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In Part 1 I wrote about our built-in need for community and how loneliness is a universal pain because it robs us of the fellowship and community we were made to have. Part 2 will deal with the sin and how it ruins community and fellowship.
Back to Genesis and after the sin of Adam and Eve [...]

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Life in Bray/Greystones has been a learning experience for me. One thing I have been repeatedly reminded of is that it is not good for man to be alone. People were built for relationships and as much as I like to think of myself as an independent, self-sufficient loner, that is just not how we [...]

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Dear friends,
It’s almost been one year since I started my work in Greystones. It looks like I’ll be sticking around here for another couple of years. There’s work to be done! I thought I’d write you a short email [this was originally sent as an email to my supporters - John] to let you know [...]

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Peter and Christine (and James), originally uploaded by Apprentice Blog.
This is Peter and Christine (and me in the middle), Peter was the Board of Mission in Ireland worker at Cahir Presbyterian Church, my old church. Peter is retiring for health reasons and him and Christine are moving back home. They are dear friends of mine [...]

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I’ve had the privilege of preaching at Dun Laoghaire Presbyterian Church’s “Saturday @ 5″ service. It’s on Saturdays… at 5 pm… and after the sermon they break for tea and coffee and then come back for a Q&A session with the preacher, which I think is a great idea and I really enjoyed it. Then [...]

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It’s been ages, I know and I don’t hope to catch you up on everything here; I’ll have to stick to the basics or this will end up a dry list of activities.
I am doing very well, I am happy and I enjoy my work even if it can be a bit stressful at times. [...]

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Here’s what I want to do, or at least attempt to kick off:
It’s a community project with the community being Christians in Ireland. The aim is to create a free audio Bible that anyone can download and hear the Word of God read aloud in the voices and accents of the everyday Christians in Ireland. [...]

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Peter and I put up a new banner on the church on Thursday last week. The Easter banner was past due to come down and the first one we got (the non-seasonal one) was ripped off in a storm so I got to order a new banner. I was given the chance to choose this [...]

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This year I come to the end of my certificate course at the IBI. If you had asked me last year what I would do I would have probably said “continue on and get the degree” but to do that I’d have to switch to full-time studies (or else finish when I’m 30) and I [...]

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Tomorrow it will be two weeks since I posted the flyers in Cahir about the free Gospel outreach. So far I haven’t received one request, no letters, no phone calls or texts, no emails, nothing. I’m planning on going into Cahir tomorrow to check on the flyers. Could you please pray for this little project, [...]

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