Christian youth confront Northern Ireland's troubled past: Christianity Today - Anne Thomas
                   
nuzhound.com     02-Jul-2008          

Posted: Friday, June 27, 2008, 9:37 (BST) Ireland’s largest Christian youth festival, Summer Madness, will give thousands of young people the opportunity to ask Northern Ireland politicians how they should deal with the legacy of the past. Panellists at the "Whatever you do...Don't mention the Past" debate on Sunday include Environment Minister and DUP MLA Sammy Wilson, Sinn Fein MLA John O'Dowd, and Belfast City PUP councillor Dr John Kyle. They will be joined by a fourth speaker, Father Aidan Troy from Holy Cross parish in Ardoyne, North Belfast. The debate is being hosted by the Church of Ireland's Hard Gospel Project, an initiative addressing sectarian issues and promoting reconciliation and understanding in local communities still coming to terms with their troubled past. It takes as its basis the teaching of Jesus to... [read full story]                    


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