Wednesday Words Of Wisdom – Page 3 – The Church at Hiraeth

Nothing to do with religion, but when should you put your Christmas tree up?

On a daily basis where I live – and no doubt where you are as well – Christmas decorations begin to appear all over the place.
The importance of being flexible

This week’s message is about the importance of being flexible, with the opening story coming from a fishing trip that I had planned.
Using my own fishing as an example, the difference between a passion and an obsession

Anyone who even remotely knows anything about me, will be aware of how much I love angling. Is it a passion though? Or maybe an obsession?
If you live by the sword, you die by the sword

The Lancaster bomber that he was in was shot down by a famous German fighter pilot, Heinz Vinke.
It’s good to chase dreams but don’t forget to live them as well

We’ve all heard the phrase ‘Chasing your dreams’ and, of course, it’s good to be ambitious. In itself, there’s nothing wrong with that.
You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em

We often face dilemmas in life. Which choice do we make? What is the correct decision?
Graham McPherson, Suggs, overcoming life’s challenges, the finger pointers

Welcome to the penultimate Wednesday Words of Wisdom for October, 2025. As per the lyrics of a song by The Temptations, ‘Time marches on’. Speaking of music, there can’t be many of us that haven’t heard of Madness. I can remember when the ska revival broke out in the late seventies and, although they became…
The importance of living an orderly life

This week’s Wednesday Words of Wisdom from The Church at Hiraeth was late in terms of inspiration. Usually, I know well in advance what I am going to speak about. However, on this occasion, I didn’t have a clue. I wasn’t concerned though and knew that it would come together. Although it was late evening, the…
Two jars of pickled onions and the difference between religion and relationship

This week’s Wednesday Words of Wisdom from The Church at Hiraeth is inspired by pickled onions. Yes, you read that correctly. Pickled onions. There’s more, as always, in the video and the text for the message – which is about the difference between religion and relationship – is Psalm 34:8. ‘Taste and see that the…
God’s sat nav keeps us on the right track

Then, I stopped the car and switched to the sat nav on my phone. It knew more than me, it saved time, got me home more quickly and cut down on the mileage.