Tŷ'r Bugail

14/10/2024

In the big picture of work-life balance, it's not just modern work style, leisure style or family style that can drag you down to dark days.
Health care and self care are important.
But without soul care ... there's something missing.
And that scary word 'repent' is just about turning back to attend to the missing link.

12/10/2024

Verse for the Day.
BALDRICK: "Wait a moment, My Lord. I have a cunning plan that cannot fail!"
It's likely we've all had a Baldrick moment.
Thinking about it, how has that gone for you?

08/10/2024

What IS this life? We all have questions from time to time. Professor John Lennox (and friends) take just under 2 minutes to trail 'The God Who has answers'.
(He's a very clever man. And he's a lovely Irish guy.)

We’re passionate about engaging the heartfelt questions people have about the Christian faith and helping others do the same.If this video sparked your curio...

08/10/2024

Verse for the Day:
The proof of the pudding, is ...

06/10/2024

If you're not going to make it to church today ... check out the latest (18 min) WelshRev podcast ...
With war escalating in the Middle East and fresh threats in the European theatre, how do we Biblically respond to the suggestion that 'the End is nigh' and the anxieties of those who are trouble by it?
https://youtu.be/ONZoQBhpWC8?si=ApNdpTOqvAyXCFyV

Eighteen minutes on Wars and Rumours of Wars.

War in the Middle East ... is this the end of the world, or how should we think of it all?

02/10/2024

This one's a bit potent, but does it ring true to you?
Verse for the Day - The hard truth that gets to the heart of the matter ...

29/09/2024

I'll be heading along to worship with the good folks of Williams Pantycelyn Memorial Chapel, Llandovery shortly but wanted to let you know about this first ...
The weekly Deep-Dive podcast tackles the issue of people getting 'cancelled' for life. It exposes and confronts cynicism about the possibility of human redemption.
(Isn't that worth thirteen minutes of your time?)
'The Second Chance'.
See it here:

A short dive into the Book of Jonah, with the rock D.J. and the God of the second chance.

22/09/2024

Here's the one-minute trailer for this week's Deep-Dive, which covers possibly the weirdest (and most encouraging) recruitment strategy you might come across!
https://youtu.be/GcHCjzeWhEs?si=XcwVmaFb9oH0IAx-
(The full story that makes sense of it is linked from the Grace Rural Wales Partnership - Y GRŴP page).

19/09/2024

So ... autumn and living life in the hills changes character ... adrenalin and bravado are not always your friend.
Wisdom based on knowledge guard both fast and slow responses, and neither of them weighs anything in your rucksack.
(Verse for the Day below)

10/09/2024

This current Word for the Week is the last in our summer series of five-minute exposés of the 'hope-sinks' that lurk beneath the surface, plaguing rural life in Wales.
It tackles from a Christian viewpoint the gnawing sense that 'there's no justice in this world' ... you know the one?

Five minutes on the final 'Hope Sink' we're addressing that affects life in rural Wales.

10/09/2024

The Verse for the Day over on Grace Rural Wales Partnership - Y GRŴP comes with a little bluesy New Orleans jazz ... it's a double treat for a wet Tuesday!

09/09/2024

Just getting lined up for a set of Verse for the Day posts running up to the Sheep Festival ... check them out Grace Rural Wales Partnership - Y GRŴP