Rev Gareth Hill
@revgareth.bsky.social
Welsh retired Methodist minister and hymnwriter. Former newspaper editor. Rugby fan: Wales, Pontypool, Talywain. Husband, Dad to two and Papa to six. Home: Cwmbran.
http://revgareth.substack.com Hymns: http://lyricsandlongings.net
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http://revgareth.substack.com Hymns: http://lyricsandlongings.net
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The call to faithfulness, friendliness and fruitfulness. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: fruitful
For our neighbours to know what the life of faith is like, they need to be able to see Jesus in us?
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December 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The call to faithfulness, friendliness and fruitfulness. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Can your neighbours see Jesus in who you are? revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: fruitful
For our neighbours to know what the life of faith is like, they need to be able to see Jesus in us?
revgareth.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Can your neighbours see Jesus in who you are? revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
In Bethlehem, King David's Town. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Bethlehem grace
God's rescue plan found in a feeding trough
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December 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In Bethlehem, King David's Town. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Christmas Eve: waiting. A short liturgy for a candle-lit service. revgareth.substack.com/p/christmas-...
December 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Christmas Eve: waiting. A short liturgy for a candle-lit service. revgareth.substack.com/p/christmas-...
I suspect there are lots of jokes around about Chris Rea no longer needing to have to drive home for Christmas, but I do genuinely like the song, especially the production.
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I suspect there are lots of jokes around about Chris Rea no longer needing to have to drive home for Christmas, but I do genuinely like the song, especially the production.
Ready for next Sunday - when all the Christmas chaos will have subsided. Here he is: not any baby but Heaven's hope wrapped in human form. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: spoken
The message itself: the Word to the world - Heaven’s rescue plan - came in human form. The Word become flesh and lived among us.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ready for next Sunday - when all the Christmas chaos will have subsided. Here he is: not any baby but Heaven's hope wrapped in human form. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Is there a way to incorporate new Christmas lyrics into a traditional carol service? I think so. Here are some ideas of how and seven new carols you might consider melding with the traditional.
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Melding the new with the familiar
Putting on a carol service can be fraught with issues.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Is there a way to incorporate new Christmas lyrics into a traditional carol service? I think so. Here are some ideas of how and seven new carols you might consider melding with the traditional.
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The Gospel is for the Gentiles as well as the Jews, and there aren’t any limits on its reach or who it invites into the Kingdom of God. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: right?
St Paul reminds his hearers in Rome that the Gospel is for the Gentiles as well as the Jews, but there aren’t any limits on its reach or who it invites into the Kingdom of God.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Gospel is for the Gentiles as well as the Jews, and there aren’t any limits on its reach or who it invites into the Kingdom of God. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
I had the great joy of leading the weekly BBC Radio Wales act of worship, Celebration, this morning. I asked: Are we nearly there yet?
There were Advent hymns, music from Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue), VOCES8 and Jonathan Veira. You can find it for the next month at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
There were Advent hymns, music from Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue), VOCES8 and Jonathan Veira. You can find it for the next month at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Celebration - Revd Gareth Hill - BBC Sounds
On the third Sunday in Advent, Revd Gareth Hill asks if we're nearly there yet.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I had the great joy of leading the weekly BBC Radio Wales act of worship, Celebration, this morning. I asked: Are we nearly there yet?
There were Advent hymns, music from Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue), VOCES8 and Jonathan Veira. You can find it for the next month at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
There were Advent hymns, music from Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue), VOCES8 and Jonathan Veira. You can find it for the next month at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
King David’s town became the place
where our Creator lay:
and God became a child for us
as mercy came to stay.
Some words for our Christmaas preparation. Find the hymn at lyricsandlongings.net/song-index/n... and sing it to traditional tunes Kingsfold or Noel.
where our Creator lay:
and God became a child for us
as mercy came to stay.
Some words for our Christmaas preparation. Find the hymn at lyricsandlongings.net/song-index/n... and sing it to traditional tunes Kingsfold or Noel.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
King David’s town became the place
where our Creator lay:
and God became a child for us
as mercy came to stay.
Some words for our Christmaas preparation. Find the hymn at lyricsandlongings.net/song-index/n... and sing it to traditional tunes Kingsfold or Noel.
where our Creator lay:
and God became a child for us
as mercy came to stay.
Some words for our Christmaas preparation. Find the hymn at lyricsandlongings.net/song-index/n... and sing it to traditional tunes Kingsfold or Noel.
Holy justice is a recurring theme in Scripture and it demands of us as believers that we discover how to amplify its call. This week's Advent reflection on how Old Testament prophets and Mary all challenge us: open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: justice
Psalm 146:5-10
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December 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Holy justice is a recurring theme in Scripture and it demands of us as believers that we discover how to amplify its call. This week's Advent reflection on how Old Testament prophets and Mary all challenge us: open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
On Sunday this is happening, at around 7.30 and 19.30. Advent worship with added Ricky Ross! Thanks to BBC Radio Wales for the invitation.
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
On Sunday this is happening, at around 7.30 and 19.30. Advent worship with added Ricky Ross! Thanks to BBC Radio Wales for the invitation.
The Psalmist will have no truck with human leaders who refuse to become God's partners in doing good, living out justice - oceans of it. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: justice
Psalm 146:5-10
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December 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Psalmist will have no truck with human leaders who refuse to become God's partners in doing good, living out justice - oceans of it. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
@jasonelkin.uk Thank you for this morning's worship. It was a blessing to tune in from Almelo, Netherlands. Shalom!
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@jasonelkin.uk Thank you for this morning's worship. It was a blessing to tune in from Almelo, Netherlands. Shalom!
God has promised that the time will come when Christ’s reign of righteousness will begin. The promise is ours now, but the fulfilment is not yet. This week's Advent reflection is here: open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: watch!
We are called to wait determinedly, purposefully and to trust in God’s promises. We cannot afford to become complacent
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December 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
God has promised that the time will come when Christ’s reign of righteousness will begin. The promise is ours now, but the fulfilment is not yet. This week's Advent reflection is here: open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
his week's Advent reflection - revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: watch!
We are called to wait determinedly, purposefully and to trust in God’s promises. We cannot afford to become complacent
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December 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
his week's Advent reflection - revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
This week's reflection for Advent reminds us that Jesus warns his hearers not to miss what God is doing because they are weighed down by the weight of the world. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: watch!
We are called to wait determinedly, purposefully and to trust in God’s promises. We cannot afford to become complacent
revgareth.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This week's reflection for Advent reminds us that Jesus warns his hearers not to miss what God is doing because they are weighed down by the weight of the world. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Spend time with Mary this Advent and you will see that she experiences sorrow, joy and hope as she reflects on her role in God's plan. This week's reflection is at revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: Magnificat
Sorrow, joy and hope are not exclusive emotions. We can be sorrowful, joyful and hopeful almost in the same breath. And it’s OK.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Spend time with Mary this Advent and you will see that she experiences sorrow, joy and hope as she reflects on her role in God's plan. This week's reflection is at revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
This week's Substack post was too excited to wait and appeared 24 hours early. In case you missed it here's a reflection on the start of Advent. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: Magnificat
Sorrow, joy and hope are not exclusive emotions. We can be sorrowful, joyful and hopeful almost in the same breath. And it’s OK.
revgareth.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This week's Substack post was too excited to wait and appeared 24 hours early. In case you missed it here's a reflection on the start of Advent. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
If Thursday is your sermon writing time, here's a reflection for Christ the King Sunday. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: King
If Jesus was the author of Creation, he was also the one who received all those redeemed by this New Creation. God brought it back full circle.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If Thursday is your sermon writing time, here's a reflection for Christ the King Sunday. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
A reflection for Christ the King Sunday - a reminder that God has called us into the Kingdom of the beloved Son. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: King
If Jesus was the author of Creation, he was also the one who received all those redeemed by this New Creation. God brought it back full circle.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A reflection for Christ the King Sunday - a reminder that God has called us into the Kingdom of the beloved Son. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Songs that reference real people. I'll start - Walking In Memphis by Mark Cohn. "Reverend Green be glad to see you."
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Songs that reference real people. I'll start - Walking In Memphis by Mark Cohn. "Reverend Green be glad to see you."
God’s desire for us is nothing to do with what we create, develop or solve. We are invited to respond to God’s promise of radical grace, but the outcome is God’s action towards us not out of anything we may or may not do. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: future hope
So what does it look like when we give up our claim to be right and make ourselves open for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven?
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November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
God’s desire for us is nothing to do with what we create, develop or solve. We are invited to respond to God’s promise of radical grace, but the outcome is God’s action towards us not out of anything we may or may not do. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...