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Trystan Owain Hughes

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in Bangor, North Wales, The United Kingdom

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Trystan Owain Hughes attained a Masters in Theology from Oxford University and a Doctorate from the Bangor University, Wales. Author of Winds of Change, he is widely published in journals (including Journal of Ecclesiastical History, North American Journal of Welsh Studies, and Welsh History Review) and contributed to the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. He has presented papers at international conferences, including at Universities in Sydney, Chicago, Philadelphia, Edinburgh, and Dublin. He is chaplain at Cardiff University, and his books Finding Hope and Meaning in Suffering and The Compassion Quest were recently published by SPCK to wide acclaim, with the latter being endorsed by Tony Campolo as "a book that was waiting to be written ...more

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A Christmas Reflection on Love

Resisting the pull of scrolling through mind-numbing videos on Instagram, TikTok, or facebook is not easy. Most of the time, I manage to hold my ground. But, last week, I gave in, and, it might surprise you to hear, I’m glad I did. Because one video in particular, stayed with me and got me thinking about the message of Christmas. At first, even this video seemed like another time-waster. A mo

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	The Compassion Quest 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Hope and Meaning in Suffering 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real God in the Real World 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opening Our Lives: Devotional readings for Lent 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living the Prayer: The everyday challenge of the Lord's Prayer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Winds of Change: The Roman Catholic Church and Society in Wales 1916-1962 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Pain may well remind us that we are alive, but love reminds us why we are alive.”
― Trystan Owain Hughes

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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
― William Blake

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“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
― Henry James

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