On which mountain do you stand? - Sunday before Lent 2026

Описание: Mountains are huge, daunting, immovable - even the weather bows to them. Sometimes shrouded in mist and cloud, they can also be shrouded in mystery and power. No wonder that ancient man was sure that God was to be found there, and to be feared there.
Because not only did mountains touch the sky, at a time when man felt rooted by his own feet to the ground….
But if you have ever climbed or driven up to the high places, and looked down…. The world suddenly looks both bigger and smaller at the same time.
Vast, stretching to the horizon, endless, but everything that is familiar? So much smaller. Psychologists speak of ‘peak experiences’ those often fleeting, intense moments of awe and wonder, sometimes joyful and uplifting, sometimes deeply challenging, making us re-examine ourselves and our world – always powerful.
What are the mountains of our lives, the peak experiences that can shake and remake us – do we hide from them, or seek them out?

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: 'Moving Towards Fine' - Amarinth Cove - www.epidemicsound.com
Hymn: 'Spirit of God, unseen as the wind' - www.smallchurchmusic.com