by Glenn Sunshine | Aug 22, 2025 | Celtic Christianity, Church History, Featured, History, Myth
It’s been quite a while since I posted. The summer has been very busy with travels and family, but I’m now in a position to get back to posting. Given the date today, I thought a post from an old Irish source would be appropriate. On this date in AD 565, St. Columba...
by Glenn Sunshine | Jun 25, 2025 | Featured, Historical Tours
My last several posts have been on Celtic Christianity. I wrote those in preparation for the historical tour I would be leading in Ireland this month. The tour finished last week. I’d like to thank the 20 people who came with us. I certainly enjoyed the trip, and I...
by Glenn Sunshine | Jun 12, 2025 | Celtic Christianity, Church History, Featured, History
In the early middle ages (roughly AD 500-1000), European civilization was in serious decline. The climate had gotten colder and wetter, resulting in a shorter growing season and declining population. People moved out of the cities into the countryside to survive, and...
by Glenn Sunshine | Jun 4, 2025 | Celtic Christianity, Church History, Featured, History
One of the unique aspects of Irish Christianity was the practice of peregrinatio, or pilgrimage. To understand this, it is helpful to look at Irish concepts of martyrdom The Different Martyrdoms The Irish church distinguished three types of martyrdom. Red martyrdom is...
by Glenn Sunshine | May 26, 2025 | Celtic Christianity, Church History, Featured, History
On a theological level, the most important contribution of the Irish church was its penitential practice. But on a cultural level, a holdover from Celtic paganism led them to make a far more wide ranging contribution to western history. Irish Paganism We don’t know...
