Pilgrimage

This evening's videodrome was centered on a film following several people on Hindu pilgrimage to the Kumbh Mela. Don't think it's currently available on online player, but this is the info link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037w0xc No brain power to properly summarise, but noticed plenty of similarities between ourselves and other people, and differences, and ways that beliefs …

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Community & Communion

We gathered together this afternoon/ evening for a meal together at the Tynant Inn.  Sadly the weather meant the kids weren't able to make the most of the outdoor play area, but plenty of colouring in and amusements with each other helped. That and the fact that the Sunday Lunchtime rush was well and truly …

A Song Without Words

So glad of our community gathering together over the last few days, even when there hasn't been a lot that we could say, only share our being and presence with one another. I felt this (acoustic, cello) version of Mettalica's "Nothing Else Matters" by Apocalyptica is a good reflection of that. If I had to …

Community

Really appreciated our community prayer time this evening. Many thanks to R for the tasty scones and for sharing your herbs and foraging with us all 🙂 We made a couple of songs our main prayer, first the previously mentioned, Leonard Cohen - Come Healing. And inspired choice by R, ending with this: Laura Mvula …

Back in the Pub

After all the events of the summer, the collective is taking it easy for September, so this evening's social was just right. Plenty of chat and catching up and figuring ways to support, and a little of this and that. But at one point we did discuss the shortly expected arrival of the Fairphone, and …

Come Healing

I just had the privilege of sharing a few wonderful hours in the company of the amazing Leonard Cohen, who played Cardiff in his current world tour. I know this sounds like I'm bragging, and I am, but for me Leonard and Pubchurch are intimately associated. Primarily this is because if it weren't for Bill …

“Church” by Samir Dawatly

A friend, colleague and co-conspirator shared this poem with me. I think a lot of us have a difficult relationship with Church and, if we do as humans, God certainly does.ChurchPosted on September 2, 2013And while I’m away I’m leaving the fiancée in charge Have you met her? Yes She’s the one Who behaves like …

Photos from Greenbelt 2013

Here are some photos from our time at Greenbelt 2013. Photos are of the Healing Herb Pathway in the Grove, and the Sunday evening fire ritual.

Fire at the Heart of the Earth

Hi, thought it might be useful to also put the sheet from Sunday evening at the Grove, Greenbelt up on here. To make it more easily available for all, I've attached it as a .doc file below. Please do contact us if there are any issues accessing it in this format. Fire at the Heart …

Healing Herb Pathway

We thought that it might be good for people to have access to the written material from the healing herb pathway, so have attached the writing here as various jpg files. IMBOLC ~ SPRING And Copies of Prayers on the Washing Line: CALON HAF ~ SUMMER LAMMAS ~ AUTUMN SAMHAIN ~ WINTER MIND BODY SPIRIT …