Jesus

We have to wait after the showers for a rainbow to appear

Waiting time needn’t be wasted time

Some of those who attended the co-op on Sunday night

Thanks for those who helped with 'Good news at the co-op'

Horses at the 2026 Ploughing Championships in Co Offaly.

Planting gospel seeds well

Speakers for the event

Rural Chaplaincy to host ‘Good News at the Co-op’ mission

Tullyallen Presbyterian Church harvest display

How good is your soil?

Summer is the time to enjoy fresh locally grown fruit.

Different kinds of fruits

Farming revolves around the seasons.

Finding contentment in every season

Vets are so important and so needed.

Praise for vets and the important job they do

Maize being grown under plastic

Good news for the countryside: Trusting in the invisible parts of farming and li...

The Annett family have been farming in the Mourne Mountains for many generations

Good News for the countryside: Farming and a very different kind of inheritance

The Very Rev Dr Frank Sellar, Rev Kenny Hanna (Rural Chaplain), Rick Hill (PCI)

“PCI has always been a denomination with a significant rural dynamic"

Pacemaker Press. 15 May 2025: The 156th Balmoral Show at Balmoral Park outside Lisburn.
Thousands of people attended with four days of sunshine forecast.
It is the culmination of months of planning for the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) and for the farmers competing with their livestock.
Picture By: Arthur Allison /Pacemaker Press.

Balmoral Show: A great day out for everyone

Kenny Hanna, Rural Chaplain and Louise Skelly, Trustee of Dromara Connect at the launch of the forthcoming Lamb Thanksgiving service from the lambing shed at Shanaghan Hill Farm, Katesbridge, Co Down

Date revealed for Northern Ireland’s first Lamb Thanksgiving Service

US President Donald Trump reacts during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Cool heads and not social media rants are needed now

Potato field in bloom.

Recognisable names and being part of a bigger family

A mourner holds an order of service, which shows a picture of Amy Doherty with her children Rhea and Ronan, outside her funeral at Holy Family Church Ballymagroarty, Londonderry. Amy was found injured in a house in the Summer Meadows area of the city on March 21h. Picture date: Thursday March 26, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Mourners at Amy Doherty’s funeral hear of her ‘magnetic personality’
Mourners at the funeral of Amy Doherty have been told she had a “magnetic personality” and “would draw people to her by her joyful smile”.
By Bairbre Holmes, Press Association

An image from the HSENI campaign

Good news for the countryside column: Farming wiser helps you to farm longer

Things can sometimes look deceivingly tranquil on the farm

Good News for the countryside: Farming in an uncertain world

Farmers worried about their inheritance have held a number of protests

Good News for the countryside: Thinking about inheritance of every kind

often. In a herd of cows, one follows another. One eats; they all eat.

Herd Mentality? Be careful who you follow

Cattle braced for the cold winter wind on the outskirts of Rathfriland County Down.

Good news for the countryside: Not in that poor lowly stable

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Good news for the countryside: God’s wonderful and abundant provision

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Good News for the countryside: The Gospel in the grass

Staked bales of silage are a familiar sight at this time of the year

Good news for the countryside: Fuel for busy farmers

One of the less pleasant parts of animal care is dealing with foot problems

The importance of animal foot health

Our countryside, with its fields and tree-filled hedges, has been shaped by farming.

Good news for the countryside: Caring for God’s creation

Variety performance trials at AFBI Loughgall. (Photo: Freelance)

When the wind blows… By The Newsroom

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Good news for the countryside: The most relevant question

Well managed grass swards can achieve maximum production

Good news for the countryside: Making good choices for the future

Farming Simulator allows you to farm from the comfort of your living room

Good news for the countryside: Nothing like the real thing

Pope Francis

Vatican announces death of Pope Francis aged 88

Silage making is already underway on farms across Northern Ireland

Good news for the countryside: Farming and waiting go hand in hand

In Wales, Palm Sunday is also known as Flower Sunday in reference to the blossoms in full flight at this time of the year. Picture: Mother's Garden

Availability of fresh figs is sporadic but dried figs are available all year

Spring brings better weather but it also means increased workloads

Good News for the countryside: Embracing the renewal

The start of a journey often begins with the opening of a gate

Good news for the countryside: Things that are important

Freshly harvested local rhubarb ready for market (Picture: Keith Turkington, Birches, County Armagh)

Living in the light

Farmers know that this time of year grass is sparse and of poor quality

Good News for the countryside: A Wee bite out of the trough

Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and vanilla ice cream. Picture: The Yorkshire Post Magazine/Tony Johnson

Today sees the start of the Christmas period, there is still time to get ready

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A change for the better

Hedges play an important role on farms across the country

Good news for the countryside - Preparing for what’s to come

Conference pears from this year’s harvest in Loughgall. (Pic: Freelance)

Known by their fruit

Even sand can pose and unexpected hazard

Good News for the countryside: When the unexpected happens!

Potatoes in full flower. (Pic: Freelance)

A different kind of famine

Trees feature quite a lot in the Bible

Good News for the countryside: Gospel truths in the trees

It's good to get away for a rest

Good News for the countryside: Everyone needs a good rest

Tractors are always a big draw no matter what age you are

Good News for the countryside: The blessing of a good covering

Caring fathers are ready to lavish their love on their son or daughter

Childhood memories of a caring father

You can buy salt cod on the continent readily but is a little rarer here. It was an old way of preserving the fish. Picture: Simon Hulme

There are many food traditions that are associated with Palm Sunday

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The storms that come

What is better than the smell of pine trees in the forest on a winter’s day walk? Pic: Woodland Trust

The rings of a tree

For many years I taught in a college and one of the benefits was access to the industrial steamer oven at Christmas to do your puddings. Picture: Submitted

Christmas is nearing, now is the time to make your all important pudding

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Lifelong learning from the Good Shepherd

'Hit the diff' is a popular tune in many households

Hit the diff…and pray

Harvest time is a busy period for farmers and for churches it is time to give thanks

Good news for the countryside: Harvest time- time is short

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Good news for the countryside: A forecast we can trust fully

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