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Loving Lord we come to you with heavy hearts this week on the loss of another young man in our local area. On this day when they have buried their dear son, Oran, we pray that you would comfort his mother Jacinta and his father Seamus and their partners, Tony and Ann. We also pray…

I’m so thankful that you’re still reading these letters because today I have some more wonderful news for you.  Maybe sometimes you feel that life is pointless, just a cycle we’re trapped in. You get up, you go to school, you come home, do some homework, maybe play some sport/work on the farm, and then…

You are dearly loved In my first letter to you I told you that you are precious because you are made in the image of God. In my second letter to you, I agreed with you that the world is broken, and said that the answer to why and whether it can be fixed is…

Thanks for coming back, I’m so glad you’re reading this. I said yesterday that you were precious because you are fearfully and wonderful made. But if that’s true why do things sometimes feel so rubbish? Why is there an emptiness that nothing seems to fill? Why is there a pain that nothing can numb? Why…

Loving Lord, this week many in our community are grieving the tragic sudden loss of Cillian Boyle. Please comfort his heartbroken family, his father Michéal, his mother Maria, his sisters Katie and Ciara, and his brother Darragh, and all his wider family and friends.  Thank-you that you are near to the broken hearted. Please draw…

Lord God, we are so shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of Ashling Murphy.  She went out for a run, and she never came home.  This should not have happened, she should have been safe, Lord we feel anger at what has happened.  Please comfort her heartbroken family, her father Raymond, her mother Kathleen,…

Yesterday in church I mentioned our Bible Reading Plan for 2022. You can find our more information here. I also wanted to let you know about a very good free resource that may help with the readings. There is an excellent book called “For the Love of God” that is available for free online. Volume…

I hope you have a great new year and that it’s better than 2021. What is really important is that we make time to listen to God. Will you listen to Him in 2022? I was challenged by these words from Alec Motyer as I was reading his book on Isaiah: ‘The deadly sin of…