After Church Coffee Kevin Watson

In this episode Unitarian minister, Sue Woolley and poet Miles Salter, talk about their new books and the spirituality of the writing process. Members of Cheltenham and Gloucester Unitarians share some of the reading that has helped them through this stange pandemic year.

After Church Coffee is back, this month exploring the fifth Unitarian Universalist principle: the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.

In this episode, Kevin Watson travels to York to meet up with David Bagnall, an old friend with whom he has shared many laughs, and they reflect on the relationship between humour and spirituality. Be warned: this episode contains jokes of a corny nature!

Dorothy Runnicles has lived a lot in her 93 years. In this episode, we hear about her childhood in London in the Depression era, where men physically fought for work and where she learned about the indignity of poverty. We also hear how her wartime experiences shaped her later peace activism.

In our December episode, Kevin Watson is joined by Moira Gage, Graham Gage and Alison Thursfield to explore how the lovely idea of the interdependent web of life can be lived in the world. Chloe Arnold, a Law student at Oxford Brookes University, tells us about her time volunteering with Amicus, working against the death penalty in the United States and a Christmas kitten appropriately undermines the sentimentality of Christmas.

In this episode we ask why we bother with worship. We hear a variety of perspectives on what the perfect place of worship might look like, including plans for lush gardens, stained-glass windows with question marks and a Quaker Corner next to Greenham Common and we celebrate the things that inspire us about November - the last leaves of autumn, the more reflective winter days and central heating!