The Welsh Revival of 1904–1905 remains one of the most remarkable outpourings of religious fervour in modern history. Its stories are legendary: 100,000 converts in six months, empty pubs, and police forces forming singing quartets because crime had seemingly vanished. But perhaps no aspect of the revival vividly illustrates its total, culture-shaping power better than the so-called "Football Crisis." It was a period when the nation’s primary secular devotion, sport, was temp

When the World Feels Heavy The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.  (Psalm 34:18, NIV) The ache of another month October has been a heavy month for our world. Another month where headlines seemed soaked with sorrow: war still raging in Ukraine, fragile ceasefires flickering in Gaza, and nations trembling under the weight of division, inflation, and mistrust. It is hard not to feel the weariness of it all. Sometimes I sit down to read