The recent bombings in Sri Lanka are a tragic and painful reminder violence begets violence. It is also sharp and terrible reminder of the futility of fundamentalism. Holding to a version of truth about what it is to be human in such a way as to believe it can be the only truth will eventually…
Guest Blog: ‘The Beauty of a Bumblebee’
This month, we have been celebrating our community gardens, and the benefits of therapeutic greenspaces to our health and wellbeing #GreenHealth. This week’s guest blog is from Mairi, a volunteer at one of our community gardens… I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. Between that diagnosis and 2005, I had many short stays in…
Guest blog: A blink of an eye…5 years on – a personal perspective
Cyrenians’ Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) has now been operating for 5 years. In one respect it seems like a blink of an eye… though when I stop to reflect on the past 5 years, I realise the significance of that period. Thinking back to day one I fondly recall meeting the other members…
CEO Blog: Saying goodbye, and thank you…
Attending our Community Rehab Group graduation last Monday was a bittersweet moment. The stories I heard from those graduating and the extraordinary sense of achievement I witnessed was inspiring. But in amongst it all I had to recognise it was the last one Cyrenians will run as we sadly lost the tender for the Recovery…
Guest Blog: Intentions and Inequalities
This week’s guest blog comes from Craig Millard, Mediator at Cyrenians. I am privileged to have a vocation that allows me to work with people and get the chance to reflect on matters of the heart and mind, of social inequality, disputes, competition, hunger and desperation. To an extent, I get to see the increasing…
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