Michæl McFarland Campbell – Always telling the story

Registering to vote is now much easier in Ireland

Historically, registering to vote in Ireland involved a trip to the local Garda station to get a paper form stamped. Fortunately, those days are gone, and it is much simpler now. You can register to vote, online, at any time. Simply go to www.checktheregister.ie and complete your details to be added to the electoral register. […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 4 months ago

Blogging

Multipotentialite?

Are you a multipotentialite? It certainly seems to me that I am. What is a multipotentialite? Well, it is someone with many interests and creative pursuits, rather than focusing only on a particular subject or hobby. I learned this new word while completing the The Open University‘s 5-hour short course on the value and benefits of […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 4 months ago

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Professional Development

Veracity, non-malificence, benficence, confidentiality, and fairness: five words to live and work by

Throughout my career, I have worked hard to ensure that everything that I do is to the best of my ability and shows my professionalism. Paramount to ensuring this is learning new skills, exploring new ways of working, and revising ongoing skills and tools to complete my work. This morning, I’ve been looking at professional […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 5 months agoNovember 3, 2022

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Blogs and podcasts round-up September 2022

One of my roles is to copy edit the ISTC’s monthly newsletter, InfoPlus. Since April, I have also been compiling the monthly blog and podcast round-up. Here’s the info for September 2022: The CherryLeaf Podcast looks at `the value of retrospectives at the end of a documentation project, and how you can run one.’ https://cherryleaf.podbean.com/e/126-retrospectives-for-documentation-projects/ […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 7 months agoAugust 26, 2022

Sunday Relections

Christ is interested in our hearts every day of our life

A reflection on the readings for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), Isaiah 66:18–21; Psalm 117: 1, 2; Hebrews 12:5–7, 11–13; and St Luke 13:22–30 Many Jews at the time of Jesus thought that salvation was based on external factors, like race and ritual. Many Jews, in fact, believed that only Jews could […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 7 months agoAugust 20, 2022

Sunday Relections

Let’s be warriors of the truth

Some thoughts on the readings for the Eucharist on the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time in Year C. The readings are: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Psalm 90:3-6, 12-13, 14, 1; Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; and St Luke 12:13-21. Faith in Christ has consequences I regularly hear from friends who are not Christian that they think Christianity is […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 8 months agoJuly 30, 2022

Sunday Relections

Celebrating the most important day of our lives

Reflection on the Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Genesis 18:20–32; Psalm 138: 1-3, 6–8; Colossians 2:12–14; and St Luke 11:1–13. The primacy of grace and the power of Baptism The two most important days of our lives are days that most of us do not remember. The second most important day is […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 8 months ago

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Sunday Relections

Christian success comes from the Grace of God

Reflection for the Solemnity of SS Peter & Paul, 29 June 2022. Readings: Acts 12:1–11; Psalm 34:2-9; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17–18; St Matthew 16:13–19. Christ chose St Peter as “the rock” upon which He would build His Church. But this is the same Peter who denied our Lord three times the night Jesus was arrested. […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 9 months agoJuly 23, 2022

Sunday Relections

Security: placing it in God not ourselves

Some thoughts for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), Sunday 26 June 2022. Following Christ means transferring our security In today’s Gospel we read that Our Lord Jesus Christ is travelling to the city of Jerusalem for the last time. Along the way, He meets three men who have heard His call in […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 9 months agoJuly 23, 2022

Design Typography

Accessibility issues at Iarnród Éireann lifts

For the last few weeks, travelling between Monasterevin and Port Laoise, I have noticed new signage at the lifts at stations on the Iarnród Éireann network. Helpfully this signage has large clear icons next to the instructions to aid understanding. The instructions are shown both as Gaeilge and in English. There is an additional line […]

Michæl McFarland Campbell 10 months agoJune 9, 2022