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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!
Super Short Thought ... this week in the aftermath of Christmas, what WAS that all about?
'The (five) Concrete Realities of Christmas'.
Here's the first: '1. Real Time'
(Keep an eye open for tomorrow's!)
'The (five) Concrete Realities of Christmas'.
Here's the first: '1. Real Time'
(Keep an eye open for tomorrow's!)
December 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Super Short Thought ... this week in the aftermath of Christmas, what WAS that all about?
'The (five) Concrete Realities of Christmas'.
Here's the first: '1. Real Time'
(Keep an eye open for tomorrow's!)
'The (five) Concrete Realities of Christmas'.
Here's the first: '1. Real Time'
(Keep an eye open for tomorrow's!)
Totally appalled by the absolute drivel driven by poor scholarship and factual error in Melvyn Bragg's interview about the Gospel accounts of the Nativity on @BBCRadio4 @BBCr4today this morning.
For much better scholarship check @DrPJWilliams
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For much better scholarship check @DrPJWilliams
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December 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Totally appalled by the absolute drivel driven by poor scholarship and factual error in Melvyn Bragg's interview about the Gospel accounts of the Nativity on @BBCRadio4 @BBCr4today this morning.
For much better scholarship check @DrPJWilliams
amzn.eu/d/4X6WVZN
For much better scholarship check @DrPJWilliams
amzn.eu/d/4X6WVZN
Verse for the Day: Good News, it's (nearly) Christmas!
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Verse for the Day: Good News, it's (nearly) Christmas!
Filling up steadily for Carols and (safe electric) candles @malpasroadec tonight ... LOADS of visitors getting a warm welcome here. Still time to drop in if you are about!
December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Filling up steadily for Carols and (safe electric) candles @malpasroadec tonight ... LOADS of visitors getting a warm welcome here. Still time to drop in if you are about!
The Word for the Week (eight minute) Christmas message is here now:
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'Christmas: The Simple and the Weird'
May God bless you with a genuinely grace-filled Christmas this year!
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'Christmas: The Simple and the Weird'
May God bless you with a genuinely grace-filled Christmas this year!
Christmas Message 2025 - Christmas:The Simple and the Weird - Galatians 4 vv 4 5
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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December 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Word for the Week (eight minute) Christmas message is here now:
youtu.be/GdqI6oBHYo4?...
'Christmas: The Simple and the Weird'
May God bless you with a genuinely grace-filled Christmas this year!
youtu.be/GdqI6oBHYo4?...
'Christmas: The Simple and the Weird'
May God bless you with a genuinely grace-filled Christmas this year!
The (half an hour) Word for the Week 'James 5 and the future of the Family Farm is free to access here
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There's a one minute intro to it here ...
(Give it a look!)
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There's a one minute intro to it here ...
(Give it a look!)
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The (half an hour) Word for the Week 'James 5 and the future of the Family Farm is free to access here
youtu.be/OVMVpZdqPbw?...
There's a one minute intro to it here ...
(Give it a look!)
youtu.be/OVMVpZdqPbw?...
There's a one minute intro to it here ...
(Give it a look!)
Verse for the Day - Today is #InternationalVolunteerDay.
Big thanks to all followers who volunteer.
Did you reckon on Christ's death as a massive act of self-volunteering?
Check this reel to see what HE volunteers for His followers.
Joyful volunteers day, everybody!
Big thanks to all followers who volunteer.
Did you reckon on Christ's death as a massive act of self-volunteering?
Check this reel to see what HE volunteers for His followers.
Joyful volunteers day, everybody!
December 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Verse for the Day - Today is #InternationalVolunteerDay.
Big thanks to all followers who volunteer.
Did you reckon on Christ's death as a massive act of self-volunteering?
Check this reel to see what HE volunteers for His followers.
Joyful volunteers day, everybody!
Big thanks to all followers who volunteer.
Did you reckon on Christ's death as a massive act of self-volunteering?
Check this reel to see what HE volunteers for His followers.
Joyful volunteers day, everybody!
Today's Super Short Thought 'The Cost of Comfort' is published here now ... just 76 seconds ... check it out!
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Super Short Thought - The Cost of 'Comfort' - James 5 v 5-6
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Today's Super Short Thought 'The Cost of Comfort' is published here now ... just 76 seconds ... check it out!
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Verse for the Day: In a hairy-scarey world, who can you trust to cover your back?
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Verse for the Day: in a hairy-scarey world ... who can you trust to cover your back?
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Verse for the Day: In a hairy-scarey world, who can you trust to cover your back?
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Who exactly ARE 'working people' and what does exploiting them look like?
Super Short Thought: 'Exploiting the Workers' ... here 👇
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Super Short Thought: 'Exploiting the Workers' ... here 👇
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Super Short Thought - James 5v4 - Exploiting the workers
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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December 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Who exactly ARE 'working people' and what does exploiting them look like?
Super Short Thought: 'Exploiting the Workers' ... here 👇
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Super Short Thought: 'Exploiting the Workers' ... here 👇
youtu.be/LFh25lYY-fk?...
Verse for the Day: sometimes we need the sort of God Who will ... turn the tables for us
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Verse for the Day: sometimes we need the sort of God Who will ... turn the tables for us
Oh dear.
I'm afraid that if Dame Angela Eagle thinks the farmers I work with are going to lie down and 'move on' just because she tells them to ... she really hasn't got a scoobie!
I'm afraid her comment may have made the situation rather worse.
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4522153...
🙏 needed.
I'm afraid that if Dame Angela Eagle thinks the farmers I work with are going to lie down and 'move on' just because she tells them to ... she really hasn't got a scoobie!
I'm afraid her comment may have made the situation rather worse.
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4522153...
🙏 needed.
Farming Minister tells farmers it is time to move on from IHT debate and look to the future
Dame Angela Eagle said ‘we are where we are’ on the Inheritance Tax debate and farmers must now look forward
www.farmersguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh dear.
I'm afraid that if Dame Angela Eagle thinks the farmers I work with are going to lie down and 'move on' just because she tells them to ... she really hasn't got a scoobie!
I'm afraid her comment may have made the situation rather worse.
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4522153...
🙏 needed.
I'm afraid that if Dame Angela Eagle thinks the farmers I work with are going to lie down and 'move on' just because she tells them to ... she really hasn't got a scoobie!
I'm afraid her comment may have made the situation rather worse.
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4522153...
🙏 needed.
Today's Super Short Thought 'Rusty Gold' addresses the situation where your gains seem to be falling apart.
Eighty-two seconds.
Check it out here now.
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Eighty-two seconds.
Check it out here now.
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Super Short Thought Rusty Gold - James 5:3
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Today's Super Short Thought 'Rusty Gold' addresses the situation where your gains seem to be falling apart.
Eighty-two seconds.
Check it out here now.
youtu.be/guSZBSREGgg?...
Eighty-two seconds.
Check it out here now.
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Have you ever wondered why the best laid plans can go so easily awry?
The Word for the Week 'No Plan Survives First Contact' comes to you from #Llandovery livestock market and addresses that here now:
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The Word for the Week 'No Plan Survives First Contact' comes to you from #Llandovery livestock market and addresses that here now:
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Word for the Week - James 4:13-17 No Plan survives first contact
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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November 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Have you ever wondered why the best laid plans can go so easily awry?
The Word for the Week 'No Plan Survives First Contact' comes to you from #Llandovery livestock market and addresses that here now:
youtu.be/eISCnCUIZ1s?...
The Word for the Week 'No Plan Survives First Contact' comes to you from #Llandovery livestock market and addresses that here now:
youtu.be/eISCnCUIZ1s?...
The Super Short Thought 'Take the Posture' is live here now:
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How risky can it be for you to pretend you're in control?
(Check this out!)
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How risky can it be for you to pretend you're in control?
(Check this out!)
Super Short Thought - Take the Posture - James 4:15
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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November 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Super Short Thought 'Take the Posture' is live here now:
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How risky can it be for you to pretend you're in control?
(Check this out!)
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How risky can it be for you to pretend you're in control?
(Check this out!)
Super Short Thought: When you know the good thing you ought to do, but then don't do it ... what?
(And why?)
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Ninety five seconds.
Check this out!
(And why?)
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Ninety five seconds.
Check this out!
SuperShort Thought - Avoidance - James 4 v 17
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Super Short Thought: When you know the good thing you ought to do, but then don't do it ... what?
(And why?)
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Ninety five seconds.
Check this out!
(And why?)
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Ninety five seconds.
Check this out!
Verse for the Day: Here's Monday faith and Christian assurance ... Mondays are a good time to check out that we really are following Him.
(Sound on?)
(Sound on?)
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Verse for the Day: Here's Monday faith and Christian assurance ... Mondays are a good time to check out that we really are following Him.
(Sound on?)
(Sound on?)
Today we've got a Super Short Thought for you here:
'Control Freaking' is a 90 second look at one aspect of the Word for the Week coming out on Sunday.
youtu.be/VYsU_gBs3UI?...
Give it a look ... and better still, a good think?
'Control Freaking' is a 90 second look at one aspect of the Word for the Week coming out on Sunday.
youtu.be/VYsU_gBs3UI?...
Give it a look ... and better still, a good think?
Super Short Thought - Control Freaking - James 4 vv 13-14
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Today we've got a Super Short Thought for you here:
'Control Freaking' is a 90 second look at one aspect of the Word for the Week coming out on Sunday.
youtu.be/VYsU_gBs3UI?...
Give it a look ... and better still, a good think?
'Control Freaking' is a 90 second look at one aspect of the Word for the Week coming out on Sunday.
youtu.be/VYsU_gBs3UI?...
Give it a look ... and better still, a good think?
Super Short Thought: When down leads up.
How does THAT make sense?
Ninety seconds.
Check it out here:
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How does THAT make sense?
Ninety seconds.
Check it out here:
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SuShTs When Down Leads Up James 4v6
YouTube video by Rev Simon Bowkett
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November 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Super Short Thought: When down leads up.
How does THAT make sense?
Ninety seconds.
Check it out here:
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How does THAT make sense?
Ninety seconds.
Check it out here:
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Last evening was spent rescuing a cow (surprisingly, miraculously) from a bog so supper was desultory.
But this evening, my easy 'Hunters chicken' with boiled Pembs. potatoes and peas alongside the Saint-Saëns organ concerto is doing a great deal to restore the situation.
Grateful.
But this evening, my easy 'Hunters chicken' with boiled Pembs. potatoes and peas alongside the Saint-Saëns organ concerto is doing a great deal to restore the situation.
Grateful.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Last evening was spent rescuing a cow (surprisingly, miraculously) from a bog so supper was desultory.
But this evening, my easy 'Hunters chicken' with boiled Pembs. potatoes and peas alongside the Saint-Saëns organ concerto is doing a great deal to restore the situation.
Grateful.
But this evening, my easy 'Hunters chicken' with boiled Pembs. potatoes and peas alongside the Saint-Saëns organ concerto is doing a great deal to restore the situation.
Grateful.