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silence & news

i realised this morning it has been about 1 month since i last posted something here… Since i am sat waiting for a new tyre for my m/bike there was no excuse! News- we have finally gathered the cash together to transform the church in greenfield into a great community space. Mainly thanks to the welsh assembly government, and to think – i voted against devolution!

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Hafod Eryri

Hafod Eryri

“The Summit of Snowdon:  Here you are nearer to heaven” Catchy sentiments; and maybe, but still a long way off, were my first impressions.  I think I’ll have to sit out on the theological arguments about that one!!  Later thoughts might have contemplated things along the lines of this: Climbers and walkers are among the most generously spirited folk and the camaraderie of the mountain climbing fraternity has something to offer to an often mean spirited world, perhaps a glimpse of heaven? Well, to the world of a popular (or perhaps less so) religion, I guess it is easier...

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Umeed Partnership

I’ve undertaken the ‘small task’ of looking after the website of a local charity, the Umeed Partnership.  I have had links with some of those involved from days in Bangor.  As well as the website, Umeed now has a Facebook page.  Umeed provides opportunities for disadvantaged women and children in Pakistan.  You can help by spreading the word and becoming a fan on Facebook or keeping up with the news on the website.

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Random College Entry

  • Farming & Agape

    Cycling through delightful villages on the way to Amelia farm for what was to be one of the last visits I will make this year – never say you won’t return! – was strangely nostalgic for the past year. Although the majority of the time was over the winter, my early morning struggle up the aptly named hill ‘Tumble’ had been a largely dry affair. Those morning soakings I did endure were now being looked upon with affection. I don’t recall any affection to the weather, as I look back on those occasions. However, it was still a nostalgic ride, useful, as it took my mind of the aching limbs and speeding cars. The service that evening was one of Agape. Back in Cardiff with the college community, mostly ordinands, sat round our dining tables in the common space where we normally share our meals. It wasn’t nostalgia this time which I felt, it was rather a disturbing sense of rightness. To be in this small diverse community sharing a meal around a table. Firstly a symbolic meal of oatcakes and honey, then our evening meal together. How do these two things link together? In what they are for, or [...]

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