Daily Dispatches From Ireland/Northern Ireland
- Finding My Greers: A Journey to Unearth and Understand My Family’s Roots in Northern Ireland
TEMPLEPATRICK, Northern Ireland — Growing up, I had always heard tales that our family’s ancestry was Scots-Irish, via the Greer surname… Read more: Finding My Greers: A Journey to Unearth and Understand My Family’s Roots in Northern Ireland - Day Five: Bridges to Peace in Londonderry
LONDONDERRY — Our fifth and final full day started with a panel on the healing process in Northern Ireland and… Read more: Day Five: Bridges to Peace in Londonderry - Day Four: The Road to Londonderry: Physical, Political, Spiritual
LONDONDERRY — When Nobel Prize–winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney traveled from Belfast north to Londonderry on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1972,… Read more: Day Four: The Road to Londonderry: Physical, Political, Spiritual - Day Three: Perspectives from Across the Divide: Shared Grief Lingers Decades After the Good Friday Agreement
BELFAST — During our last day in Belfast we met 10 people, all of whom are an integral part of… Read more: Day Three: Perspectives from Across the Divide: Shared Grief Lingers Decades After the Good Friday Agreement - Day Two: Pilgrimage and Peaks on Saint Patrick’s Day in Northern Ireland
BELFAST — Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! This morning started bright and early as we prepared for our adventure to Slemish Mountain, once… Read more: Day Two: Pilgrimage and Peaks on Saint Patrick’s Day in Northern Ireland - Day One: In Post-Conflict Belfast, the Past Is the Present
BELFAST — At 8:41 a.m., after a six-hour direct flight, our airplane landed in Dublin. Twelve excited students, Dean Melanie… Read more: Day One: In Post-Conflict Belfast, the Past Is the Present
Covering Religion in New York
- A School Hall Becomes a Sanctuary: Evangelical Worshippers Find Rhythm and Reverence on the Upper West Side
NEW YORK — A young man in a green beanie has both arms outstretched to the sky, palms open to… Read more: A School Hall Becomes a Sanctuary: Evangelical Worshippers Find Rhythm and Reverence on the Upper West Side - An Imbolc Ritual: Quiet Reflection and Flowers of Ireland
NEW YORK — A hush settles over the room at The Meadow, the expressive arts space in the northernmost Brooklyn… Read more: An Imbolc Ritual: Quiet Reflection and Flowers of Ireland - ‘None of us is getting it quite right all the time’: Methodists Confess in Fidi
NEW YORK — Midway through the Sunday morning service at John Street United Methodist Church in Lower Manhattan, Pastor Stephanie… Read more: ‘None of us is getting it quite right all the time’: Methodists Confess in Fidi - Finding Stillness in the City: A Glimpse into Zen Practice in New York
NEW YORK — Nestled in a nondescript charcoal building at 400 E. 14th St., the Chogye International Zen Center of… Read more: Finding Stillness in the City: A Glimpse into Zen Practice in New York - Hearing the Shema Prayer in a New Way
NEW YORK — “Hear” as a command conveys one meaning. “Pay attention” signifies yet another idea, one that goes beyond the… Read more: Hearing the Shema Prayer in a New Way - God Works Through Generations in the Anglican Church
NEW YORK — The wooden pews at Emmanuel Anglican Church in Manhattan’s West Village are filled with people of all… Read more: God Works Through Generations in the Anglican Church
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