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Heavenly Father, we pray for those sitting the Junior Cert and Leaving Cert, especially those known to us. Please help them to face their exams with peace, confidence, and courage, with wisdom, faithfulness and honesty; that they may do justice both to themselves and their teachers. We pray especially for those who are leaving school,…

Nancy Gutherie is no stranger to sorrow, she has done what none of us should have to do – bury a child, and she has had to do it twice.  Her daughter Hope lived just 199 days and her son Gabriel lived only 183 days.  I have just finished her book “Hearing Jesus Speak into…

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We all get stuck in different ways, I confess I’m stuck right now!  Matt Perman’s new book “Unstuck” doesn’t promise that you will never get stuck again, but does offer lots of advice for what to do when you are stuck, and offers ways to avoid getting stuck in the first place.   I had previously…

This time almost 2000 years ago it went dark in the middle of the day (from 12pm to 3pm). It was as Jesus was dying on the cross.  Why did this happen? Darkness in the Bible often is a sign of God’s judgment (e.g. Exodus 10:21-29), but who was God judging at the cross? Who…

The Pain of Childlessness Hannah had been childless for years and it was deeply painful, what made matters worse was that her husband had 2 wives and the other wife (Peninnah) was reproducing like a rabbit and was teasing and provoking Hannah.  Hannah was upset, so upset that she couldn’t even eat. (1 Samuel 1)…

For many years I found Mothering Sunday difficult, and I have to admit, I stayed away from church, how could I go to church and watch people give out flowers to their mums when my mum was not here anymore? For others, it’s difficult for different reasons, some have lost children, some have never been…

Many of you will have heard that my son broke his leg just over a week ago. It’s been a difficult week, in and out of hospital and lots of painful nights (for us all!).  Yesterday at church we sang “All people that on earth do dwell” and the fourth verse reminds us “the Lord…

This training course starts tomorrow in Carrick-on-Shannon. It’s especially aimed at Diocesan Readers and those who would like to teach God’s Word to others. Please contact Nick if you’d like to go or would like more information: rectorofdrung@gmail.com