Stephen Lingwood
@sjlingwood.bsky.social
Radical Christian community minister. Queer. Unitarian. Anti-capitalist. Aspiring to be Welsh. Likes naps and cats.
I quite like putting together a flyer. I imagine I'd like to be a graphic designer, even though it's probably the worst time ever to go into that kind of thing! 😬
October 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I quite like putting together a flyer. I imagine I'd like to be a graphic designer, even though it's probably the worst time ever to go into that kind of thing! 😬
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"Jung understated the case when he said, "We have in all naivete forgotten that beneath our world of reason another lies buried. I do not know what humanity will still have to undergo before it dares to admit this.""~Connie Zweig, Jeremiah Abrams, Meeting The Shadow
October 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Jung understated the case when he said, "We have in all naivete forgotten that beneath our world of reason another lies buried. I do not know what humanity will still have to undergo before it dares to admit this.""~Connie Zweig, Jeremiah Abrams, Meeting The Shadow
"Hope for the tramsformation of reality"
This week's Seeking Paradise podcast
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This week's Seeking Paradise podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/04ms...
Hope for the Transformation of Reality
Seeking Paradise · Episode
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October 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"Hope for the tramsformation of reality"
This week's Seeking Paradise podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/04ms...
This week's Seeking Paradise podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/04ms...
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The "Zionism as "Racism" motion passed today was profoundly troubling. To pretend that "Zionism" has a single & uncontested definition was deeply foolish. All nationalisms contain complexities, & to deploy any "ism" in a monolithic way is bound to cause serious problems when it comes...
October 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
The "Zionism as "Racism" motion passed today was profoundly troubling. To pretend that "Zionism" has a single & uncontested definition was deeply foolish. All nationalisms contain complexities, & to deploy any "ism" in a monolithic way is bound to cause serious problems when it comes...
I always enjoy watching the Cardiff Half. It feels kind of joyful.
October 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I always enjoy watching the Cardiff Half. It feels kind of joyful.
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Quakerism is just a scam by Big Simplicity to sell more less. 😂
October 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Quakerism is just a scam by Big Simplicity to sell more less. 😂
I wish BBC Radio was Sunday service was actually a proper liturgical service. Nowadays it always seems to be a pseudo documentary that feels like neither one thing nor t'other.
October 4, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I wish BBC Radio was Sunday service was actually a proper liturgical service. Nowadays it always seems to be a pseudo documentary that feels like neither one thing nor t'other.
Now finished my first session of next week's @woodbrooke.bsky.social course. Really looking forward to it.
![A laptop with these words
“I used to think the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and climate change. I thought that with thirty years of good science we could address the problems. But I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy, and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation, and we [lawyers and] scientists don’t know how to do that.” Gus Speth](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usilldgu5w54c7jnftjc7y74/bafkreigr6n3phlpubosv7xzkaw7gndlpmfzbr243hvgpbfpimmyrcybtrm)
September 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Now finished my first session of next week's @woodbrooke.bsky.social course. Really looking forward to it.
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Incredible scenes as @novaramedia.com’s Michael Walker questions Yvette Cooper over her decision to proscribe direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.
To date, her policy has led to nearly 4,000 arrests of peaceful protesters under the UK Terrorism Act.
(29/09/26)
To date, her policy has led to nearly 4,000 arrests of peaceful protesters under the UK Terrorism Act.
(29/09/26)
September 30, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Incredible scenes as @novaramedia.com’s Michael Walker questions Yvette Cooper over her decision to proscribe direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.
To date, her policy has led to nearly 4,000 arrests of peaceful protesters under the UK Terrorism Act.
(29/09/26)
To date, her policy has led to nearly 4,000 arrests of peaceful protesters under the UK Terrorism Act.
(29/09/26)
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Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’
🍕Ed Miliband has said it was never anyone’s intent to criminalise “elderly people, vicars and grannies” who have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
🍕Ed Miliband has said it was never anyone’s intent to criminalise “elderly people, vicars and grannies” who have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’ – UK politics live
Defend Our Juries welcomes ‘honesty’ from foreign secretary and says his remarks will help in its legal challenge
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’
🍕Ed Miliband has said it was never anyone’s intent to criminalise “elderly people, vicars and grannies” who have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
🍕Ed Miliband has said it was never anyone’s intent to criminalise “elderly people, vicars and grannies” who have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Early start for us at the Labour Party Conference protesting outside the Offshore Energies UK briefing session on North Sea oil and gas. OEUK is the leading trade association for the UK offshore energy industry (formerly known as Oil & Gas UK). Ed was right then and is still right now on this.
September 28, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Early start for us at the Labour Party Conference protesting outside the Offshore Energies UK briefing session on North Sea oil and gas. OEUK is the leading trade association for the UK offshore energy industry (formerly known as Oil & Gas UK). Ed was right then and is still right now on this.
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BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference.
UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
September 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference.
UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
Been at Cardiff Transformed today. Some good stuff but I'm also feeling very thoughtful about our theories of change and what jigsaw pieces are missing when we talk about politics, justice, and activism.
September 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Been at Cardiff Transformed today. Some good stuff but I'm also feeling very thoughtful about our theories of change and what jigsaw pieces are missing when we talk about politics, justice, and activism.
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This Lenin quote goes hard ✊
September 24, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This Lenin quote goes hard ✊
Only two places left on my course starting soon. It will be an exploration of community, capitalism, hope, pain, joy, and ego, drawing on the wisdom of spiritual traditions to help us be resilient for these times.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/resi...
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/resi...
Resilient Spiritual Practices for a Time of Climate Crisis - Woodbrooke
We will explore what resources exist within spiritual traditions and communities that can nurture resilience for climate activists.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk
September 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Only two places left on my course starting soon. It will be an exploration of community, capitalism, hope, pain, joy, and ego, drawing on the wisdom of spiritual traditions to help us be resilient for these times.
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/resi...
www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/resi...
Another Christian Climate Action vigil outside Barclays today marking the autumn equinox and the Season of Creation. #dropBarclays @cclimateaction.bsky.social
September 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Another Christian Climate Action vigil outside Barclays today marking the autumn equinox and the Season of Creation. #dropBarclays @cclimateaction.bsky.social
Quite a day: Green Party book group then Pakestine Solidarity picnic, then a Gymanfa Ganu at Penrhiw Chapel in St Fagans then Taize prayer at Llandaff Cathedral.
September 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Quite a day: Green Party book group then Pakestine Solidarity picnic, then a Gymanfa Ganu at Penrhiw Chapel in St Fagans then Taize prayer at Llandaff Cathedral.
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Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. [...] The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. James 5:1-4
September 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. [...] The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. James 5:1-4
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September 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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September 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.
September 9, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.
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Just so we are clear:
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
September 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Just so we are clear:
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
"Continuing to do pioneering sacred work in a world as crazy and painful as ours without constantly grounding yourself in sacred practice would be like running into a forest fire dressed only in a paper tutu."
Marion Woodman
Marion Woodman
September 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"Continuing to do pioneering sacred work in a world as crazy and painful as ours without constantly grounding yourself in sacred practice would be like running into a forest fire dressed only in a paper tutu."
Marion Woodman
Marion Woodman
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Just 426 people were referred for gender-affirming surgery in Wales last year.
This compares to:
- 8,213 hip replacements
- 7,851 knee surgeries
- 25,633 cataracts surgeries
Until NHS Wales publishes its reasoning, patients will be left in the dark about the future. It's time for answers.
This compares to:
- 8,213 hip replacements
- 7,851 knee surgeries
- 25,633 cataracts surgeries
Until NHS Wales publishes its reasoning, patients will be left in the dark about the future. It's time for answers.
September 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Just 426 people were referred for gender-affirming surgery in Wales last year.
This compares to:
- 8,213 hip replacements
- 7,851 knee surgeries
- 25,633 cataracts surgeries
Until NHS Wales publishes its reasoning, patients will be left in the dark about the future. It's time for answers.
This compares to:
- 8,213 hip replacements
- 7,851 knee surgeries
- 25,633 cataracts surgeries
Until NHS Wales publishes its reasoning, patients will be left in the dark about the future. It's time for answers.
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Less busy work. More inner work.
September 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Less busy work. More inner work.