Samantha Bailie-McMurdock
Samantha Bailie-McMurdock is a journalist with Ireland's Big Issue. She loves Jesus and telling others about him. She lives remotely in N. Ireland.
OpinionHow the Westminster Confession brought me the anchor I needed during ill health
Writer Samantha Bailie-McMurdock shares how, amid the turmoil of severe perimenopausal symptoms and spiritual fear, the Westminster Confession of Faith restored her peace and strengthened her trust in God.
OpinionWhen gossip is disguised as prayer
‘How many of us ask more questions than we really need when someone asks us for prayer. Do we really have to know the intricacies of the situation when God knows all and we can lay it before him?’ asks Samantha Bailie-McMurdock.
OpinionYour relationship with your dad can affect how you see your heavenly father
‘Our earthly dads will let us down, they may have abandoned us, failed to protect us or been abusive. When that’s the case, it’s very difficult not to perceive our heavenly dad through the same lens,’ says Samantha Bailie-McMurdock.
OpinionAny relaxation method that prompts ‘mind-emptying’ is not of God
Samantha Bailie-McMurdock explains how an innocuous relaxation cassette opened the door to the occult in her life.
Opinion‘I suffer from religious OCD’
Samantha Bailie-McMurdock shares her experience of scrupulosity, and how a book by John Bunyan helped her find freedom.
