Can you believe it?
I never thought I would see the day when Dr Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness would be pictured side by side thoroughly enjoying the moment of a very historic day. When I think of the many hours that I have spent over the years praying for peace in North Ireland, along with countless thousands of others, and now that God has answered those prayers it is almost impossible to believe it has actually happened.
Of course as the media continually remind us the work of reconciliation hasn’t even really begun yet, there is a long way to go. It is also true of Sectarianism in Scotland and as leading churchmen gather in the Gallery of Modern Art to sign a joint statement at the new Histrionics exihibition next Thursday its a reminder we need to work just as hard in this country to ensure prejudice and bigotry is neither condoned nor encouraged within our own borders.