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ATC: The Welsh Lourdes 4 Jan 09

Sun, Jan 4 Listen

This week, another chance to hear Roy Jenkins heading for the Lourdes of Wales - St Winefride's Well at Holywell in Flintshire. Pilgrims have been trekking to this spot for thirteen centuries to seek healing, but in this secular and sceptical age, what relevance does the well have today? Why do people come and what about those who seek healing, but are not cured?

ATC: Review of 2008

Sun, Dec 28 Listen

Roy Jenkins looks back at some of the stories which have made the headlines in 2008. He's joined by the Most Rev’d Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, Barrister, Mona Bayoumi and writer and academic Dr Elaine Storkey.

ATC: Amelia Trust Farm 21 Dec 08

Sun, Dec 21 Listen

Roy Jenkins dons his wellies as he visits the Amelia Trust Farm in South Wales. It's owned and run by the Methodist Church in South Wales, and helps educate young people who have difficulties in a normal school setting, many of whom also come from vulnerable or disadvantaged backgrounds. Amidst preparations for their annual Farmyard Nativity the staff and young people of this distinctive farm talk to Roy about the way the place works, the importance of its role and what they hope it achieves...

ATC: 2008 Book Review 14 Dec 08

Sun, Dec 14 Listen

Roy Jenkins presents the annual All Things Considered book review. Among the books to be discussed are: 'The Shack’ by William P. Young, 'My Life, My Way' by Cliff Richard and Penny Junor, and 'Stalin’s Children' by Owen Matthews.

ATC: The Film Review 7 Dec 08

Sun, Dec 7 Listen

Roy Jenkins and a panel of guests pull up the curtain on the annual All Things Considered film review. Among the films discussed are: 'There Will Be Blood', 'Atonement' and 'The Bucket List'.

ATC: Parish Nursing

Sun, Nov 30 Listen

This week, another chance to hear a programme broadcast earlier in 2008 which recently won a Gold Award at the Christian Broadcasting Council Media Awards. In July, as the NHS celebrated its 6oth anniversary, the programme looked at a pioneering development in health care. Parish Nursing began in the United States in the mid 80’s but is relatively new to the UK. Defined as "whole person health care through the local church" it aims to integrate faith and health by looking after people...

ATC: Author Tom Davies

Sun, Nov 23 Listen

"God took hold of me and beat me up." Roy Jenkins meets the author Tom Davies. He has been writing for 40 years, as a journalist in Wales, and a columnist in London for several national newspapers. He has also written a range of books. In this frank interview, he talks about his colourful life and about a series of powerful visions which he experienced in his early twenties which had a profound effect on his thinking.

ATC: St.Beuno’s Ignatian Spirituality Centre

Sun, Nov 16 Listen

This week Roy Jenkins visits St.Beuno’s Ignatian Spirituality Centre at Tremeirchion, near St.Asaph. The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins was its most celebrated resident – he produced some of his best-known work there. Now guests arrive from all over the world for courses and retreats which last between a single day and three months.

ATC: Interfaith dialogue / Sir John Houghton 9 Nov

Sun, Nov 9 Listen

A series of consultations is underway between Christians and Muslims in Wales, and on All Things Considered this week we meet two of the men behind the initiative. Also, Roy Jenkins is joined by Sir John Houghton, the Welsh scientist who is one of the world's leading authorities on Global Warming and Climate Change.

ATC: HIV AIDS / Spirituality & Religion

Sun, Nov 2 Listen

It's more than two decades since the world first became aware of Aids and HIV. In that time 25 million people have died of the disease and 30 million are currently affected. This week Roy Jenkins talks to a man who has played a key role in co-ordinating some of the churches’ response to the problems. Also in the programme we explore the relationship between religion and spirituality with a minister who sees it as one of the most relevant issues of our time.

ATC: US Elections

Sun, Oct 26 Listen

This week we look ahead to the American Presidential elections and ask what impact might religion have on the result. Joining Roy Jenkins are Dr Richard Land, an influential leader of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr Tony Campolo former spiritual adviser to President Bill Clinton and Stephen Bates, writer with The Guardian newspaper who travelled across America's Bible Belt for his book on religion and politics in the United States.

ATC: Addiction - Wynford Ellis Owen

Sun, Oct 19 Listen

This week Roy Jenkins talks to a man who, in his own words, has been to hell and back again. Wynford Ellis Owen is one of the most familiar figures in Welsh language drama with a career spanning 40 years as a stage and television actor, writer and director. For most of his life, he was also addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs. In this interview with Roy Jenkins he talks candidly about his life as an addict, the "Road to Damascus" experience that changed him and his new role as Chief...

ATC: John Morgans

Sun, Oct 12 Listen

This week talk to John Morgans, who has kept a diary since the age of 12; now, over fifty years on, it is about to be published. As well as giving a personal insight into the second half of the Twentieth Century, the diaries catalogue John Morgans’ journey from schoolboy in the Rhondda in the 1950s to one of the most respected and imaginative Church leaders in Wales. His pioneering work on the Penrhys estate in the Rhondda caught the attention and admiration of people the world over and he...

ATC: Financial Crisis

Sun, Oct 5 Listen

As the repercussions of the financial and economic meltdown continue to be felt around the world, Roy Jenkins and guests look at what's happened, explore the moral and ethical implications, and ask whether religious faith should be making any difference to the way we respond.

ATC: Mountains 28 Sept 08

Sun, Sep 28 Listen

This week, Roy Jenkins visits Snowdonia to explore the significance of the mountains for people of faith.

ATC: George Herbert and The Earl of Powis

Sun, Sep 21 Listen

This week we look at the life of George Herbert, the Welsh-born poet priest, who has been described as "one of the greatest lyric poets to have written in English". Later this month, 375 years after his death, Montgomery hosts a festival in his honour. To mark the occasion Roy Jenkins visits Powis Castle to talk to the poet's direct descendant, the Earl of Powis, John Herbert, who himself shares some of the spiritual struggles experienced by his ancestor.

ATC: Racial Justice Sunday

Sun, Sep 14 Listen

This week, Roy Jenkins and a panel of guests discuss issues involving race in Britain. Churches across the country are this weekend celebrating the diversity which migration has brought to their communities. This Racial Justice Sunday theme is not one which will be universally welcomed. While many affirm that diversity enriches, there are also undeniable tensions. So is alarm or rejoicing the more appropriate response to the development of a multi-ethnic society? How much progress has...

ATC: Faith Schools & Music in the Community

Sun, Sep 7 Listen

A new school year has begun, and with it a fresh debate on the place of faith schools. Do they practise a discrimination which is a threat to an inclusive society? Or are they important elements in creating such a society? Roy Jenkins and guests discuss the issues. Also in this weeks All Things Considered we hear about Music in the Community, a scheme aiming to provide access to music for the deprived and which celebrates its 10th anniversary next week with a special service in Canterbury...

ATC: Autism and Religion 31 Aug 08

Sun, Aug 31 Listen

This week we look at the relationship between autism and religion. Roy Jenkins and guests explore some of the issues, including how those on the autistic spectrum relate to religion and the reception they receive in churches and other faith communities. This programme was first broadcast in April 08.

ATC: Stuart Townend 24 Aug 08

Sun, Aug 24 Listen

This week, another chance to hear Peter Baker's interview with Stuart Townend, the contemporary hymn writer behind such modern day classics as 'In Christ Alone' and 'How Deep the Father’s love for us'.

ATC: Rhidian Brook / AIDS 17 Aug 08

Sun, Aug 17 Listen

Another chance to hear Roy Jenkins interview with Welsh author Rhidian Brook, whose book 'More Than Eyes Can See' charts a nine month journey, with his family, to eleven countries which are key centres in the worldwide HIV / AIDS pandemic.

ATC: National Eisteddfod 10 Aug 08

Sun, Aug 10 Listen

Roy Jenkins visits the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff to find out what contribution the Christian churches are making to the festival.

ATC: Religion in China 3 Aug 08

Sun, Aug 3 Listen

With the Olympics under way this week, the world is watching China as never before. What do we know about faith in that vast country? This week, Roy Jenkins and a panel of guests explore where religion fits in a land which has been communist for sixty years.

ATC: Emmanuel Mbakwe / Hope 08

Sun, Jul 27 Listen

This week Peter Baker talks to Emmanuel Mbakwe who will be in Swansea next week for an historic occasion. Having survived the horrors of the Nigerian civil war as a child in the 60’s, and with a background in law and business marketing in the UK, he arrives in his spiritual home of Wales to be installed as the first person of African heritage to be appointed National Leader of the Apostolic Church. Also, we hear about Hope 08, an initiative aiming to communicate the Gospel through words and...

ATC: Gary Parker / Mercy Ships 20 Jul 08

Mon, Jul 21 Listen

This week, Roy Jenkins’ guest is Dr Gary Parker, a surgeon who works in some of the poorest countries of the world, restoring the faces of those who have been affected by deformity or disease. He talks about his remarkable and challenging work and about the Christian faith which inspires him.

ATC: Lambeth 13 July 08

Sun, Jul 13 Listen

Roy Jenkins and a panel of guests reflect upon the decision by the Church of England on women bishops. And, in the week when the Lambeth Conference gets underway, they ask what is the future for the worldwide Anglican Communion?

ATC: Parish Nursing 6 Jul 08

Sun, Jul 6 Listen

As the NHS celebrates its 6oth anniversary, we look at a pioneering development in health care. Parish Nursing began in the United States in the mid 80’s but is relatively new to the UK. Defined as "whole person health care through the local church" it aims to integrate faith and health by looking after people holistically – body, mind and spirit.

ATC: Hope University / Catalyst 29 Jun 08

Sun, Jun 29 Listen

As part of Radio Wales' Liverpool Week, we meet the man who runs Liverpool Hope University, Professor Gerald Pillay. He talks to Roy Jenkins about the struggles of living in apartheid South Africa, the significance of education as liberation, and how faith helped him combat despair. We also hear about 'Catalyst', a major celebration of Christian life which aims to draw large numbers of Anglicans to the Carmarthen Showground on Saturday 5 July.

ATC: Sion Jenkins

Sun, Jun 22 Listen

On All Things Considered this week Roy Jenkins’ guest is Sion Jenkins who was jailed for the murder of his 13 year old foster daughter, Billie Jo. He was finally acquitted, but not before he had spent more than six years in prison, alongside some of the most notorious killers of our day.

ATC: Fatherhood 15 Jun 08

Sun, Jun 15 Listen

Fathers, who needs them? This week, Roy Jenkins and a panel of guests explore the role of fathers. Increasing numbers of children grow up in single-parent families; and parliament recently decreed that IVF treatment will not be limited to women who have a man around. Can the skills of being a good father be taught? What are the implications of the changing perceptions of fatherhood for the Christian church, which encourages everyone to see God as Father?

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