I wrote yesterday regarding a situation that has unfolded over the past 12 years. If you haven’t read that, I encourage you to do that first. When I posted it on Facebook, I received several kind comments. Many expressed sympathy, which was very much appreciated. But that wasn’t why I wrote it. I shared it for those…
Tag: Dublin
Morning Light Show – Dublin Bay
The daily school run takes M and me along the coast of Dublin Bay. And since the sun is only starting to come up at this time of year, the views of the morning light show can be spectacular. I wanted to share a few from this morning’s sky. The first two M took while…
Keeping Track of the Twists and Turns
This past summer, we spent some time in the States catching up with friends. One thing I enjoy about these trips is being able to meet face-to-face and hear the questions people have about what we are doing in Dublin. Often through these conversations, we discover that several people have the same questions…they just haven’t…
What Kind of Name is the Table?
I am part of a small community of faith on the Northside of Dublin called the Table. We wrote up some notes on why we decided on that name.
Culture Night Photo Gallery
On Friday night we went on a tour (run by Alternative Dublin) focusing on street art in city centre
How About a Little Culture…Night
Shortly after we moved to Dublin, we discover Culture Night. It is a night when venues all across the city open their doors for people to come in, walk around and maybe get a tour. I can’t remember them all, but we have gotten to the Custom House, Dublin Castle, IFI (Irish Film Institute), City…
I Don’t Know Why You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
In the previous post on my journey through various faith traditions, I mentioned that while I was still leading an Assembly of God Ministry (Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship at Cornell University), I was not attending an AG church*. Timeline: 1997 to 2012 (*side note: You are actually not supposed to say Assembly of God church…
Stuff that caught my attention this week
A few things that I thought were worth sharing. Dublin Housing Crisis We’ve shared about this often. The link below is a feature done by the Guardian. Worth the time. My life in a hotel room: Ireland’s hidden homeless crisis – video #ChurchToo While these are sad stories, I am so glad they are coming…
Random Thoughts from WNY
Random things I’m thinking about… HMA Update: We are currently starting week 2 of our Home Missions Assignment. Tomorrow (July 4th) Liz and I get on a plane and head to Atlanta for four packed days. We’ll be able to connect with 5 families while we are there…two of whom we have not seen in…
Day Out with M – Botanical Gardens
After a long week of planning for our HMA (home missions assignment) and our upcoming move…followed by a whole Saturday of doing taxes…M & I decided that Sunday was going to be for fun. This afternoon we headed over to Glasnevin to visit the Botanical Gardens. M wasn’t sure she’d like it, but we both…
Internship Opportunity in Dublin
Thinking about trying something different next year?
In 2018 we will be starting an internship program here in Dublin. There will be opportunities for 3, 6, or 12-month internships, and starting dates are open-ended.
There will be more information about the program and what it will look like by the end of this year. In the meantime, if you are interested, please drop me a note.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Dublin…a Rip-Off?
There was a big story in Dublin yesterday. A tourism expert from New Zealand was speaking on the other side of the country and said he would never recommend Dublin for a trip because “Dublin is a rip-off!”
Flits, Pennies, and Learning Culture
A big part of moving to a new country is learning to live in a new culture. There are aspects of any culture, that if you are paying attention, you will pick up on and learn. There are aspect of Irish culture that Méabh will come by naturally, but will always be a challenge to…
No Agendas
Here is the second of two videos looking at the topic of embedding…along with a couple other thoughts.
How We Spent Our Summer
Okay, that was a crazy summer. And while it isn’t officially over, when we look back on this year, it will be this past 8-week period that sticks in our memories. If we are connected via Facebook, or through our monthly e-newsletter, you may have followed along but just to recap… In June one daughter…
Our Journey (Part 7) – St. Patrick’s Day
(This is part 7 in a series of posts detailing the events leading up to our move from Ithaca to Dublin. You can read the whole series here) As we approached the end of February 2011, the big thing on our minds was the pregnancy. We were learning new medical terms like Placenta praevia and Vasa praevia, which…
Our Journey (part 4) – A Bit of a Curve Ball
“What do you want us to do with the next 20 years of our lives?”
I already knew the answer to that question. In fact I talked to several friends before we left on our trip and said, “I think the answer is continue leading the Ithaca Vineyard Church. But I need to ask.”
So we did.
Our Journey (part 1) – Minding Our Own Business
While we were back in NY last month, we went through some of the stuff we left in storage over there, and carted some of it back with us. One of the things Liz brought back, were letters that I wrote to her while we were dating. I was reading some of them yesterday (I’d like to think I’m a better person 24 years later).
We’re Remodeling
Welcome to TheWilsonsInDublin.com! As you might have guessed, this little corner of the interwebs is about our family (the Wilsons), and our lives in Dublin. (Sadly creative blog/website naming has never been a strength of ours). The purpose of this site is to share a bit about the journey we have found ourselves on over…
Dublin Update
Yesterday I gave an update on the current pastoral search at the Ithaca Vineyard. Today I thought I’d write about how everything with Project:Move to Dublin is going. This part of our lives fells pretty big at this point has several aspects to it, so I figured the easiest thing to do was address each…