Michael comments on a misleading post from a former Moderator of the PCI about tonight’s inaugural Faith and Pride event in All Souls’ Church, Belfast, at 7pm. Continue reading correcting Stafford Carson on ‘Gay Pride sermon’
Belfast Pride Festival 2011 is almost upon us and there is plenty to do in the first weekend. There’s even a short film season this week in the Odeon Cinema Belfast. Michael reminds us of all of this. Continue reading This weekend: come out for a film, a walk, two talk, a lark in the park, and much, much more
Michael and Andrew were both visibly shaken after an incident with a security guard in Belfast’s Victoria Square. Michael explains the story. Continue reading We don’t go looking for homophobia: sometimes it comes looking for us
Outdoor expressions of Faith in Jesus Christ – taking our Lord to the streets. Reflections on Corpus Christi. Continue reading Corpus Christi – why be afraid of demonstrating your Faith?
Michael catches up on news from the Oxford Oratory including one Oratorian’s selection(?) to represent Vatican City. Continue reading catching up with Oxford – Fr Anton to represent Vatican City?
Michael praises the work of the GAA in reaching across Northern Ireland’s divide and hopes that this work will continue to make everyone proud to support their county teams. Continue reading Sport can reach across the divide
Trouble appeared to be brewing in East Belfast as the bus I got home was making its away into East Belfast. There were just too many police landrovers lurking on street corners. Sure enough, there has been rioting in the Short Strand area of Belfast this evening. Read the rest of this post here. Continue reading blogged elsewhere: Appeal for all to work together…
Back in March I was pleased that the Faith Mission Shop in Queen Street, Belfast had removed Chick Tracts from sale given the homophobic views expressed in them. Yesterday I was disappointed with Faith Mission.
After my blog post in March I had gone in to see this for myself. Whilst there I asked if there were any books on living with HIV – as there were many on living with cancer. I was pointed to a small section marked ‘ethics’. At this point I saw three words next to each other on a shelf which was immediately below the shelf marked ‘Homosexuality‘. Continue reading “Christian bookshop lumps AIDS with Death and Suicide”
Translink are encouraging customers to switch to smart cards – but more investment from Danny Kennedy MLA is needed to bring it up to scratch. Continue reading are our cards up to scratch?
Last night there was a fire at Arthur Cottage, Cullybackey. Arthur Cottage was the ancestral home of Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President of the United States of America. At the time of writing, the cause of the fire is not known, nor do we know if it was malicious. However, what I do know is that Arthur Cottage was a favourite place for me to visit on my bicycle when I was younger. It was about 3 miles away from my home in Ballymena, which is where I am as I type this article, and was a rather easy trip. … Continue reading fire at 21st US President’s ancestral home
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