Public transport gives one a glimpse into what’s happening

Apologies for the late appearance of this post. It is due to a technical problem, that has now been resolved.

Any one who uses public transport on a daily basis in Ireland will see first hand how Ireland is changing, indeed, a mirror of what is happening across the world.

Renowned theologian Karl Barth said that a Christian should carry a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other.

No one is ever seen reading a newspaper, tram or bus, occasionally it can be seen on a train.

Maybe if Barth were alive today he would suggest it’s a good idea to use public transport.

Certainly anyone who tries to talk about the Christian message in a language that makes sense today, using trains, buses and trams might be a good starting point.

[Karl Barth was born in Basel Switzerland in 1886 and died there in 1968.

While teaching in Bonn he refused to sign allegiance to Hitler and returned to Switzerland.

He was a signatory to the Barmen Declaration and wrote a personal to Hitler objecting to his policy.]