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Category Archives: Christian

Covid Tales (xiv): Seven Years On, No Songs Of Praise Shall Be Sung This Summer

June 20, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

(Ballycastle beach, 20/6/20)   Exactly seven years ago the first proper blog post on emeraldscribe was published. It seems a lifetime ago, and yet it is quite apt and timely […]

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Beauty, Christian, Creativity, faith, Mental Health, northern ireland, Photography, prayer, Spirituality, Writing

Covid Tales 2020 (xiii) : The End Of The World As We Know It?

June 14, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

  Just over three months ago today, the world as we knew it ended for me personally, and within a couple of weeks, most of you too. I flew home from […]

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Beauty, Christian, Coronavirus, Creativity, faith, Mental Health, Spirituality

Covid Tales (xi): Generational Stillness

May 9, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

HERE’S AN over 100-year-old Irish oak chair I had the priviledge of restoring this past week or so of further pandemic lockdown in Northern Ireland. It was thrown out for […]

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Beauty, Christian, Coronavirus, Creativity, peace, Spirituality

Covid 2020 (ix): Two Years On

April 19, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

EXACTLY two years ago last night, I had the now infamous motorcycle accident in Redding, Northern California, where I was blessed to be living at the time. I shared very […]

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California, Christian, faith, prayer, Spirituality, Thankfulness, Travel, USA

Covid 2020 Tales (v) : Good Friday Bad Friday

April 10, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

SO my midweek post became a Good Friday post.  Sorry about that. My heart feels heavy today and my body and mind are quite tired. But I’m not complaining. It’s a blessing […]

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Christian, Easter, Spirituality

Covid 2020 Tales (iv)

April 5, 2020by emeraldscribe 2 Comments

TODAY’S POST almost hasn’t happened. But I decided to keep the discipline and fulfill what I wrote I would last time, of posting again “on Sunday”. One of the good […]

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Christian, Coronavirus, faith, prayer, Spirituality

Sunday Scribe: Sheep Identity

February 10, 2019by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Just a few thoughts for tonight. I’ve been thinking since a few weeks ago about a talk I heard at a Church recently in Northern Ireland. The crux of it […]

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Christian, faith, Love, passion, Spirituality, Writing

Sixteen Weeks

August 8, 2018by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Sixteen weeks on from the Redding accident I decided to vulnerably share about in April, the sun is gratefully able to be felt once again on my skin. Time can […]

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Beauty, California, Christian, Creativity, faith, honesty, northern ireland, passion, prayer, Spirituality, summer, Travel, USA, vulnerability, Writing

Boots from a notable night

June 14, 2018by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

It’s true a picture is worth a thousand words. Many people may not have believed the post I shared on 2nd May, sharing a tiny 10% snippet of what happened […]

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California, Christian, faith, honesty, Spirituality, USA, vulnerability, Writing

Pondering Prague: One year on

December 5, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Hot off the heals of my last post about Eureka, USA, I am tonight remembering this time last year, when I was blessed to be in Prague, Czech Republic, in […]

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Beau, Christian, Christmas, Creativity, Czech Republic, Photography, Spirituality, Winter

Whitetails and Open Skies

August 15, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

AFTER a semi-conscious break from posting anything on social media in recent months, I felt to write a wee random blog article this week.   I’ve just had a quietly […]

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Christian, Creativity, Spirituality

Good grief: Good Friday

April 15, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

THIS very afternoon just two weeks ago I went round to pray for a local father figure, someone I respect and cared for very much, a real rock solid background […]

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cancer, Christian, faith, Spirituality

Donegal January beauty

February 2, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

I took an intentional break from blogging and social media activity for the past 6 weeks, and may do so again during lent if not beyond, but this past week […]

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Beauty, Christian, Coffee, Creativity, Photography, Spirituality, Travel

C.S. Lewis…What a Man

November 22, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

THIS DAY in 1963 saw the dark departure from this earth of a writer of incredible latent talent and ability, C.S. Lewis, who also happens to have been from the […]

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Beauty, Christian, Creativity, honour, Spirituality

Is Jesus relevant to the 21st century ‘poor’ ?

July 1, 2013by emeraldscribe 3 Comments

————————————————————————————————————– I wrote this article summer 2013, and am reminded of it today, after a church service I attended in Northern Ireland which brought me close to tears with gratitude […]

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Christian, compassion, Mental Health, Spirituality

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