A Time to be Kind
I first came across the idea of random acts of kindness from a book only we old hippies are likely to have heard of, in my twenties, and which remains to this day my...
Category: Philosophy/religion
Prayer for a New Year
A small request before sleeping Before the old year turns over and loses itself in a new beginning. A small request to carry like a torch A flicker of brightness to light the first...
A Little Bit of Christmas Spirit
At time of writing it’s about two weeks until Christmas …which is about an hour and a half in old people time. Time all runs so fast now and there is so much...
Our Pale Blue Dot
When the world seems in such turmoil and so much suffering is evident, it seems that we need a little reminder of our place in the vast universe. Carl Sagan, commenting in 1990 after...
All You Ever Wanted to Know about November
November is the penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the last of four months to have a length of 30 days. In 750 BC, November was the ninth...
The Murphys on the Move
The Murphy family will soon be on the move. The Rev Shirley Murphy is looking forward to a new venture, working closely with the community in East Landsker, but both she and her husband,...
Quakers Look at Sustainable Future
South Wales Area Meeting Quaker Sustainability Cluster is organising an event on Tuesday 27 September. The meeting room has been booked at Dinas for the afternoon, so people can join together to watch...
A Pilgrim’s Reflections
We were delighted to have the opportunity to catch up with Karel Jasper recently and talk about her new book. Last year Karel joined the Ancient Connections Creative Camino pilgrimage with 12 other people. Their journey along...
A Day of Pilgrimage Celebrations
A Pilgrim Fayre/Ffair y Pererinion on 29 May in St Davids marks the achievements of the Ancient Connections project in Wales and the launch of the Wexford-Pembrokeshire Pilgrim Way. The free event from 11am to...
Church Gets Facelift
St Mary’s Newport has its origins in the 13th or 14th centuries but has been added to and rebuilt over the intervening years. In 1879 it was extensively restored. The south aisle, two bays...
