David Sheen ☩
@cappellanus.bsky.social
Clerk in Holy Orders | Chaplain & Fellow BNC, Oxford | DPhil Candidate in Theology: 19C American Church History | Erstwhile Physio | Welsh 🏴 | Runner (of sorts)
Nadolig Llawen i chi gyd!
Merry Christmas to you all!
Nativity with a Torch by the Le Nain brothers, c. 1635-40, oil on canvas.
Merry Christmas to you all!
Nativity with a Torch by the Le Nain brothers, c. 1635-40, oil on canvas.
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nadolig Llawen i chi gyd!
Merry Christmas to you all!
Nativity with a Torch by the Le Nain brothers, c. 1635-40, oil on canvas.
Merry Christmas to you all!
Nativity with a Torch by the Le Nain brothers, c. 1635-40, oil on canvas.
Reposted by David Sheen ☩
Wishing a happy Hanukkah to all those celebrating — at this time we hold close the light of community and peace.
#Hanukkah
#Hanukkah
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wishing a happy Hanukkah to all those celebrating — at this time we hold close the light of community and peace.
#Hanukkah
#Hanukkah
Today we celebrate the Conception of the BVM.
‘For that fair blessed mother-maid,
Whose flesh redeem'd us ...
Our zealous thanks we pour.’
John Donne
‘For that fair blessed mother-maid,
Whose flesh redeem'd us ...
Our zealous thanks we pour.’
John Donne
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today we celebrate the Conception of the BVM.
‘For that fair blessed mother-maid,
Whose flesh redeem'd us ...
Our zealous thanks we pour.’
John Donne
‘For that fair blessed mother-maid,
Whose flesh redeem'd us ...
Our zealous thanks we pour.’
John Donne
Reposted by David Sheen ☩
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
‘The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.’ #HannahArendt
September 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
‘The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.’ #HannahArendt
We adore you, O Christ,
and we bless you;
because by your cross
you have redeemed the world.
#HolyCrossDay
and we bless you;
because by your cross
you have redeemed the world.
#HolyCrossDay
September 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We adore you, O Christ,
and we bless you;
because by your cross
you have redeemed the world.
#HolyCrossDay
and we bless you;
because by your cross
you have redeemed the world.
#HolyCrossDay
3 weeks today to race day! Good long run this morning. Cardiff Half is on Sunday 5 October.
I’m fundraising for #CancerResearch at Cardiff Uni. To give, go to my JustGiving page. Every little helps Diolch! Thanks!
#running #training #halfmarathon #fundraising
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
I’m fundraising for #CancerResearch at Cardiff Uni. To give, go to my JustGiving page. Every little helps Diolch! Thanks!
#running #training #halfmarathon #fundraising
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
September 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
3 weeks today to race day! Good long run this morning. Cardiff Half is on Sunday 5 October.
I’m fundraising for #CancerResearch at Cardiff Uni. To give, go to my JustGiving page. Every little helps Diolch! Thanks!
#running #training #halfmarathon #fundraising
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
I’m fundraising for #CancerResearch at Cardiff Uni. To give, go to my JustGiving page. Every little helps Diolch! Thanks!
#running #training #halfmarathon #fundraising
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
Five weeks to go until @CardiffHalf. Raising money for #CancerResearch @cardiffuni. Every little helps. You can donate via my JustGiving page. #running #training #fundraising #cardiffhalf
Diolch yn fawr!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
Diolch yn fawr!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
August 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Five weeks to go until @CardiffHalf. Raising money for #CancerResearch @cardiffuni. Every little helps. You can donate via my JustGiving page. #running #training #fundraising #cardiffhalf
Diolch yn fawr!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
Diolch yn fawr!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
(Why) are young people flocking to religion? #TheosThinkTank
It's a long read but well worth it. Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion.
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...
It's a long read but well worth it. Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion.
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...
(Why) are young people flocking to religion?
Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion. 13/05/2025
www.theosthinktank.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
(Why) are young people flocking to religion? #TheosThinkTank
It's a long read but well worth it. Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion.
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...
It's a long read but well worth it. Is there really a resurgence in Christianity? Nick Spencer interrogates recent claims before asking why young people are seeking religion.
www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2025...
Reposted by David Sheen ☩
“It was Meta and Mark Zuckerberg many, many years ago who used the very clichéd slogan, ‘move fast and break things.’ And that is very much something that many of these people embody.”
How Big Tech Sets the Agenda in Trump’s America
Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · 22/08/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“It was Meta and Mark Zuckerberg many, many years ago who used the very clichéd slogan, ‘move fast and break things.’ And that is very much something that many of these people embody.”
A beautiful sky and a gloriously quiet Radcliffe Square. Taken early in the morning before the summer tourist rush. Even after a couple of years I still have to pinch myself occasionally that this where I work.
August 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A beautiful sky and a gloriously quiet Radcliffe Square. Taken early in the morning before the summer tourist rush. Even after a couple of years I still have to pinch myself occasionally that this where I work.
In 6 weeks I’m running my sixth #CardiffHalf. To support donate via my JustGiving page. #CardiffAlumni #running #training #fundraising for #CancerResearch @cardiffuni.bsky.social
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
I'm running my sixth #CardiffHalf in 8 weeks time. I'm raising money for Cancer Research at #CardiffUniversity If you would like to support this then please donate via my JustGiving page. #CardiffAlumni #running #training #fundraising
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
I'm running the 2025 Cardiff Half for Cancer Research at Cardiff Uni.
Help Revd David Sheen raise money to support Cardiff University
www.justgiving.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In 6 weeks I’m running my sixth #CardiffHalf. To support donate via my JustGiving page. #CardiffAlumni #running #training #fundraising for #CancerResearch @cardiffuni.bsky.social
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
Almighty God, who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and chose her to be the mother of your only Son: grant that we who are redeemed by his blood may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ…
#BVM #Dormition #Assumption
#BVM #Dormition #Assumption
August 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Almighty God, who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and chose her to be the mother of your only Son: grant that we who are redeemed by his blood may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ…
#BVM #Dormition #Assumption
#BVM #Dormition #Assumption
I'm running my sixth #CardiffHalf in 8 weeks time. I'm raising money for Cancer Research at #CardiffUniversity If you would like to support this then please donate via my JustGiving page. #CardiffAlumni #running #training #fundraising
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
I'm running the 2025 Cardiff Half for Cancer Research at Cardiff Uni.
Help Revd David Sheen raise money to support Cardiff University
www.justgiving.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I'm running my sixth #CardiffHalf in 8 weeks time. I'm raising money for Cancer Research at #CardiffUniversity If you would like to support this then please donate via my JustGiving page. #CardiffAlumni #running #training #fundraising
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
Diolch yn fawr! Many Thanks!
www.justgiving.com/page/running...
84 years ago, 14 August 1941, #MaximilianKolbe died in Auschwitz. The deputy camp commander picked 10 men to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the men cried out ‘My wife! My children!’ Kolbe volunteered to take his place.
August 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
84 years ago, 14 August 1941, #MaximilianKolbe died in Auschwitz. The deputy camp commander picked 10 men to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the men cried out ‘My wife! My children!’ Kolbe volunteered to take his place.
‘Give us this day our daily bread’ - A starving human being needs food today, not tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | José Andrés: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza on the Brink of Famine
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
‘Give us this day our daily bread’ - A starving human being needs food today, not tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Always great espresso at Hardlines, Canton, Cardiff.
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Always great espresso at Hardlines, Canton, Cardiff.
Very much looking forward to the next few days attending this conference at Pusey House,Oxford.
#restoringtheimage
#restoringtheimage
July 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Very much looking forward to the next few days attending this conference at Pusey House,Oxford.
#restoringtheimage
#restoringtheimage
Reposted by David Sheen ☩
Jeremy Taylor on Saint Peter and episcopacy:
"Not S. Peter alone, but every Apostle, and therefore every one who succeeds them in their ordinary power, may and must remember the words of S. Paul; We are Embassadors or Legates for Christ: Christ's Vicars ... they are Pastors 1/2
"Not S. Peter alone, but every Apostle, and therefore every one who succeeds them in their ordinary power, may and must remember the words of S. Paul; We are Embassadors or Legates for Christ: Christ's Vicars ... they are Pastors 1/2
June 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Jeremy Taylor on Saint Peter and episcopacy:
"Not S. Peter alone, but every Apostle, and therefore every one who succeeds them in their ordinary power, may and must remember the words of S. Paul; We are Embassadors or Legates for Christ: Christ's Vicars ... they are Pastors 1/2
"Not S. Peter alone, but every Apostle, and therefore every one who succeeds them in their ordinary power, may and must remember the words of S. Paul; We are Embassadors or Legates for Christ: Christ's Vicars ... they are Pastors 1/2
P D James, The Children of Men, was a work of fiction and a warning not a blueprint. Welcome to Death-Cult Britain!
June 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
P D James, The Children of Men, was a work of fiction and a warning not a blueprint. Welcome to Death-Cult Britain!
Reposted by David Sheen ☩
I hesitated to write this. But after 12 years in the Church in Wales, I’ve seen patterns we can’t afford to ignore. This isn’t about blame—it’s about honesty, care, and the hope of renewal. A hard post, written with love.
open.substack.com/pub/markclav...
open.substack.com/pub/markclav...
Hope for a Hurting Church
Leadership, Trust, & the Future of the Church in Wales
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I hesitated to write this. But after 12 years in the Church in Wales, I’ve seen patterns we can’t afford to ignore. This isn’t about blame—it’s about honesty, care, and the hope of renewal. A hard post, written with love.
open.substack.com/pub/markclav...
open.substack.com/pub/markclav...
An energy filled Oxford Pride March 2025 which even the rain could not dampen. Good to walk with friends & colleagues. The route was in reverse this year, ending rather conveniently in front of Brasenose.
#OxfordPride2025 🏳️🌈
#BrasenoseCollege
#UniversityOfOxford
#OxfordPride2025 🏳️🌈
#BrasenoseCollege
#UniversityOfOxford
June 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
An energy filled Oxford Pride March 2025 which even the rain could not dampen. Good to walk with friends & colleagues. The route was in reverse this year, ending rather conveniently in front of Brasenose.
#OxfordPride2025 🏳️🌈
#BrasenoseCollege
#UniversityOfOxford
#OxfordPride2025 🏳️🌈
#BrasenoseCollege
#UniversityOfOxford
Reposted by David Sheen ☩
Didn’t realize this was a prophecy.
June 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Didn’t realize this was a prophecy.
Reposted by David Sheen ☩
#EidMubarak to all our Muslim communities celebrating Eid al-Adha.
I hope everyone has a wonderful celebration marking the end of the Hajj. #EidAlAdha
I hope everyone has a wonderful celebration marking the end of the Hajj. #EidAlAdha
June 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
#EidMubarak to all our Muslim communities celebrating Eid al-Adha.
I hope everyone has a wonderful celebration marking the end of the Hajj. #EidAlAdha
I hope everyone has a wonderful celebration marking the end of the Hajj. #EidAlAdha
Ascension Day eccentricities in Oxford at Brasenose & Lincoln colleges. Beating the bounds, Ivy Ale, and Madrigals. The main college site is half in the parish of the University Church of SMV & half in the parish of SMNG. We crowned the day with a Choral Mass with the joint choirs of both chapels.
May 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ascension Day eccentricities in Oxford at Brasenose & Lincoln colleges. Beating the bounds, Ivy Ale, and Madrigals. The main college site is half in the parish of the University Church of SMV & half in the parish of SMNG. We crowned the day with a Choral Mass with the joint choirs of both chapels.