Category: Evangelicalism

Reflections on a ‘Church without Walls’

Yesterday I took part in  a Premier Christian Media ‘Digital Church’ webinar on ‘A Church without Walls’, alongside Revd Albert Bogle, Sanctuary First, Falkirk Presbytery; Revd Andy Fishburne, SThie, Isle of Mann; and Revd Laura Digan, Minister, Church of Scotland.… Read more...

Join us for a ‘Church without Walls’ Webinar, Wednesday 23 September

I’ll be taking part in a Premier Christian Media ‘Digital Church’ webinar on ‘A Church without Walls’ this Wednesday, 23 September, 3.30-5.00 pm Irish/British time. Here’s the description of the webinar:

Decades ago, the Church in Scotland proposed a new

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Féile Discussion: British or Irish or both?: New Post on Slugger O’Toole

I have a new post (6 August) on the Slugger O’Toole blog, Feile Discussion: British or Irish or both? Unionism, Protestantism and the national question …

I links to a video of my discussion on the topic with Prof Christine … Read more...

The Worldwide Web is their Parish – My Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster

Click here to listen to my ‘Thought for the Day’ on BBC Radio Ulster

This one is especially for all the John Wesley fans out there, and those who have been adjusting to ‘religion online’ during the Covid-19 pandemic (… Read more...

‘People Still Need Us’: Radio & Print Coverage of my Survey of Faith Leaders during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Over the past week there has been some radio and print coverage of ‘People Still Need Us’, my report on a survey of faith leaders on the island of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic. I spoke about the survey on … Read more...

How Irish Clergy and Faith Leaders are Dealing with the Pandemic: New Post on RTE Brainstorm

I have a new post on RTE Brainstorm: ‘How Irish Clergy and Faith Leaders are Dealing with the Pandemic.’

It explores the results of a survey on the role of religion during the pandemic, which was carried out this month … Read more...

The Churches and the Lockdown Legacy – Sunday Sequence and Slugger O’Toole

I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘The Churches and the Lockdown Legacy’. It includes a reference to my part in a conversation on yesterday’s Sunday Sequence, on BBC Radio Ulster.

You can listen to the conversation … Read more...

Spirituality at the School Gate by Diane Jackson – Book Review

We are living in strange times indeed, when depositing and collecting children at school gates seems a distant memory.

Yet a new book by Diane Jackson, Spirituality at the School Gate (Wipf and Stock 2020), could prove helpful reading during … Read more...

Is Ireland Turning to Religion during the Covid-19 Crisis? New Post on RTE Brainstorm

I have a new post on RTE Brainstorm, ‘Is Ireland Turning to Religion during the Covid-19 Crisis?’… Read more...