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! 😬
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.
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.
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.
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.
Not a bad place to be doing some theology for a few days.
September 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Not a bad place to be doing some theology for a few days.
Sabbath is so important. I had such writer's block yesterday for my teaching. I took 24 hours off, spent time with my boyfriend, then walking home it all just came to me, and I noted it all down in 5 minutes.
August 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Sabbath is so important. I had such writer's block yesterday for my teaching. I took 24 hours off, spent time with my boyfriend, then walking home it all just came to me, and I noted it all down in 5 minutes.
Visiting the grave of Tomos Glyn Cothi (1764 - 1833) another Welsh Unitarian minister arrested for exercising his freedom of speech. Things haven't changed much in 200 years when clergy are still arrested for speaking out. My trial date has been delayed again to 2027. #savinglivesisnotterrorism
August 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Visiting the grave of Tomos Glyn Cothi (1764 - 1833) another Welsh Unitarian minister arrested for exercising his freedom of speech. Things haven't changed much in 200 years when clergy are still arrested for speaking out. My trial date has been delayed again to 2027. #savinglivesisnotterrorism
From (I think??) the 1880s to the 1960s most British Unitarian worship happened using basically the Unitarian version of the Book of Common Prayer. Honouring this tradition tomorrow at 6pm I'll be leading an online service using this book
unitarianchristian.org.uk/live-worship/
unitarianchristian.org.uk/live-worship/
August 22, 2026 at 9:21 AM
From (I think??) the 1880s to the 1960s most British Unitarian worship happened using basically the Unitarian version of the Book of Common Prayer. Honouring this tradition tomorrow at 6pm I'll be leading an online service using this book
unitarianchristian.org.uk/live-worship/
unitarianchristian.org.uk/live-worship/
God I love James Luther Adams. This one short essay from 1946 covers so much about what liberal faith is and how it goes wrong.
August 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
God I love James Luther Adams. This one short essay from 1946 covers so much about what liberal faith is and how it goes wrong.
Second night in a row eating food from the allotment. 😁 I'm still kind of amazed seeing food from the ground rather than the supermarket!
August 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Second night in a row eating food from the allotment. 😁 I'm still kind of amazed seeing food from the ground rather than the supermarket!
The online Unitarian Christian service that was set up and ready to go on my laptop for Sunday 13th July 2025 before the police seized my computer after my arrest the day before.
June 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The online Unitarian Christian service that was set up and ready to go on my laptop for Sunday 13th July 2025 before the police seized my computer after my arrest the day before.
I feel lucky I have access to this much green in the middle of a city.
June 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I feel lucky I have access to this much green in the middle of a city.
“Love and justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change."
Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams
How can we find clarity, connection and hope in these times of crisis and loss? Join us on a journey to explore how spirituality and community can help build a hopeful future.
Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams
How can we find clarity, connection and hope in these times of crisis and loss? Join us on a journey to explore how spirituality and community can help build a hopeful future.
June 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“Love and justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change."
Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams
How can we find clarity, connection and hope in these times of crisis and loss? Join us on a journey to explore how spirituality and community can help build a hopeful future.
Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams
How can we find clarity, connection and hope in these times of crisis and loss? Join us on a journey to explore how spirituality and community can help build a hopeful future.
New profile pic. The contemplative minister..
![Stephen Lingwood drinking a coffee. Behind him the words in italics
hmmmm
[contemplative]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usilldgu5w54c7jnftjc7y74/bafkreidyxcmnou4d25bgk4slowaai5yy6sljxhmdisnyyouymlyvianeqa)
May 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
New profile pic. The contemplative minister..
You know what to do.
May 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
You know what to do.
Wandering around town today on a day off and decided to buy this.
April 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Wandering around town today on a day off and decided to buy this.
"I see no salvation for the world save in a God-inspired socialism."
Basil Viney
(1892-1979)
Unitarian minister
Basil Viney
(1892-1979)
Unitarian minister
April 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"I see no salvation for the world save in a God-inspired socialism."
Basil Viney
(1892-1979)
Unitarian minister
Basil Viney
(1892-1979)
Unitarian minister
"I write.. as one more convinced than ever that what the world most lacks is the marriage of the unembitted and non violent left wing of politics with assurance of the real being of God."
Basil Viney (1892 - 1979)
Unitarian minister
Basil Viney (1892 - 1979)
Unitarian minister
April 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"I write.. as one more convinced than ever that what the world most lacks is the marriage of the unembitted and non violent left wing of politics with assurance of the real being of God."
Basil Viney (1892 - 1979)
Unitarian minister
Basil Viney (1892 - 1979)
Unitarian minister
May the Wisdom of God bless your rest and your sleeping.
April 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
May the Wisdom of God bless your rest and your sleeping.
At the Senedd climate and nature hustings.
April 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
At the Senedd climate and nature hustings.
This is appropriate Easter viewing, right?
April 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This is appropriate Easter viewing, right?
A poem for Easter
by e e cummings
by e e cummings
April 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
A poem for Easter
by e e cummings
by e e cummings