"what it means to be resilient...adapting and accommodating, rather than resistant to, the suffering. I think that’s what it is to live through hardship for sustained periods of time.” Reflecting on how life might change and the new normal #Coronavirus nytimes.com/2020/04/21/wor…

From the lovely people Turf & Grain it’s arrived. Interview by @philippajordan photos by #kaliereid wisdom from Pádraig Ó Tuama and blather by yours truly Support independent publishing turfandgrain.com #migration #TurfandGrain

Always knew that dogs help us all to be our best selves..here's a brilliant article about animals in the White House (great story about Kennedy esp) with some compassion for the current incumbent thanks @jennyboylan nytimes.com/2020/04/25/opi…… #dogs #whitehousepets

here is the recording of my Thought for the Day last week on Good Morning Ulster a wee reflection on the solid thing that is hope. Have a listen if you've time and interest and maybe need a wee lift #hope #tftd bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

After covid19 will we succumb to 'mental myopia' and simply wish to return to the past, or will we be able to reimagine the future? Monday's 'Thought for the Day' from John Bell bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

A shoulder of electric yellow gorse filling the air with the scent of vanilla and coconut. And a dog. . What more does a person need in a pandemic lockdown? . #gorse #wirehairedvizsla #wirehairedvizslasofinstagram instagram.com/p/B_kip0mAXOq/…

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So, here's this morning's Thought for the Day on the poignancy of things, the transience of beauty and the faith required to divine beauty even in terrible things #beauty #transience #tftd bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

It's a thing....you know it nytimes.com/2020/05/01/art…

‘This is a book about Heaven’ he says, and he’s right. I think if I was abandoned on a desert island, I would need no other distraction, it alone would suffice. A thing of wonder in the English language #JayberCrow #WendellBerry

a story of a great kindness returned #famine #ChoctawNation #AnGortaMór nytimes.com/2020/05/05/wor…

The Spirituality of Conflict team are delighted to launch a new resource from Pádraig Ó Tuama a primer on writing Collects We’d love you to check it out and maybe write your own. And even subscribe to the weekly mailing #conflict #spirituality #collects spiritualityofconflict.com/articles/15/a-…

thinking about the wisdom of pausing in a crisis, turning aside and asking a question about what this all means and how we might change #moses #burningbush #coronavirus #tftd bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Watching a classic #DadsArmy but can’t help see them like #Johnsons cabinet. Mainwaring=Johnson Pike=Hancock Jones=Gove Walker=Raab Wilson=Cummings

Delighted to have been asked, and equally delighted to contribute, several lightweight words on THE heavyweight word, Grace. It helped me reflect on the fact that this response is very different to what I would have done a decade or more ago. Thanks @TheTad92 and leftsideup1

Learning wisdom from our garden during the pandemic, from supplicant rhubarb to the full bodied singing of the robin This morning’s thought for the day on #radioulster Good Morning Ulster #pandemic #wisdom #rhubarb #tftd bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Dear BBC News (UK) I’m watching a fascinating doc on Russia which you’ve obviously invested heavily in So please explain to me why I need that terrible and distracting scrolling news banner at the bottom of the screen?

It may be hagiography, but if there’s a better doc about a sport and/or an athlete than #thelastdance then you need to tell me about it Even knowing the outcomes of games the sheer artistry, competitiveness, athleticism and storytelling had me out of my seat lots #MichaelJordan

Last night The Repair Shop reminded me of a country I’d like to live in. A place where when things break down there are skilled, and kind-hearted people who empathise with those suffering loss and are brilliant enough to fix it with no fuss I don’t currently live in that country

This is something. See and hear, in real time, the pain and frustration of generations