The Reverend Garibaldi McFlurry

Got a pleasant surprise when I heard that my brother minister Adrian is moving on up, from an 'umble curacy in St Mark's Newtownards...

Sometimes scholars, for all their intelligence, haven't got the wit they were born with. While comprehending vast mysteries beyond most ...

It's amazing how quickly the time goes. It doesn't seem like a year since we were eagerly waiting for the Curacy List to see where w...

BTh Originally uploaded by Gary McMurray . Things have been quiet on the blog over the weekend. The reason? We were off on a wee break. Thu...

The first of my classmates is now a deacon! I was down in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin for the ordination of Stephen Farrell, now serving ...

The last exam has been completed, the pen has been set down, and I'm free!!! Well, for a few weeks anyway. Tonight we had the closing Co...

I'm now into what may be my last night's sleep in Dublin, depending on how my packing goes tonight. Today's exam was Old Testame...

The word in the title may not be a proper word, but it's a phrase you would hear about home. We're just going to redd out the cupboa...

I'm now more than halfway through the exams! Ethics was this morning, and it has now been completed! This was the shortest exam, with ju...

My Heaving Shelves Originally uploaded by Gary McMurray . Amidst the exams, we're also facing the task of getting packed up to leave Du...

Second exam done this morning - Anglicanism, so I've just three exams to go now and I'll be finished! This morning's paper was i...

First exam was this morning. Ecclesiology and Cosmology. Four questions answered. Some had been well prepared, others were less well prepare...

Yesterday was my last services in the parishes of Drumgath and Drumgooland (Rathfriland and Ballyward). Over the past few months I've be...

Hello, my name is Gary, and I'm a Christian. Introductions was the theme of the weekend just past for me. On Friday, I headed off to Don...

Well, the final week of term has passed, and my college experience is coming to an end. The essays have been handed in, the work has been do...

The Downes Oratory Prize is one of the noble traditions in the Church of Ireland Theological College (CITC). Each year, there is a prize off...

How quickly our last week of term seems to be going! Tomorrow we have our viva voce exam - the oral part of the pastoral elements of the co...

Tonight was the House Meeting in College, my last engagement as Senior Student. Don't worry, there were no tears or anything like that. ...

Famous last words. It has been said that you can tell a lot about a person by their last words. Some famous examples include Oscar Wilde – ‘...

Holding up the Tower of Pisa! Originally uploaded by Gary McMurray . Hope you like the picture! This is me doing my bit to hold up the Lean...