About divided loyalties

Welcome to divided loyalties – a blog about theology, politics, culture and society.

I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Ulster, a politico, a communitarian conservative, a postmodern unionist and a Republican constitutionalist.

The inspiration for the title comes from Henri Nouwen’s book of meditations for Lent where the reading for Ash Wednesday states,

“The Lenten season begins. It is a time to be with you in a special way, a time to pray, to fast, and thus to follow you on your way to Jerusalem, to Golgotha and to the final victory over death.

“I am still so divided. I truly want to follow you, but I also want to follow my own desires and lend an ear to the voices that speak about prestige, success, human respect, pleasure, power and influence. Help me to become deaf to these voices and more attentive to your voice, which calls me to choose the narrow road to life.

“Please, Lord be with me at every moment and in every place. Give me the strength and the courage to live this season faithfully, so that, when Easter comes, I will be able to taste with joy the new life which you have prepared for me. Amen.”

As followers of Christ, we are called to give allegiance to the Kingdom of God and the desires of the spirit but yet we remain loyal to the desires of the flesh and Kingdom of this age.

We have divided loyalties.

Hopefully this blog will explore through politics, culture, theology and philosophy how we might navigate a way through this.

Thanks for stopping by.