https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e88dSX6P9Kk
Interview wth UU minister in USA
Swervice in Oxford UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lchmd73orpM
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
email from MP for Taunton - Rabecca Pow
Thank you for your email dated 27 October regarding fracking.
The
right protections are in place to ensure that fracking can go ahead
safely without risk to our most beautiful and important natural
sites. People should have confidence in these protections and in this
vital industry which could create over 65,000 jobs, be worth billions of
pounds to our economy and could generate greater energy security. For
these reasons, the Government is providing
further reassurance for our most valued areas.
I
fully appreciate people’s concerns about fracking, but let me reassure
you that Britain has a strong regulatory regime for exploratory
activities that will be updated as the industry develops. With these
protections in place, I think it is right that we explore and make use
of shale gas and oil.
Regulations
will protect some of the country’s most beautiful areas, including
National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Fracking cannot take place at depths of less than 1,200 metres in these
areas. The Government is also committed to banning fracking from wells
drilled at the surface of these areas and of Sites of Special Scientific
Interest, in order to safeguard these beautiful
landscapes.
In
addition to the regulations and the surface restrictions, consent
cannot be granted for fracking until the environmental impact
of a development has been taken into account. Operators are also
required to monitor the levels of methane in groundwater.
I
am pleased that the Government understands that it is critical for the
industry to have the confidence of the public if it is to
flourish in the long term.
Unfortunately,
due to other parliamentary commitments, I am unable to attend the
Westminster Hall Debate on this topic but I can assure
you that I will be closely following its progress.
I do hope this goes some way to addressing your concerns in this respect.
Rebecca Pow MP
Monday, 1 August 2016
Tao
Although I have been a Quaker and attended regularly meetings for twenty-five years and when as a teenager , I studied the scriptures and attended an Anglian church, I have always been uncomfortable with Christianity as my religious base.
About Ten years ago, I studied Buddhism and meditated with Buddhist monks, I learnt a lot about meditation but still did not find a fit with my own beliefs.
I began to voice my own definition of what I thought of as God. Which was an essence in the Universe or a creative force in the universe which was also within all living organisms including man/womankind.
I also studied as a Quaker healer and had very real experiences of channeling the Spirit. I have given and received healing. I also hold Jesus and his tteachings in very high regard.
Last week I was introduced to Zen calligraphy and for the following few days I practiced making marks of Chinese letters using this method.
On Sunday I picked up a book from Wellington Quaker Meeting library on Tao.
Imagine my surprise when I found that my definition of God was formulated by the Chinese in the 6th century BC and they called it Tao.
I feel that I have made an important step in my spiritual journey. I have a sense that I am not extraordinarily different and that there are other people that have had this philosophy for many hundreds of years. But I feel that also one should respect one's own culture and not try to chase moonbeams in other people's culture.
If anyone practices Taoism or Tao meditation I would love you to comment. I am now on a new turning in my path and would like to make the right steps.
About Ten years ago, I studied Buddhism and meditated with Buddhist monks, I learnt a lot about meditation but still did not find a fit with my own beliefs.
I began to voice my own definition of what I thought of as God. Which was an essence in the Universe or a creative force in the universe which was also within all living organisms including man/womankind.
I also studied as a Quaker healer and had very real experiences of channeling the Spirit. I have given and received healing. I also hold Jesus and his tteachings in very high regard.
Last week I was introduced to Zen calligraphy and for the following few days I practiced making marks of Chinese letters using this method.
On Sunday I picked up a book from Wellington Quaker Meeting library on Tao.
Imagine my surprise when I found that my definition of God was formulated by the Chinese in the 6th century BC and they called it Tao.
I feel that I have made an important step in my spiritual journey. I have a sense that I am not extraordinarily different and that there are other people that have had this philosophy for many hundreds of years. But I feel that also one should respect one's own culture and not try to chase moonbeams in other people's culture.
If anyone practices Taoism or Tao meditation I would love you to comment. I am now on a new turning in my path and would like to make the right steps.
Art Exhibition
Since I last wrote I have had a setback with health in that I am now
diagnosed with Polymyalgia instead of fibromyalgia which has meant a
change in medication. During that time I have undertaken to support
Taunton Live 2016.
I did not realise how much work would be involved and I am very grateful to Chris Dart for helping me hang the exhibtion and also to Taunton Quaker Meeting for adopting me as an artist.
For those who would like to view an overview of the exhibition here is a link
Taunton Live 2016 - Creative Corner
The exhibition centred around my research into the origin of nursery rhymes and networking with other artists in the town and talking to visitors it was very successful.
I did not realise how much work would be involved and I am very grateful to Chris Dart for helping me hang the exhibtion and also to Taunton Quaker Meeting for adopting me as an artist.
For those who would like to view an overview of the exhibition here is a link
Taunton Live 2016 - Creative Corner
The exhibition centred around my research into the origin of nursery rhymes and networking with other artists in the town and talking to visitors it was very successful.
Sunday, 7 February 2016
History - Taster of Chris Lawson's talk on " Quakers and Chocolate."
As part of the celebrations and outreach for Taunton's new Quaker Meeting House a series of talks are planned over the next five months.
This is an example. It is the first in the series. While it is a short introduction, further information may be obtainsed from Minehead Quaker Meeting in Somerset.
https://youtu.be/FQlLRXHld9s
Click the blue link.
This is an example. It is the first in the series. While it is a short introduction, further information may be obtainsed from Minehead Quaker Meeting in Somerset.
https://youtu.be/FQlLRXHld9s
Click the blue link.
Sunday, 10 January 2016
G is for Going Places- The new Taunton Quaker Meeting House
I attended the opening of the Taunton Quaker Meeting House and here are my personal reflections in a little video:
https://youtu.be/9jNkadv6iCg
I do hope youenjoy the occassion and best wishes to the Meeting in the future.
https://youtu.be/9jNkadv6iCg
I do hope youenjoy the occassion and best wishes to the Meeting in the future.
Sunday, 29 March 2015
E is for song ministry for Every Friend
This Sunday 29/3/15 is Palm Sunday
This Sunday is the fifth Sunday month and that means there is a shared lunch at Wellington Meeting. Today there is five of us but we are joined by Jas who many of you will know. She is sorting out her possessions before joining her husband to live in Slovenia.
The wind whirled around and propelled us to Meeting. The sound of its gusts giving ministry to our small gathering.
As always there is a spread of lunch and we talked about the power of the wind; Our creative pursuits and our teachers that formulated our lives. Some teachers were remembered with affection and some with memories of trepidation.
Jas ministered in song and kindly allowed me to record her ministry. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Quaker+song+for+palm+sunday
to hear another song given in Meeting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byn7SclcdDk
It was lovely to hear Jan and to meet with kind Friends.
This Sunday is the fifth Sunday month and that means there is a shared lunch at Wellington Meeting. Today there is five of us but we are joined by Jas who many of you will know. She is sorting out her possessions before joining her husband to live in Slovenia.
The wind whirled around and propelled us to Meeting. The sound of its gusts giving ministry to our small gathering.
As always there is a spread of lunch and we talked about the power of the wind; Our creative pursuits and our teachers that formulated our lives. Some teachers were remembered with affection and some with memories of trepidation.
Jas ministered in song and kindly allowed me to record her ministry. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Quaker+song+for+palm+sunday
to hear another song given in Meeting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byn7SclcdDk
It was lovely to hear Jan and to meet with kind Friends.
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