worth – Unitarian musings from North Wales

The Divine in us – a sermon shared with the Unitarian Christian Association

Last week I had the honour of travelling to the Czech Republic to meet with the Unitarians there and to participate in their Unitarian Academy. Unitarianism in the Czech Republic is still a relatively young movement – having celebrated their 100th anniversary recently. The faith reached there via their founder Norbert Capek, who was aContinue reading “The Divine in us – a sermon shared with the Unitarian Christian Association”

Happiness: a choice, not a feeling?

I used to be very good at postponing happiness, or making my happiness conditional on something or someone. In my mind I used to plan for the future happiness. “I’ll be happy if/when… – I am financially ok and have some money to spare – I own a house – I get into a relationship/fallContinue reading “Happiness: a choice, not a feeling?”

Sermon for Palm Sunday – shared with Newcastle Unitarians

When I relocated to North Wales I committed myself to learning the Welsh language. I have 3 hours of lessons every Wednesday afternoon. The first things we learned were the pleasantries and a few basic questions: ‘Who are you? How are you? Where do you live?’….. And then ‘where do you come from originally?’ whichContinue reading “Sermon for Palm Sunday – shared with Newcastle Unitarians”

…but the Spirit gives life

I’ve always loved the Bible verse: “The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” – 2 Corinthians 3 v6 This Bible verse speaks of letters of recommendation and references: important at times, but we are not just what others say about us. We don’t have to get rely on getting our value and worth throughContinue reading “…but the Spirit gives life”

You can do it…it’s not all your fault…it’s not all your responsibility

I am currently working on an additional qualification and have been learning about thought patterns. As I have been reading, the description of two thought patterns jumped off the page to me which I know I have been prone to: overgeneralisation and magnification Overgeneralisation being when we take what happened in a single event andContinue reading “You can do it…it’s not all your fault…it’s not all your responsibility”

There’s always a way

There has been a lot in the news about students not getting the A level results that they were hoping for. I have been listening to students ringing into radio shows saying – sometimes in tears – that their plans had been ruined (and in some cases that their whole lives had been ruined), andContinue reading “There’s always a way”