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Verse for the Day - When there is so much that's challenging and chaotic in this world, it can be a challenge to keep ploughing a straight furrow.
Persevere.
Persevere.
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Verse for the Day - When there is so much that's challenging and chaotic in this world, it can be a challenge to keep ploughing a straight furrow.
Persevere.
Persevere.
In this Word for the Week we cover how reclaiming a Biblical vision of God renews discipleship and church life, and what this means for struggling churches, chapel closures, and Christian witness today
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Word for the Week - Churches don't close when they're awe-full - Revelation 1:1-8
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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February 1, 2026 at 9:12 AM
In this Word for the Week we cover how reclaiming a Biblical vision of God renews discipleship and church life, and what this means for struggling churches, chapel closures, and Christian witness today
youtu.be/UyTtjbbupnI?...
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The Super Short Thought is about self-induced spirals and personal identity.
Don't give in to a spin!
Don't give in to a spin!
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The Super Short Thought is about self-induced spirals and personal identity.
Don't give in to a spin!
Don't give in to a spin!
Here's today's Super Short Thought.
'The God Who wins the Hearts of Distracted Minds' runs for 2'16" and you can access it as of now.
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"The more you present the facts, the less those facts seem to matter to them".
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'The God Who wins the Hearts of Distracted Minds' runs for 2'16" and you can access it as of now.
(Click the link, subscribe and follow.)
"The more you present the facts, the less those facts seem to matter to them".
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January 28, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Here's today's Super Short Thought.
'The God Who wins the Hearts of Distracted Minds' runs for 2'16" and you can access it as of now.
(Click the link, subscribe and follow.)
"The more you present the facts, the less those facts seem to matter to them".
youtu.be/ZZHr7XUnew0?...
'The God Who wins the Hearts of Distracted Minds' runs for 2'16" and you can access it as of now.
(Click the link, subscribe and follow.)
"The more you present the facts, the less those facts seem to matter to them".
youtu.be/ZZHr7XUnew0?...
Verse for the (Mon)day: And what more could we reasonably ask?
(Sound on)
(Sound on)
January 26, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Verse for the (Mon)day: And what more could we reasonably ask?
(Sound on)
(Sound on)
The Word for the Week is out and you can now access here this 'deep dive' that unfolds James 5 vv 19-20.
These verses highlight the big take away point of the whole letter. We unpack it in just 18 minutes standing in a sheep pen ...
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These verses highlight the big take away point of the whole letter. We unpack it in just 18 minutes standing in a sheep pen ...
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Word for the Week - Back on Track Heroes - James 5 vv 19-20
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 25, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Word for the Week is out and you can now access here this 'deep dive' that unfolds James 5 vv 19-20.
These verses highlight the big take away point of the whole letter. We unpack it in just 18 minutes standing in a sheep pen ...
youtu.be/JuQa74L7YOs?...
These verses highlight the big take away point of the whole letter. We unpack it in just 18 minutes standing in a sheep pen ...
youtu.be/JuQa74L7YOs?...
There are 'cover ups' you want, and there are cover ups you can really do without.
Super Short Thought 'God brings the MEGA Cover Up' is here ...
Super Short Thought 'God brings the MEGA Cover Up' is here ...
January 23, 2026 at 7:50 AM
There are 'cover ups' you want, and there are cover ups you can really do without.
Super Short Thought 'God brings the MEGA Cover Up' is here ...
Super Short Thought 'God brings the MEGA Cover Up' is here ...
Today's Super Short Thought 'Route Correcting Isn't Judging' comes from Dryslwyn Castle ... designed and built to project hostility, judgement and discrimination but that's been put down, steered away from and made a thing of the past.
January 22, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Today's Super Short Thought 'Route Correcting Isn't Judging' comes from Dryslwyn Castle ... designed and built to project hostility, judgement and discrimination but that's been put down, steered away from and made a thing of the past.
Super Short Thought 'Small Actions Save Lives' looks at the way small immediate actions in the middle of someone's crisis can really make a decisive difference.
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Super Short Thought 'Small Actions Save Lives' looks at the way small immediate actions in the middle of someone's crisis can really make a decisive difference.
Super Short Thought 'A look in the eye and a word in the ear' takes up what James has to say about real friendship, neighbourliness and ally-ship.
January 20, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Super Short Thought 'A look in the eye and a word in the ear' takes up what James has to say about real friendship, neighbourliness and ally-ship.
Today's Super Short Thought on a murky, misty Monday morning in mid-Wales is 'Drifting ... without noticing'.
We'll be following that theme and how to fix it through the week.
We'll be following that theme and how to fix it through the week.
January 19, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Today's Super Short Thought on a murky, misty Monday morning in mid-Wales is 'Drifting ... without noticing'.
We'll be following that theme and how to fix it through the week.
We'll be following that theme and how to fix it through the week.
Here's the two-mimute trailer for this week's Word for the Week.
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You can find the full version here:
'What Faith does when Life Presses Down'.
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You can find the full version here:
'What Faith does when Life Presses Down'.
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Word for the Week - What Faith does when Life Presses Down - James 5 vv 13-18
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Here's the two-mimute trailer for this week's Word for the Week.
youtu.be/wwbPIDnBGBc?...
You can find the full version here:
'What Faith does when Life Presses Down'.
youtu.be/wwbPIDnBGBc?...
youtu.be/wwbPIDnBGBc?...
You can find the full version here:
'What Faith does when Life Presses Down'.
youtu.be/wwbPIDnBGBc?...
This is the last Super Short Thought for this week on James 5 exploring one of the most freeing truths about prayer: Prayer isn’t powerful because you are.
(None of us has that sort of power!)
It’s powerful because God listens.
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(None of us has that sort of power!)
It’s powerful because God listens.
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Super Short Thought: James Strips Prayer of Heroics James 5 vv. 17-18
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 16, 2026 at 7:49 AM
This is the last Super Short Thought for this week on James 5 exploring one of the most freeing truths about prayer: Prayer isn’t powerful because you are.
(None of us has that sort of power!)
It’s powerful because God listens.
youtu.be/etD233S-37Q?...
(None of us has that sort of power!)
It’s powerful because God listens.
youtu.be/etD233S-37Q?...
Today's Super Short Thought is 'Talk that's More than Therapy' ... because just talking can be good but isn't always healing, or doesn't always action the necessary change.
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Super Short Thought - Talk that's More than Therapy James
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 15, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Today's Super Short Thought is 'Talk that's More than Therapy' ... because just talking can be good but isn't always healing, or doesn't always action the necessary change.
youtu.be/8jIYND-3nG4?...
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Super Short Thought - Just coping with it is not a virtue
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 14, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Today's Super Short Thought 'Talking to Yourself ... ?' is here now:
Sounds mad, but there's usefulness to be found somewhere beyond it!
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Sounds mad, but there's usefulness to be found somewhere beyond it!
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Super Short Thought - Talking to Yourself ... ?
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Today's Super Short Thought 'Talking to Yourself ... ?' is here now:
Sounds mad, but there's usefulness to be found somewhere beyond it!
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Sounds mad, but there's usefulness to be found somewhere beyond it!
youtu.be/U3KLi-cVGak?...
In the Word for the Week going out today, James addresses the spiritual dangers that arise under prolonged injustice and its associated suffering.
They may not be what you'd expect.
It's a fireside exposition of James 5:7-12.
Check it out here:
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They may not be what you'd expect.
It's a fireside exposition of James 5:7-12.
Check it out here:
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Word for the Week - Wait ... look Who's Coming! (James 5 vv 7-12)
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 11, 2026 at 8:04 AM
In the Word for the Week going out today, James addresses the spiritual dangers that arise under prolonged injustice and its associated suffering.
They may not be what you'd expect.
It's a fireside exposition of James 5:7-12.
Check it out here:
youtu.be/J6AK9rsGdm0?...
They may not be what you'd expect.
It's a fireside exposition of James 5:7-12.
Check it out here:
youtu.be/J6AK9rsGdm0?...
Today's Super Short Thought (Longing for a World Where 'There's No Need to Swear') has gone live.
What about a world where your word was your bond?
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(This week's SuShT vids lead up to the next Word for the Week ... look out for that Sunday!)
What about a world where your word was your bond?
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(This week's SuShT vids lead up to the next Word for the Week ... look out for that Sunday!)
Super Short Thought Longing for a World where 'There's No Need to Swear' - James 5 v 12
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Today's Super Short Thought (Longing for a World Where 'There's No Need to Swear') has gone live.
What about a world where your word was your bond?
youtu.be/f6T578hdomQ?...
(This week's SuShT vids lead up to the next Word for the Week ... look out for that Sunday!)
What about a world where your word was your bond?
youtu.be/f6T578hdomQ?...
(This week's SuShT vids lead up to the next Word for the Week ... look out for that Sunday!)
Today's Super Short Thought deals with being stressed and getting stressy ... and tackles getting past that before it 'puts one past' you!
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Super Short Thought - Stress, Mr Snappy and Mr. Happy. (James 5:9)
YouTube video by WelshRev - Simon Bowkett
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January 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Today's Super Short Thought deals with being stressed and getting stressy ... and tackles getting past that before it 'puts one past' you!
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Plenty of weather here today so this Chaplain with a Landrover has been making himself useful to the snow-bound, and (apologies) this Super Short Thought is going out late.
The title begins to look a bit ironic, with these icy roads ...
The title begins to look a bit ironic, with these icy roads ...
January 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Plenty of weather here today so this Chaplain with a Landrover has been making himself useful to the snow-bound, and (apologies) this Super Short Thought is going out late.
The title begins to look a bit ironic, with these icy roads ...
The title begins to look a bit ironic, with these icy roads ...
Today this Word for the Week concludes our Aftermath of Christmas series with a deep dive into Luke 2.
You can access it along with the five Super Short Thought videos around the Concrete Realities of Christmas theme on the playlist here:
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You can access it along with the five Super Short Thought videos around the Concrete Realities of Christmas theme on the playlist here:
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The (Five) Concrete Realities of Christmas - YouTube
Five Super Short Thoughts on the facts of real Christmas.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Today this Word for the Week concludes our Aftermath of Christmas series with a deep dive into Luke 2.
You can access it along with the five Super Short Thought videos around the Concrete Realities of Christmas theme on the playlist here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
You can access it along with the five Super Short Thought videos around the Concrete Realities of Christmas theme on the playlist here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, what do you reckon it is?
So now let's apply that principle to the real Christ of Christmas:
The final Super Short Thought of this week 'Concrete Realities of Christmas 5. Real God' is now live.
Check it out!
So now let's apply that principle to the real Christ of Christmas:
The final Super Short Thought of this week 'Concrete Realities of Christmas 5. Real God' is now live.
Check it out!
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 AM
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, what do you reckon it is?
So now let's apply that principle to the real Christ of Christmas:
The final Super Short Thought of this week 'Concrete Realities of Christmas 5. Real God' is now live.
Check it out!
So now let's apply that principle to the real Christ of Christmas:
The final Super Short Thought of this week 'Concrete Realities of Christmas 5. Real God' is now live.
Check it out!
Today's Super Short Thought 'Concrete Realities of Christmas - 4. Realised Promise' gives a snapshot of the significant way the Christmas baby worked out just exactly the way it had (very) long been promised He would. Check it out here!
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Today's Super Short Thought 'Concrete Realities of Christmas - 4. Realised Promise' gives a snapshot of the significant way the Christmas baby worked out just exactly the way it had (very) long been promised He would. Check it out here!
Today's Super Short Thought is the third in our little series for the aftermath of Christmas: 'Concrete Realities of Christmas - 3. Real Human'.
(Why care?!)
Check it out here and ... Happy New Year!
(Why care?!)
Check it out here and ... Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Today's Super Short Thought is the third in our little series for the aftermath of Christmas: 'Concrete Realities of Christmas - 3. Real Human'.
(Why care?!)
Check it out here and ... Happy New Year!
(Why care?!)
Check it out here and ... Happy New Year!
Here's a second Super Short Thought for the aftermath of Christmas: The (five) Concrete Realities of Christmas 2 - Real Place.
Christianity isn't just rooted in real history, but also in real geography.
Check this out!
Christianity isn't just rooted in real history, but also in real geography.
Check this out!
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Here's a second Super Short Thought for the aftermath of Christmas: The (five) Concrete Realities of Christmas 2 - Real Place.
Christianity isn't just rooted in real history, but also in real geography.
Check this out!
Christianity isn't just rooted in real history, but also in real geography.
Check this out!