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\"\"<\/a>So we’re still here! \u00a0The sun rose, the rain fell, the Earth turned. \u00a0Which is something we normally take for granted, but has come of a bit of a disappointment to the followers of Harold Camping<\/a> who was pretty sure that the world was going to end at 6pm yesterday. \u00a0Wonder how he felt as he ate his cornflakes this morning…?<\/p>\n

To be absolutely honest, I wouldn’t want to miss a thing at the moment. \u00a0I’ve had such a great day! \u00a0Listening to ‘Breathe On Me, Breath of God” as we stood in the rushing wind and blazing sunshine at the head of the dock. \u00a0Memorising and discussing Romans 8:38-39<\/a> with a fantastic bunch of Dock Walkers. \u00a0 Preaching to incredibly warm, welcoming Methodist congregations in Carnlough and Craigyhill this morning; preaching to an excited, engaged Presbyterian congregation in Glengormley tonight. \u00a0Cups of coffee and heart-to-hearts. \u00a0Moments with God, moments with friends, time with Susan, time alone. \u00a0A perfect Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd what a week!<\/p>\n

From Larne to the TQ to Glengormley today, everyone was talking about the Queen’s Speech (and President McAleese’s response) with a little bit of a lump in their throats. \u00a0Can it really be true? – words of reconciliation and healing, spoken by people with the authority to say them – grounded in complex reality, but radiant with hope. \u00a0We’re living in days we barely dared to hope for a decade ago. \u00a0We’re seeing answers to prayers.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t already read or watched them, can I encourage you to connect with the full text of both speeches – you can find the Queen’s here<\/a> (or watch it here<\/a>) and President McAleese’s here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>These beautiful speeches (both by women – significant?!) are perhaps the most powerful statement yet that we really are living in a new era; peace isn’t just a dream or a whisper; it is possible to recognise a wounded past without being bound to it; and together is better<\/em>. \u00a0It resonates with the vision of the Dock, the Shared Medley, expressed with more more poetry and profundity than I can manage, worth hearing and speaking and repeating until we really start living it:<\/p>\n

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chris<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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