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 see my mother as the most influential person in my life. And though I often cite evangelicals who were a big influence on me, I think my Roman Catholic mother was probably the biggest influence on me regarding my faith in Jesus. When I became an evangelical Christian when I was 18, my mother … Continue reading Encouragement in My Faith
We do enjoy food, but for the most part, we enjoy meals at home. If we are eating out, we’ll go somewhere cheap, like Wetherspoon’s. I particularly like the Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, where you can look out at the harbour while eating lunch. And there are at least three more around Dublin. … Continue reading Wetherspoons
I’ll be 74 in 10 years. Maybe things will be pretty much as they are now, with a few annoying health issues. But if Paul McCartney Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones are still touring at their age, I could do one final world tour. But I’m not famous, and I never recorded any songs. … Continue reading Final World Tour
Here goes: Regarding the latter point, we sometimes laugh at a line from an old hymn: At the cross, at the crossWhere I first saw the light,And the burden of my heart rolled away,It was there by faith I received my sight,And now I am happy all the day! Is anybody really happy all the … Continue reading Happy All the Day
Salvation by The Cranberries was about salvation from drugs. It wasn’t a spiritual song. But because they’re from Limerick, which was where I often did street evangelism back in the 1980s and 1990s, I sometimes wonder might one of my leaflets or posters have inspired the song. Probably not 😀. Anyway let’s go back to … Continue reading Salvation is Free
I was brought up a Roman Catholic. In Ireland at the time, by and large, that was the majority religion. We did have some Protestant churches and some newer sects, which we classified as “cults”. What bothered me was that few people seemed anything more than nominal Christians. You got the impression that if they … Continue reading Personal Faith in Jesus
The short answer is walking. That’s my main exercise. I do some fun exercises on my Meta Oculus too, and I do some other exercises at home for health purposes, but walking is delightful. I mentioned several Oculus applications in previous posts. One I went back to recently was the free version of Vz Fit. … Continue reading I’m Like a Bird
Well, firstly, I read the Bible over and over again, but that’s 66 books. And maybe such an answer is too obvious. On BBC’s Desert Island Discs, people are asked what 10 songs they’d choose if they were stranded on a desert island. It was always assumed that they’ll be given a Bible and the … Continue reading Alice in Wonderland
As a male, I’d like to play a tough guy who appears to want to just look out for himself, but turns out to do a great kindness. That’s the sort of character that Humphrey Bogart often played. Casablanca is a key example, but I’ll focus on African Queen. In reality, maybe I’m more like … Continue reading Charlie Allnut/Humphrey Bogart
I don’t actually have any pets, but we did have pets growing up. We had cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, and a little white mouse. I did own the little mouse and the rabbits. But when I reached 16, we visited a friend’s house and I was impressed with his tropical fish. So, soon after, I … Continue reading Tropical Fish
Hibernia Gospel 