Knowing someone’s identity is vital to relating to them correctly! For example you will act differently, speak differently and even dress differently if the person you are speaking to is your mother, your doctor, or your Taoiseach. In each case the identity of the person you’re engaging with affects your response. And so it is […]
Author Archives: Steve Vaughan
RENEW – 6th and 13th Sept
Sunday 6th and Sunday 13th September 2026 will be Renew Sundays for all of Christ City Church. We do these every year. This blog will give some context as to what we’re going to do and why, so that you can be praying and preparing yourself in advance for this time of personal and corporate […]
Prayer & Worship Night – 30th Sept
Our next Prayer & Worship Night will be 7.30pm on: CCC Central – Wednesday 30th September (Synge Street Secondary School)CCC South – Wednesday 30th September (Oatlands Primary School)CCC North – Wednesday 30th September (Santry) We have multiplied our monthly Prayer & Worship night into three separate gatherings, to be congregation-based. On weeks that prayer & worship […]
The Psalms of Korah – Praying in the hard places
The Psalms were the prayerbook of Jesus. He quoted three of them on the cross alone, (Psalm 22, 31 and 69) which tells us that when we are at the extremities we need the Psalms to help us pray. The Apostle Paul tells us to ‘speak to one another with Psalms’ (Ephesians 5.19) – so […]
Ruth – a loving life
One of the great slogans of our day is ‘love is love’. The meaning behind the statement is that falling in love is not about the gender of the person, nor is it important if that relationship is monogamous or polyamorous. If you feel a certain way and if it makes you happy… then you […]
Steve’s Sabbatical – Summer 2026
It is a great privilege and blessing that the elders, leadership team and trustees have approved for me to take a 3 month sabbatical – starting on Monday 11th May till Sunday 16th August. My last (6-week) Sabbatical was 7 years ago. I wrote a short post last year on the rationale and benefits of […]
Seminar – Using Smartphones & Social Media as a Christian (15th Nov)
Social Media and the smartphone dominate our lives and our world. How are Christians supposed to respond to them? Do we reject them outright as from the Devil? Do we accept and embrace them fully without any discernment? Or, do we think about them from a Christian worldview, and think about the good, the bad […]
Seminar: Spiritual Gifts – what are they, have I got any, and how do I use them?
Few topics have generated as much debate and division in the western church over the last 50 years than the topic of spiritual gifts. What are they? How should we practice them today? Should we continue to pursue the miraculous gifts of prophecy, tongues and healing or did they cease with the early church? And […]
Seminar: Maintaining your marriage with young kids
Practical, realistic and grace-filled advice on how to continue to maintain and develop your marriage when sleep deprived and adjusting to the demands of time and extra responsibility in parenting. Suggested reading beforehand Resources and suggested reading afterwards
Isaiah – a tale of two cities
We’re living in times where our world seems more tumultuous and scary than before, as different megapowers of the earth are at war, while others are ‘showing their teeth’. Isaiah’s day was no different, just the names of the earthly megapowers in 8th-6th BC are different from the 21st Century ones. The threat and menace […]