Author: stuart

  • Little Saint nick(ed)

    Well, not quite, but trying to deliver presents to children at Yarlswood detention centre, St. Nicolas and Rev’d Professor Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian at Westminster Abbey were stopped from entering to deliver the gifts to those children held there who the Government has said should only ever be held as “a last resort” see BBC…

  • December

    Avoiding the obvious this month of course, a new book on the shelf, Jerry Doherty on ‘A celtic model of ministry’ might be useful in the new parish when things get going – on that note we are slowly ‘house organising’  I’m certainly looking forward to the apples from the garden, it has a lovely…

  • Moving…

    It’s finally official!!! I will be moving to be vicar of the Parish of Llanasa and Ffynnongroyw sometime in February

  • cheese-burger a day

    Well according to those who know these things, we should all be eating more! MORE !!! I can’t help but think this is just another little ruse to get people spending a little more – after all any economic activity is good for the economy, even gym memberships! Those who need to eat more will…

  • Angry Mermaid

  • only (singles can) connect

    The regular Greenbelt mailer came through the door this morning, This bright card topped the pile of goodies that fell out of the plastic… ‘Only Connect” it says “is the place to meet other people that share Greenbelt’s values” Sounds great, doesn’t it, find others in your area who are like minded folk, creating a…

  • Soil, Soul, Society

    I have been working on a paper for about six months, I knew that at some point I would have to write the beginning, but have not as yet until this morning found the right words. Soil, Soul, Society. Alastair McIntosh describes this as the “Tripartite understanding of community” (For those who are concerned about…

  • to recover the celtic

    I have avoided that word for a long time, it has almost become a nothing word to some, speaking of fanciful longings and notions without any depth or heart or soul. ‘Celtic Christianity never really existed’ some say, and to an extent I would agree. The trouble is, it goes deeper than this. “And Celtic…

  • November

    Nos Calan Gaeaf (the night before the first day of winter) was followed by a truly winterous bluster, which has abated somewhat for all souls.  We seem to spend the beginning of this month remembering the dead.  However I shall be at St. Deiniol’s Library learning all about parish monasticism with Ray Simpson, trying to…

  • October

    I’m kind of intending to use this as a monthly section, perhaps an overview of what is coming in the month, or what I’m reading / listening to, up to etc…  EDIT:: (I’m updating the layout etc)