In the shelter - Padraig Tuama

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.

Drawing on this Irish saying, poet, storyteller and theologian Pdraig
Tuama relates
ideas of shelter and welcome to journeys of life, using poetry, story,
biblical refelction and prose to open up gentle ways of living well in a
troubled world.

The fourth gospel tells of Jesus arriving in
the room where the
disciples are gathered, full of fear, on Easter
Sunday. He does not
chide or admonish; instead he says 'Peace be with
you', which, in the
Aramaic of his day, was simply a greeting. To
people locked in a room of fear he said 'Hello,' welcoming
them to a
place of deep encounter: encounter
with themselves, with their fear,
with each other and with the incarnate
one in their midst.

Interweaving
everyday stories with narrative theology, gospel reflections with
mindfulness and Celtic spirituality with
poetry, In the Shelter reveals the transformational power of welcome.