The Ligament of Peace
Peace, Paul suggests, is not glue that hides the cracks, but a ligament—stretching, straining, holding us together while we learn how to move again.
Church in Three Dimensions | Part 1: Church as a Gift
The Church is both more fragile and more precious than we often admit. Perhaps that’s because it was never meant to be our project, but God’s gift.
Sticks and stones
Emma shares thoughts on how words shape us.
Christmas Trees: An Advent Journey | Part Two: Tender Hope for Fragile Lives
A reflection on the Hiroshima survivor trees, Isaiah’s “tender shoot,” and how hope grows quietly in dry ground — unnoticed, resilient, and alive.
Christmas Trees: An Advent Journey | Part One: Hope for a World Cut Down
In this first of three reflections for Advent, Paul considers what Advent means in a world that feels cut to the stump. If you look around at the world right now, optimism feels like a distant memory. At the turn of the millennium, many of us believed a more connected world would be a safer, …
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There’s a lot of bad news out there. How do we stay afloat when the waves keep coming?
Remember Who You Are
Paul reflects on the paradox of Ash Wednesday, that we are both dust and beloved.
A friend’s eye is a good mirror
Emma shares insights for churches in Ireland gleaned from paying attention to friends beyond these shores.
Rumours of Light
The opening of John’s gospel provides some of the richest poetry in all literature. As an erstwhile English teacher, I am drawn back time and time again to the complex layering of metaphor as John urges us to begin to conceptualise this miracle of miracles – God made flesh. In the beginning was the Word, and …
How not to be afraid of the dark
I need to start with an apology: the Attention Seekers haven’t been paying much attention lately. At least, not on this blog. Truth be told, our attention has been paid elsewhere as we put down roots in a new home, a new church family and a new role for me. But we’re gearing up to …