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This Super Short Thought addresses the fallacy that churches ... functional churches, Biblically characterised and defined ... get shut down by (pure and simple) lack of cash.
25.02.2026 07:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Verse for the Day: The truth about truth for our 'post-truth' society.
24.02.2026 06:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When you've let things slip spiritually and you've sensed things aren't right, here are the terms of the amnesty ... today's Super Short Thought 'The Drifty Christian's Toolkit' is out here now π
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Across Wales, chapels are closing.
Others are still open but hanging by a thread.
This Word for the Week opens up God's mesage to a church that was Biblical, busy, worked hard and looked good, but was still falling down.
This is a word for Wales today.
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Strong messaging isn't the same as truth telling.
Neither is apparent sincerity.
Today's Super Short Thought looks at 'The Rare Jewel of Christian Discernment'.
(This needs to be said!)
Check it out.
Christian perseverance is not personality stubbornness.
It is sustained allegiance under pressure.
In a culture where faith can feel costly, unseen endurance matters.
Revelation 2:3 helps us with that.
Check out this Super Short Thought.
Verse for the Day ... this verse has got so much to say to institutional churches' decline in Wales.
Discernment and disavowel, where have you gone?!
(Sound on).
The Word for the Week is part of a series on why churches close ... and what can be done about it.
This WftW highlights how Revelation offers more than criticism.
It offers a vision of Christ calibrated to His people's needs.
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(Filmed out on a cold and damp Black Mountain).
Feeling low this February?
When the skies are grey and morale is low, Revelation 1 places a bright new light on our horizon.
Check out today's Super Short Thought
Here's today's Super Short Thought, 'Parked, not passed over, on Patmos'.
Parked is a planned pause.
Passed over, would be something else.
It's important to recognise the difference, and not confuse them.
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Verse for the Day: on this wet, February, Monday morning in Wales this verse seemed to hit the mark.
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The Word for the Week: 'The Biggest Threat for the Church Security Team' expounds Revelation 1:9-20 when world news and incoming legislation means churches are having to consider congregations physical security
But there are more common threats to consider
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Super Short Thought - 'The Keys to Death and Hades'
(Nothing much worth looking into there, then ...)
#irony
Super Short Thought ... believing, but still feeling spiritually numb
05.02.2026 08:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Super Short Thought: 'Are you sure you want 'Awesome'?'
Because awesome CAN be a little bit ... scary.
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.
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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The Super Short Thought is about self-induced spirals and personal identity.
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.
(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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Verse for the (Mon)day: And what more could we reasonably ask?
(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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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 ...
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.
22.01.2026 07:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Super 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.
21.01.2026 08:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Super 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.
20.01.2026 07:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Today'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.
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'.
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 isnβt powerful because you are.
(None of us has that sort of power!)
Itβs powerful because God listens.
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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:
To just 'COPE with it' isn't a virtue (said James).
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