Borderlands: Christmas Special

Jonny and Jenn Clark and their friends Dave and Jill Hines run a monthly event in Belfast called Borderlands. Held in a pub it is a space where faith and doubt meet, where songs and stories become sacred liturgies and where a spiritual home is created outside the walls of traditional churches. It is for Protestants and Catholics, for those with faith and those searching and unsure what they believe. This episode includes an interview with Alan McBride who is an activist for peace and reconciliation, and whose wife was killed in the 1993 Shankill Road bomb. It also includes stories from Paul Hutchinson, a well known poet and story-teller and former centre director of the Corrymeela community. Jenn Clark shares a reflection on the Advent theme of waiting, and there are two beautiful old songs that are heard in homes up and down the country at this time of year. This is heart warming, soul stirring stories and reflections that will give you hope this Christmas. It was recorded on the 11th December, the day before the UK elections.