The murder of two soldiers and a policeman and attempted murder of four others in Northern Ireland last weekend have prompted people to march in the streets and organise peace vigils.
Silent protests took place today in Belfast, Londonderry, Lisburn, Newry, Downpatrick and Craigavon, reminiscent of the Peace People protests of the 1970s.
Out of the unimaginably horrible [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
Who hates peace?
Posted in Current events, History, Organisations, tagged Northern Ireland, Politics, Religion, RIRA terrorism on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Invisible Church
Posted in Books, tagged Psychology, Religion, Spirituality on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Invisible Church by Pittman McGehee and Damon Thomas is the most provocative understanding of the psychology of religion that I have read since Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving. It speaks to our obvious questions. It awakens our unconscious yearnings.
~ John Shelby Spong
People who have given up organised religion have often been hurt [...]
Hymns for hecklers
Posted in Beliefs, Current events, People, tagged Anglican, Bishop Robinson, Religion on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the UK Sunday 13 th July when a man stood up and berated US Anglican clergyman Bishop Gene Robinson the stunned congregation responded by singing the hymn:
No more we doubt Thee, glorious Prince of life;
Life is naught without Thee; aid us in our strife;
Make us more than conqu’rors, through Thy deathless love:
Bring us safe [...]
