Happy 30th Anniversary Imagine you are organising a ve-day festival for 1,700 young people. Where are they going to stay? Where are they going to eat? What about washing and toilet facilities? What if it…

Charlie Gard dies after sparking global debate on the ethics of life and death Baby Charlie Gard’s tragic fate became a cause célèbre, sparking a global debate on the ethics of life and death. It…

Simply … making Christ known and loved everywhere St Francis was hailed as the saint of the moment at a recent meeting held in Swanwick to discuss the current relevance of the Third Order of…

Random acts of kindness “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see,” said Mark Twain. John Fuller recently made a month-long effort not to utter a single negative word…

Is church for the long-term? If it is not happening in a parish somewhere then it is not happening. This may be just another way of saying “… Mission is always in a local context…

Church leaders call for political parties to ‘Go the extra mile’ Ireland’s Church leaders have written to the leaders of the ve main political parties involved in the Northern Ireland talks process. They strongly encouraged…

Church of Ireland parish praised for ‘friendship and goodwill’ Two different Christian denominations recently began sharing the same place of worship in an example of neighbourliness and friendship. When it was learned that St Mary’s…

Promoting online safety Eric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO, has remarked that “children and young people today are either asleep or online.” Added to this, statistics released by the NSPCC indicating a 26 per cent rise…

Mission possible? As eye-catching headlines go, it was certainly a good one. ‘Embrace missional challenge or close church doors Archbishop of Armagh tells General Synod’ was the front-page headline in The Church of Ireland Gazette…

Global ecumenical initiative on health and healing Convening a range of international representatives and partners in Geneva on 24th May, the World Council of Churches reiterated its commitment to the ministry of health and healing…