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So I’ve done my last live broadcast of 2011 – if you were still sleeping off the night before and want to catch up, you can find it on iPlayer at 47:00 into Good Morning Ulster<\/a>. \u00a0Or, you can just read it while you’re here…:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So, it looks like 2012 is going to be the Year of the Boat.<\/p>\n

First of all of course there\u2019s the Titanic; this year we will mark the centenary of the bright April day it set sail from the Belfast docks, just two weeks before its world-shaking, history-making encounter with the iceberg in the cold Atlantic. \u00a0(Not the end of the story for everyone who’s been posting on The Dock Facebook page this week – but that’s a whole<\/em> other story…!) \u00a0A hundred years ago it was a tragedy that shocked the world; today, it is a story that fascinates the world, and here in Northern Ireland we\u2019re at the centre of that story; we\u2019re the foundation-stone of the many ways in which Titanic\u2019s tale will be re-told, celebrated and lamented over the coming year. What an opportunity…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And the Titanic isn\u2019t the only boat we\u2019re talking about: In the week before Christmas, I watched Harland and Wolff workmen fit a new funnel to the Nomadic, the Belfast-built little tender ship that ferried passengers out to the Titanic. It\u2019s now painted and pristine, its top deck restored and that funnel standing proud in front of the spectacular new Titanic Belfast visitor centre. Like so many parts of our old shipyards, it offers that shiver of history – the realisation that you are walking in the exact footsteps of the builders, the crew, the passengers, the iconic figures of the Titanic story. What an opportunity…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>For those of us who are part of The Dock project in the Titanic Quarter, we hope that this will be the Year of the Boat for us as well, as momentum gathers to bring a beautiful old lightship to Belfast to use as a shared space for churches of all denominations working together to build hope and community in this tremendously exciting new part of Belfast. What an opportunity…<\/p>\n

So we\u2019re poised on the brink of the Year of the Boat, and lots of us are looking at the horizon knowing that risk and uncertainty lie ahead.. But I get the feeling that all over the province we\u2019re ready for change and adventure and bold new horizons – we\u2019ve had enough of burying our heads in the sand. We\u2019re ready to set sail for new shores.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019d like to finish with the wise old words of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, a man who knew his boats, who knew the taste of adventure – and who knew the courage that an unexplored horizon could stir in a man\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n

Disturb us, Lord, when we are too pleased with ourselves,
\nWhen our dreams have come true\u2028 because we dreamed too little,
\nWhen we arrived safely\u2028 because we sailed too close to the shore.<\/p>\n

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
\nTo venture on wilder seas\u2028, where storms will show Your mastery;
\nWhere losing sight of land,\u2028we shall find the stars.
\nWe ask you to push back\u2028 the horizons of our hopes;
\nAnd to push into the future\u2028 in strength, courage, hope, and love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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