An Irish personal evangelistic site. I'm not representing a particular church, but it's broadly evangelical in tone. My aim is to cover topics I've encountered in discussions I've had over the years, mainly here in Ireland..
I think of an old song “Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I possess”. Well, it is a great gift, but I’d say that salvation is the greatest gift that I possess. Matt 1:2121 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people … Continue reading The Greatest Gift That I Possess
I answered a question similar to this a few weeks ago in my Hard Habit to Break post. I described a few habits there. Perhaps I should just pick one. The question asks about joy. The word has a variety of meanings. At the deepest level, communing with God brings me joy. I like to … Continue reading Java Jive
I’m old enough to remember Ireland’s first Eurovision win; Dana with All Kinds of Everything. It’s a song about romance, but even apart from romance, you can take delight in learning about all kinds of everything. Think also of My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music. We sometimes laugh at such songs. When I … Continue reading All Kinds of Everything
We used the Mission Praise hymn book in our fellowship in Tipperary, and I don’t remember many 21st Century songs in it, if any. But some of the newer songs gradually found their way into Irish churches, though we stuck with Christian Hymns and Mission Praise in Tipperary. The most notable hymn from around 2002 … Continue reading Hymns: 2002 Memories
I have a very early memory of being with a gang of boys in the street. I suppose I was about four-years old. I had just discovered peer pressure and how people sometimes viewed you as being a bit of a “cissy” or girly if you weren’t as nasty as the rest of the boys. … Continue reading A Kind Revolution
That’s a tough question. I could say that I look really handsome, but Christians aren’t allowed to tell lies 😀. A dutchman once told me that I look very Irish. I didn’t know whether to take that as a complement or as an insult 😀. I’m smallish – around 5 foot 6 and in my … Continue reading Somewhere Between Laurel and Hardy
My parents were quite modern in their thinking. In fact, I would even say that my grandparents were. You would hear about old Irish traditions in school, but I lived in an urban area (Cork City) and most of these were associated with rural Ireland. I often wonder too, if highlighting these was more about … Continue reading Irish Traditions
So, was today typical? Well, I write in the early morning, so I can’t say. But I must go to the dentist today, so I wouldn’t want every day to be like today 😀. What else can I say about today? I don’t really want to think too much about teeth and dentists, but why … Continue reading Hopefully Not! 😀
So, how would I describe myself to someone? It depends on the circumstances. Over the last few years, my dominant thought is that I’m getting old. I’m in my sixties now. I look young for my age, and in some respects I feel much younger, but I definitely see myself as entering a new category. … Continue reading Twilight Years
Well Barney seems quite friendly. But perhaps he doesn’t count 😀. Or perhaps they could bring back T-Rex, or Tyrannosaurus Rex – the pop group, and not the animal. The T-Rex animal seems a bit nasty, but who knows what they were really like. I remember seeing some robotic dinosaurs in the Natural History Museum in … Continue reading Brontosaurus?
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