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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@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
revgareth.substack.com
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-...
Where does your hope rest? This week's reflection. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
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?
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Where does your hope rest? This week's reflection. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
What does Remembrance mean for the Christian? Some reflections here: revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: remember
The call of Jesus is to love: love God, love God’s peaceable kingdom and live out that love in the belief that God will not leave us stranded in a place of fear
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November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What does Remembrance mean for the Christian? Some reflections here: revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Remembrance and how to handle it well as a Christian. This week's reflection: revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: remember
The call of Jesus is to love: love God, love God’s peaceable kingdom and live out that love in the belief that God will not leave us stranded in a place of fear
revgareth.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Remembrance and how to handle it well as a Christian. This week's reflection: revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
How to hold Remembrance in these days of pretend patriotic rage. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: remember
The call of Jesus is to love: love God, love God’s peaceable kingdom and live out that love in the belief that God will not leave us stranded in a place of fear
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How to hold Remembrance in these days of pretend patriotic rage. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Payback: not out of revenge but repentance. Meet Zacchaeus. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: restitution
No one can be privately righteous while participating in and profiting from a programme that robs and crushes other persons.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Payback: not out of revenge but repentance. Meet Zacchaeus. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
This hymn was Written in response to the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. It feels appropriate for all those in the Caribbean facing the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. If you sing it, the best tune is Aurelia (The Church's One Foundation).
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When innocence is fractured
When innocence is fractured by nature’s shifting force, and paradise is ruptured as life is swept off course. We come to pray our questions, we come to share our grief; in this, our act of worship,…
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October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This hymn was Written in response to the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. It feels appropriate for all those in the Caribbean facing the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. If you sing it, the best tune is Aurelia (The Church's One Foundation).
lyricsandlongings.net/song-index/w...
lyricsandlongings.net/song-index/w...
1/3 I’ve been really encouraged by one subscriber’s response to this week’s Substack post on Zacchaeus. They wrote:
‘… a huge thank you for this. I shared it with my fellow worship leader at church, and it transpires that we have both really appreciated and valued ...
‘… a huge thank you for this. I shared it with my fellow worship leader at church, and it transpires that we have both really appreciated and valued ...
Wondering with the Word: restitution
No one can be privately righteous while participating in and profiting from a programme that robs and crushes other persons.
revgareth.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
1/3 I’ve been really encouraged by one subscriber’s response to this week’s Substack post on Zacchaeus. They wrote:
‘… a huge thank you for this. I shared it with my fellow worship leader at church, and it transpires that we have both really appreciated and valued ...
‘… a huge thank you for this. I shared it with my fellow worship leader at church, and it transpires that we have both really appreciated and valued ...
"I long for a world where the outsider can find the door that lets them inside. I long for more stories of how rejected and written-off ‘failures’ can amaze us with their achievements." This week's reflection. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: restitution
No one can be privately righteous while participating in and profiting from a programme that robs and crushes other persons.
revgareth.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"I long for a world where the outsider can find the door that lets them inside. I long for more stories of how rejected and written-off ‘failures’ can amaze us with their achievements." This week's reflection. revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Still pondering tomorrow's message? This may help revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
Wondering with the Word: honest to God
If you worship yourself it’s hardly surprising that you think you’ve got this life business sorted. Frankly, if you’re that good, what else is there to pray for?
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October 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Still pondering tomorrow's message? This may help revgareth.substack.com/p/wondering-...
I agree, Nick. And, to be honest, it's about time. All my adult life. politics has been about defeating the other. Oh for a maturity that sees the benefit of working together for the good of the country.
With new voting system for the Senedd in Wales next year, it looks certain the next government here will be a coalition. Choice between Plaid & Labour, maybe needing Greens and/or LibDems, and Reform/Conservative. It’ll need more mature politics either way, as much of Europe is already aware. #Wales
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I agree, Nick. And, to be honest, it's about time. All my adult life. politics has been about defeating the other. Oh for a maturity that sees the benefit of working together for the good of the country.
Politics in Wales feels a little less nasty this morning. Thankfully Farage's Regress party has fallen at its latest electoral hurdle. Caerphilly has told him, 'We're not that kind of people.' @bbcwales.bsky.social #ReformRegress #Regress #Senedd
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Politics in Wales feels a little less nasty this morning. Thankfully Farage's Regress party has fallen at its latest electoral hurdle. Caerphilly has told him, 'We're not that kind of people.' @bbcwales.bsky.social #ReformRegress #Regress #Senedd
'God offers mercy to those of us who are willing to acknowledge our need of it but it requires honest self-examination to offer our true selves to God in prayer.' This week's Substack on being honest to God. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: honest to God
If you worship yourself it’s hardly surprising that you think you’ve got this life business sorted. Frankly, if you’re that good, what else is there to pray for?
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
'God offers mercy to those of us who are willing to acknowledge our need of it but it requires honest self-examination to offer our true selves to God in prayer.' This week's Substack on being honest to God. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
A reflection on being honest to God. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: honest to God
If you worship yourself it’s hardly surprising that you think you’ve got this life business sorted. Frankly, if you’re that good, what else is there to pray for?
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A reflection on being honest to God. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
For the late late sermon shapers, here's a reflection on finding God in the walking, singing and pilgrimage. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...
Wondering with the Word: ascent
It seems a good plan to recover the idea that any journey can be a spiritual high point, rejoicing that God in Christ walks alongside us
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October 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
For the late late sermon shapers, here's a reflection on finding God in the walking, singing and pilgrimage. open.substack.com/pub/revgaret...