My Anxiety – A Little Insight

This was a very difficult post for me to write but is one I felt was important... So much of my life is interior.  My interior life is a funny thing.  I wish to share a brief glimpse into it with you.  To those around me I can be the very life and soul of …

Making Space for Grace at Christmas

As you are all no doubt aware we are now into the season of Advent.  Advent is a time of making preparations for the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord...ie: Christmas!   For Christians the events leading up to and surrounding Jesus’ birth can be an extremely dramatic and exciting time of our faith.  In …

Reflecting on Lady of Sorrows – The Goretti Girls

Introduction Anyone that knows me will know that the Goretti Girls (www.facebook.com/GorettiGirls) that is, Méabh Carlin and Hannah McCauley hold a very special place in my heart.  They are two young women I admire greatly and found their music to be profoundly moving and helpful in times when I find it difficult to pray.  The …

Two Weeks With Jahméne Douglas U.P – Epilogue

It is Accomplished! - Right Away As Christ’s life draws to a close on  Calvary he offers a number of words from the cross.  He tells the Beloved Disciple John that this is his Mother.  To Mary he tells that this is her Son.  In doing so he places Mary into the care of St …

Two Weeks With Jahméne Douglas’ U.P – Day Fourteen

Recap So yesterday I was blogging about the song Reach You and was using the whole idea of being Limitless.  If we truly believe in who we are and what we are capable of then there is no ends to what we can achieve.  On a purely aesthetic note it would appear that there is …

Two Weeks With Jahméne Douglas’ U.P – Day Thirteen

Recap In yesterday's blog I looked at the track Forever & Eternity and wanted to see where the theme of Beauty fit in with this remarkable song.  I had originally conceived that this song was a testament to romantic love.  In the end I'm not so sure anymore and believe there is indeed more to …

Two Weeks With Jahméne Douglas’ U.P – An Apology

The Post I Did Not Plan To those who are reading this, to those who read today's post and the posts of the last number of days I offer a heartfelt apology.  I can't believe I got it so wrong.  I knew something was missing in the posts that I had been writing and I …

Two Weeks With Jahméne Douglas’ U.P – Day Twelve

Recap In last night's blog I reviewed the thirteenth track on Jahméne Douglas' stellar album Unfathomable Phantasmagoria - I Wish.  In the blog I looked at the power found in the song and how Jahméne manages to convey his message of hope for a world in which hatred and suffering will not be the things …

Two Weeks With Jahméne Douglas U.P – Day Eleven

Recap Well who'd have thought it! I've actually made it to day eleven of the blog! I know there are more times than not that the blog has gone up late into the night and the blogs are going up at a fairly unreasonable hour but I've gotta say it has been an absolute treat …

Two Weeks With Jahmene Douglas’ U.P – Day Ten

Recap So once again I'm slightly late in my posting of the blog!  However I am off work for the next two days and I look forward to some intense blogging going on.  So where are we?  If you're just joining this blog for the first time I am in the process of reviewing Jahméne …