Seeing Beyond Ourselves - Trinity 6 - 2024

Perception is all, we are told nowadays and we seem to believe it.
But perception, is limited by perspective. In other words, the presence of the miraculous does not depend on us, but the perceiving of it as miraculous, does.
We see, only what we can see, from where we are, and if we are not very careful, we can convince ourselves that this is all there is to see. How sad it would be were we to close our minds and our hearts to all that could be, all that is, because we look through sceptical and untrusting eyes.
As the Simon and Garfunkel lyrics goes:
‘All lies and jest,
still a man hears what he wants to hear
and disregards the rest.’
Part of the Church of Ireland, St Nicholas Church, Adare and its fellow churches teaches and ministers within the progressive Christianity tradition, with influences from the scholars who built on the work of the Jesus Seminar. It seeks to be a church that is welcoming and inclusive, affirming and open in its liberal theology; and whilst we don’t claim to have all the answers, we are most certainly committed to ‘living the questions’. We have influences of Celtic spirituality in our worship and view of the natural world, living as we do in the beauty of County Limerick.
The Church of Ireland also forms part of the Anglican communion which is an association of Anglican churches from 38 provinces, including the Church of England, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church in Wales, the Episcopal Church in the USA (otherwise known as the Episcopalians) and churches across the globe. With 80 million members, it is the third largest Christian body in the world, after the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Music: "The Face of Everything' - Kim Aspen - epidemicsound.com
Hymn: 'Forth in thy name' - www.smallchurchmusic.com