Tag: MIssion
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When God Breathes Life into His Church: The Spirit Who Saves, Sends, and Makes Us One
The Spirit came at Pentecost to save, send, and make us one.
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Present but Absent: Who Is the Parish For?
Many Church of Ireland parishes remain physically present in deprived urban areas while becoming socially and missionally distant from the people around them. Focusing on North Belfast, this article asks whether the parish can recover a clearer, more credible presence in the communities it is called to serve.
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Strangers Chosen and Sent into a Stranger World (1 Peter 1:1-2)
1 Everything Has Changed: Nothing Had Changed (Introduction) Before Christmas, I was able to go over to the Lyric theatre and see a telling of that world-famous work, A Christmas Carol. It was absolutely fantastic, but one of the things I loved about it was how they had set it in Belfast all those years…
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There Is Always A Reason To Be Thankful (Luke 17:11-19)
For some five years, I worked every week on checkout in Tesco, serving the good people of my home town their grocery needs. Every little helps! It was not something I loved doing at the start, yet, after a few weeks, I soon fell into the rhythm and started to enjoy the work because I…
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In the Aftermath of the Ascension (Acts 1:12-26) || Part 2
INTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING THE WAITING Everything has changed for this group; from the moment that Judas arrived with the authorities to seize Jesus, his followers have not had a moment of peace. You cannot help but feel sorry for the disciples as their whole world collapsed and was rebuilt before their eyes. From those last moments…
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The Work Must Go On (Ascension – Acts 1:1-11)
Ascensions are a rare occurrence in the bible, there happening is significant! Enoch was the first person to Ascend,1 Genesis makes it clear that it was a Gracious Act of God, not an act of self. It is not until 2 Kings 2, when Elijah and Elisha are walking along the bank of the Jordan…
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Atr Irwin 