
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...
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Paul Coulter
- Aug 25, 2022
- 5 min
Trouble Ahead: be prepared!
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...
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Paul Coulter
- Aug 18, 2022
- 2 min
The Art of Healthcare: in the footsteps of the Great Physician
I’ve had a quiet week. All but one of my staff colleagues in Living Leadership were on annual leave and I needed to recover from an...
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Paul Coulter
- Aug 5, 2022
- 6 min
No Alternative? NI Murders Past & Present
With many others in Northern Ireland, I was dismayed, although not surprised, this week by comments from Michelle O’Neill, deputy...
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