Part 1 – A Chance Encounter I recently had a serendipitous chance encounter that prompted me to think more about the many different ways Christianity can be expressed. I was on the ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan and it was rather busy, so I ended up sharing a table with an elderly couple. Not long […]
Category: Faith
The Ramblings of an Autistic Christian
If I had to encapsulate my religious outlook in one sentence, I would invert the oft-cited phrase ‘spiritual, but not religious’ and instead say I am ‘religious, but not spiritual’. I have always had a deep-seated interest in religion, and I love the traditions, community and way of life which Christianity provides. Yet I have […]
A Year in Review
Freshers’ On The Spectrum
Disclaimer (09/10/2020) – I have received a few complaints about my use of the term ‘high-functioning’ in this article from 2017. I was simply using the terminology that my diagnosis letter used. I apologise for any offence. Plenty of big changes in life recently. I got my A-Level results in August and I am now […]
Can We Be More Positive About Mental Health?
To have the words positive and mental health in the same sentence is seemingly contradictory, however I believe that we need to have a more hopeful tone when raising awareness about mental illnesses. It’s really fantastic that mental health is now so widely spoken about, in both secular and religious spheres, but there is still […]
Film Review: All That Remains
**This review contains spoilers** All That Remains is a feature length film produced by independent film company, Pixel Revolution Films. I got the opportunity to see it during a charity screening at Yorkgate, Belfast. It tells the story of Takashi Nagai, a Christian doctor who lived in Nagasaki at the time of the atomic bombing […]
Christian Poetry Review: Of Poetry and God
During an exceedingly long car journey between Troon and Fraserburgh I had the pleasure of reading Of Poetry and God by Daniel Kerdin. As the title suggests, it is a collection of mostly faith based poems. For several of the poems the author assumes the first person persona of Biblical figures, such as John, Peter […]
Why I love going to church abroad
On Sunday I attended the morning service at Santiago Community Church, a non-denominational English speaking church in the heart of the city. We were made to feel like part of the church family and were welcomed by name during the announcements. The hymns were the old fashioned kind that we use in the Free Presbyterian […]