Jesus Christ

In my late teens I read a book that fundamentally changed my understanding of church. The book was Naught for your Comfort, an exposure of the scandal(...)

The word augur has interesting roots. It comes from the Latin – avis ( a bird) and garrio (chatter). In ancient Rome officials called augurs were cons(...)

The editorial Inspiring the Hopeless in this newspaper on Christmas Eve was about the significance of the birth of Jesus Christ for the world. It ment(...)

Harry Reid, the pugnacious son of a Nevada hard-rock miner who rose from poverty to become the US Senate majority leader and earned a reputation as a (...)

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Yes, yes we are. It is time for our occasional Christmas A to Z full of random trivia and the occasional money sav(...)

Seventeen people, including three children, associated with an American Christian aid group, were kidnapped on Saturday by a gang in Port-au-Prince, H(...)

‘I know how you feel.” We often say it to people going through difficult times and mean well. It can undoubtedly be a genuine expression of sympathy b(...)

An evangelical Christian charity helping alleviate poverty in developing countries must pay its annual €4,000 rates bill in Dublin, the High Court has(...)

When I was a boy the biggest event to happen in our family was when my grandfather’s sister, a nun, came home from America. If Jesus Christ himself ha(...)

Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop John McDowell has described the controversial service at Armagh’s Church of Ireland St Patrick’s Cathedral on Oct(...)